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Posted on 06/06/2024 11:42:02 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Two former law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were jeered by state GOP lawmakers as they visited Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to several Democratic lawmakers present.
Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and former sergeant Aquilino Gonell were introduced on the floor Wednesday as “heroes” by House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D) for having “bravely defended democracy in the United States Capitol against rioters and insurrection on Jan. 6.”
As the two men — both of whom were injured by rioters on Jan. 6 — were introduced, the House floor descended into chaos. According to Democratic lawmakers, several GOP lawmakers hissed and booed, with a number of Republicans walking out of the chamber in protest.
“I heard some hissing and I saw about eight to 10 of my Republican colleagues walk out angrily as they were announced as police officers from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,” state Rep. Arvind Venkat (D) said in a phone interview Thursday. “I was shocked and appalled,” he added. According to Venkat, the commotion lasted about five minutes. Fewer than 100 lawmakers, evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, were present in the chamber before the chaotic scene unfolded, he said.
The Pennsylvania House has 203 members — 102 Democrats and 101 Republicans.
The Republicans’ loud rejection of the two officers in a key battleground state underscores how polarizing the legacy of the Jan. 6 insurrection has become between the parties, to the extent that supporting law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol from violent rioters is seen as politically contentious by some lawmakers.
Dunn and Gonell have also been vocal politically — both are touring Pennsylvania this week...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Cheers for the PA house Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/27/captiol-police-racial-slurs-500846
What a wimp. He was hurt because trump supporters called him the “n” word. Where’s the proof?
Dunn said that after that word was used against him “the rest of the afternoon is a blur,” but he and other officers are still living with the trauma they experienced. He said he has also sought counseling in the aftermath of that day, and encouraged other officers to do so as well.
“I know so many other officers continue to hurt both physically and emotionally,” he said. “What we went through that day was traumatic.”
Vernon Jones (black Congressman) was so traumatized when he left the Capitol building that he stopped and chatted with me and my daughters and posed for a selfie with us.
Capitol was never under attack. Sheesh
Washington Compost pulling a muscle high-fiving itself thinking they’ve come up with a news story people might actually read.
Fail.
What was your sentence for being within five miles of that den of thieves that day?
Funny how we have had generations of men (and women) that have been in wars, conflicts, riots, and horrific crime scenes etc... and resumed their lives to build a country by going to work and raising families etc... without any counseling for the most part. Now someone gets a hang-nail and they have PTSD and need counseling to feel safe.
They were recently in Arizona. Wrote an editorial in the local paper urging people to vote against Trump. They should be jeered.
GOOD.
This was orchestrated by the Democrats to get just this type of response. They want to be the party of Law and Order now and highlight that Trump’s a Felon.
Sick and tired of their lies “bravely defended democracy”? Yeah right!
fellow travelers!
There was nothing to defend from
We never entered the Capitol Building... so no arrests/sentences.
The dozens of glowies around you obviously failed to “influence” you.
They are glorified mall cops.
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