One year later, Oklahoma delegation largely silent about Capitol attack

Oklahoma’s all-Republican congressional delegation has been pretty quiet about the first anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

All were present that afternoon. U.S. Sen. James Lankford had to break off a speech to flee the Senate chamber. Second District Congressman Markwayne Mullin was famously photographed crouching behind some seats, trying to talk rioters out of breaking into the U.S. House of Representatives.

This week, when each of Oklahoma’s seven members of Congress was asked for his or her reflections on the assault, none responded.

Their reticence may be explained by polling such as that conducted by Bright Line Watch, a political science research group studying what many believe is the erosion of American democracy.

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