The 19th reached out to all 143 women in the 117th Congress to ask about their experiences. Twenty-three, all Democrats, shared their points of view, many remembering new details after a month of processing.https://bit.ly/3qjmg91
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@RosaDeLauro: "I was lying on the floor, and I had very little juice left in my phone, but I called my husband. I was afraid to say 'I love you,' because it harkened back to 9/11."https://bit.ly/3qjmg91Show this thread
Members of Congress were instructed to put on these gas masks. 
.@RepSaraJacobs: "When the elevator doors opened, we started running through hallways. ... I remember thinking to myself over and over again: I don't even know how to get out in normal times. It's my fourth day. I don't know how to get out." https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/WaGtmt8qsU
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@NormaJTorres: "...my son, who is a police officer, called me. I answered the phone and said, 'Sweetheart, I'm fine, and I'm running for my life. I cannot talk to you right now.'" https://bit.ly/3qjmg91 pic.twitter.com/JRfUfn8rEL
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@RepTeresaLF: "When my son and I finally got home ... he looked at me and said, 'I just need to be by myself,' and I thought, 'My God, this kid just went through a traumatic event.' That's when I cried ... All the trauma just keeps building."https://bit.ly/3qjmg91Show this thread -
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@RepFletcher: "I volunteered at a domestic abuse shelter, and it felt like people kept saying, 'don't impeach the president or it might happen again.' That's just the language of abuse." Read the full story by@marielpadilla_:https://bit.ly/3qjmg91Show this thread
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