Officers Who Defended US Capitol on Jan. 6 Set to Receive Congressional Gold Medals

[Judi Lynn]

Source: NBC

Awarding the medals will be among House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s last ceremonial acts as she prepares to step down from leadership.

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro • Published 13 mins ago

Top House and Senate leaders will present law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 with Congressional Gold Medals on Tuesday, awarding them Congress's highest honor nearly two years after they fought with former President Donald Trump’s supporters in a brutal and bloody attack.

To recognize the hundreds of officers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the medals will be placed in four locations — at U.S. Capitol Police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution. President Joe Biden said when he signed the legislation last year that a medal will be placed at the Smithsonian museum “so all visitors can understand what happened that day.”

The ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda comes as Democrats, just weeks away from losing their House majority, race to finish a nearly 18-month investigation of the insurrection. Democrats and two Republicans conducting the probe have vowed to uncover the details of the attack, which came as Trump tried to overturn his election defeat and encouraged his supporters to “fight like hell” in a rally just before the congressional certification.

Awarding the medals will be among House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s last ceremonial acts as she prepares to step down from leadership. When the bill passed the House more than a year ago, she said the law enforcement officers from across the city defended the Capitol because they were “the type of Americans who heard the call to serve and answered it, putting country above self.”

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R! Well deserved and long past time!

And excellent move by President Biden, I have often wondered what history will make of this unprecedented and shameful event/period in this country.

[Ford_Prefect]

2. They saved our democracy from the ravening horde bent on murder and mayhem.

And from the mad fool who imagined himself a modern Napoleon.

[Lunabell]

3. Rethuglicans will probably boycott the ceremony.

Marjorie three names will probably order an investigation of them all.

[calimary]

4. Marjorie Three Names!

LOVE it, Lunabell!

Mind if I use it? Optional: Margie Three Names - for short.

[Lunabell]

6. Oh, by all means yes!

I stole it without asking. She doesn't deserve the AOC treatment!!

[bottomofthehill]

5. I believe both McConnell and McCarthy are scheduled to speak

Along with the Speaker and Leader Schumer

[Lunabell]

7. Well, I doubt the election fraudsters will be there.

They'll be too busy kissing the orange behind.

[bottomofthehill]

8. Totally agree

I am just happy they both sides of the Capitol and both Parties are showing up to thank those who fought to defend democracy.

[ffr]

9. Patriots and police who have ethics and a soul.

[republianmushroom]

10. LIKE IT

[SouthernDem4ever]

11. Dipshit Kevin McCarthy had the nerve to give a speech durin gthis ceremony

I turned it off as soon as he started but I thought -What are you going to do, honor them for protecting the congress from the likes of you and green and the other repuglican assholes responsible for it?

[Deep State Witch]

13. Made Me Lose My Appetite

My husband and I had stopped for lunch after his doctor's appointment, and saw it on CNN. Seeing McCarthy's hypocrisy almost made me lose my appetite.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. Hear Hear!