From Rep Gallego’s book:
One of his primary thoughts was that if they were attacked by rioters the younger members would have to work together to take them down. As Gallego walked with Representative Colin Allred, a Texas Democrat and a 6-foot-1 former linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, they agreed that Allred would tackle the first person to come at them and Gallego would take on the second. His only weapon, he writes in the book, was a pen.
One of Gallego’s enduring memories is of encountering a security supervisor as members of Congress were being ushered to safety who was telling two young Capitol police officers, “Anyone comes down this hall, you shoot them.” Looking at the young men, he recalled his time in combat and wondered if they would be willing to shoot if they had to. He writes that he considered asking them if they wanted to trade places before leaving to meet up with colleagues in a safe room.