Watkins said that she thought the certification was over when they arrived at the Capitol.
“I thought the certification was over. Before we left the Ellipse, the crowd was real, real thick and literally, everyone pulled out their phone saying Pence betrayed us and everyone thinned out and the crowd was gone.”
Watkins compares Jan. 6 to Black Friday.
“It was like Black Friday. I didn't see any violence going on, everybody was trying to get in the door at the same time. Nobody's angry, and people are chanting, but its like Black Friday,” she said.
Crisp asked her: do you realize today how ridiculous it is to say that you didn’t think there was violence going on?
Absolutely, with hindsight, she testified.
Did she have fun in the building?
Absolutely not, she said.
Does she realize today it was wrong?
Yes, she said.