In an earlier Bigger Tent Podcast we heard the perspective of a MAGA team member who attended the January 6 Insurrection. JR Mejewski gave a unique perspective having attended the Trump Rally on the Elipse and then having marched to the Capital as directed by the then president of the United States. To hear it all check out that earlier episode. Today we got to hear from one of those who were attacked - newly sworn in Congressman Peter Meijer of Michigan - who of course was in session with other House and Senate members attempting to certify the lawful election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. Meijer recounts what it was like to hear the crowd storm the building. To fumble as others did to put on a gas mask in case tear gas was used to disburse the crowd. Hear how he and others were hustled to a safe location in the Capital basement and hid from the rioters above them. Phone calls to family were made and arguments among members ensued as they waited for their most unique lockdown to end. As one of only ten Republican House members to vote to impeach President Trump, we hear unique perspectives on that issue and several others. Cong Meijer gives us his take on Speaker Pelosi's plan to create a special committee to investigate the causes and issues surrounding the January 6 Insurrection. She is now talking seriously about naming a Republican as one of her own appointment to add a Republican to those appointments Minority Leader McCarthy will make. Might her appointment be Cong Meijer, our guest today?  Cong Meijer tells us what he thinks of earlier podcast topics like national service. We even touch on debt and deficits -- which the the Congressman is intellectually honest about admitting that Republicans the last 20 years have talked a good game about, but have really been little improvement on the Democrats across the aisle. Meijer also weighs in on electoral reforms we have discussed such as making election day a national holiday and automatically registering people to vote as a means to increase the use of the franchise to vote.  We talked as well to Rep Meijer about Trump's recent commencement of rallys designed to unseat Republicans who did not stand with the president to his level of satisfaction as he fabricated his "stop the steal" fable about a stolen election that might ease the pain to some in losing or be intriguing to some in an age of distrust of nearly everything and everyone, but most surely is not based on any foundation of facts or evidence. Evidence or not, early indications are the the new congressman on our show  this episode will in fact get a primary challenger courtesy of the former president. To which, Cong Meijer says, "Donald Trump is gonna do what Donald Trump is gonna do."  Its a refreshing interview with a public official not yet jaded by the process or broken down by a broken system, but clear eyed and conservative in a thoughtful and principled way.