The GOP senators who refused to meet Brian Sicknick’s mother before voting down riot commission

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The mother of US Capitol Police office Brian Sicknick, who died the day after a failed insurrection in the halls of Congress on 6 January, personally lobbied every Republican senator ahead of a vote to form a commission to investigate the assault that led to his death and injured as many as 140 other officers. GOP senators Marsha Blackburn, John Boozman, Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst, Deb Fischer, Cindy Hyde-Smith, James Inhofe, John Neely Kennedy, Jerry Moran, Rand Paul, Mike Rounds and Roger Wicker also did not meet with Ms Sicknick, according to The Post. Senator Toomey, among nine GOP lawmakers who skipped the vote entirely, said he would have supported it but had a family commitment and could not stay in Washington. Mr Sicknick’s partner Sandra Garza and other Capitol police officers joined Ms Sicknick to lobby senate offices ahead of the vote on 28 May.