© 2025 KUNR
Illustration of rolling hills with occasional trees and a radio tower.
Serving Northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
The threat of catastrophic funding cuts for public media looms, and while we don’t know what the U.S. Senate will do, we do know this: We need your help protecting this vital service.
Learn what you can do to support KUNR and public media today ➡️

Vermont Democrat reflects on fleeing the Capitol on Jan. 6 riot, one year later

Published January 6, 2022 at 10:06 AM PST
Rep. Pete Welch. (Lauren Victoria Burke/AP)
Rep. Pete Welch. (Lauren Victoria Burke/AP)

Rep. Peter Welch (VT-D) joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong to reflect on trying to flee angry rioters in the Capitol building on this day last year, and what the legacy of that insurrection is today.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.