Five years after Jan. 6, democracy’s scars remain, Public Citizen leader says

Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, joined The Final 5 with Jim Lokay to reflect on the fifth anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot, warning that the threat to democracy has not faded but evolved. Gilbert said denial of the violence, rising political extremism, and the pardoning of convicted rioters risk normalizing political violence, even as the country marks the fact that the 2020 election was ultimately certified and the system endured.