McConnell and McCarthy got snubbed by Jan. 6 heroes. Good.
GOP leaders who have fought efforts to hold those responsible for the attack on the Capitol accountable shouldn’t be allowed to just smile in the faces of the day's victims.
There’s no doubt that our country is still incredibly divided after the deadly Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. But congressional Republicans and former President Donald Trump have made it difficult for our country to heal by continuing to fuel the “big lie” that led the rioters to storm the Capitol.
On Tuesday, the disdain for Republican leaders and their silence in condemning the violence was on full display at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. Recipients were the heroic law enforcement officers of the U.S. Capitol Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6.
It was a much-needed dramatic and unscripted moment during a ceremony that is usually anything but.
As some refused to shake hands with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, it was a much-needed dramatic and unscripted moment during a ceremony that is usually anything but. McConnell and McCarthy shouldn’t be allowed to just go on as if these moments are just business as usual. These leaders and any other elected official who has been either vocal about supporting the unfounded claims of a stolen election or stood in the way of holding those responsible accountable deserve to be snubbed.
Among those who refused to acknowledge McConnell and McCarthy was the family of fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who suffered two strokes and died of natural causes the day after the attack.
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