
The household of Brian Sicknick, the police officer who died a day after being assaulted in the course of the Capitol riot, brutally snubbed Republican leaders on Tuesday as they accepted a congressional gold medal awarded to cops who defended the nation on Jan. 6, 2021.
Sicknick, a U.S. Capitol Police officer, was assaulted with pepper spray in the course of the melee and collapsed after returning to his division workplace. The D.C. health worker later dominated he died of a stroke, deeming it a pure explanation for loss of life regardless of acknowledging that “all that transpired performed a job in his situation.” Capitol Police listed it as a loss of life within the line of responsibility.
A number of Republican members of Congress have since downplayed the riot, calling rioters “patriots,” portray themselves as the true victims, and voting towards a invoice to award congressional medals to officers.
Footage captured Sicknick’s household shaking Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer’s hand on Tuesday earlier than intentionally bypassing the outstretched fingers of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
“They don’t know what integrity is,” Sicknick’s brother, Ken Sicknick, later advised CBS Information. “They will’t arise for what’s proper and incorrect. With them, it’s celebration first.”
He mentioned individuals like McCarthy and McConnell initially condemned the riot however, underneath the sway of Donald Trump, had “backstepped” and “danced” across the situation.
He known as the actions of Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), who has spewed infinite nonsense in protection of rioters, “disgusting.”
“It takes away every thing my brother has carried out. It takes away the heroism my brother confirmed,” he mentioned.
“They’re simply two-faced,” Gladys Sicknick, Brian’s mom, mentioned to CNN. “I’m simply uninterested in them standing there and saying how great the Capitol Police is, after which they flip round and … go all the way down to Mar-a-Lago and kiss his ring.”
“It simply hurts,” she added.
Pennsylvania smoothie store proprietor Julian Elie Khater, 32, and sandwich entrepreneur George Pierre Tanios, 39, have each pleaded responsible to the assault on Sicknick. Khater faces 78 to 97 months in jail when he’s sentenced this month.