Video: Republicans Who Refused to Certify Biden Win Scold Jan. 6 Rioters

On the third anniversary of January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, a newly released video shows two Republican members of Congress scolding two rioters trying to breach the chamber of the House of Representatives.

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building on January 6 in an effort to stop the 2020 presidential election results from being certified in Joe Biden's favor. The then-president baselessly said that the election had been stolen from him via widespread fraud.

In August 2023, Trump was indicted on four counts by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in relation to the riot, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights. Trump has pled not guilty and has said that the case against him is politically motivated, as he remains the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

On Friday, via records request, NBC News obtained the 8-minute video which was shot by Capitol rioter Damon Beckley and introduced as evidence in his trial ahead of his sentencing.

In the video, Republican Representative Troy Nehls of Texas, and then Republican Representative, now senator, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma can be seen speaking with rioters through the broken glass as some were trying to breach the main door into the chamber of the House of Representatives.

Newsweek has reached out to Nehls and Mullin via email for comment.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself!" Nehls says.

"We're coming in one way or another!" one rioter responded.

"I've been in law enforcement in Texas for 30 years, and I've never had people act this way," Nehls says. "I'm ashamed!"

A rioter responds that he is "ashamed of my congresspeople".

Nehls has since changed his tone in the three years since January 6, 2021. The newly released video comes after an old Facebook post from Nehls recirculated in November, amid news that the congressman will appear as a witness for Trump's team in the Colorado case challenging the former president's 2024 candidacy.

Nehls, a staunch Trump ally, was among the 147 House Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.

Nehls previously announced in November that he would be serving as a witness for Trump's defense in the 14th Amendment case that argues the former president should be barred from running for office under the Constitution's disqualification clause. Calling the civil trial a "sham" and "clear election interference," Nehls said, "I was at the doors on January 6, face to face with protestors, and I know firsthand there was NO INSURRECTION."

However, social media posts from the day of the Capitol riot paint a different picture of the congressman's feelings on that day. A Facebook post shows Nehls condemning the pro-Trump protest in "the strongest terms" and declaring "violence is NEVER the answer."

"What I'm witnessing inside the U.S. Capitol is disgusting. Violent extremists stormed the Capitol and were breaching doors and breaking glass in the entrance to the House floor. Shots were fired," Nehls wrote on January 6, 2021.

"It came to the point Capitol Police had weapons drawn and we had to barricade the doors shut. I stood at the door shoulder to shoulder with Capitol Police attempting to calm the protestors talking to them through the glass," he said.

Meanwhile, Mullin was also among the House Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.

However, Mullin previously defended the Capitol Police officer who shot rioter Ashli Babbitt, parting with Trump's version of events. Speaking on C-Span for its January 6 Views From the House show in 2021, the Republican firmly defended the officer's actions in the Capitol as rioters stormed the building.

Mullin broke from Trump's condemnation of the officer and said: "He was the last person in the world whoever wanted to use force like that and he wasn't prone to do that. I know for a fact because after it happened, he came over. He was physically and emotionally distraught. I actually gave him a hug and said, 'Sir, you did what you had to do.'"