Former officers who defended the US Capitol on Jan. 6 visited the Pa. House. Some GOP members jeered

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A visit to the Pennsylvania House floor by two former police officers who helped protect the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot of 2021 drew boos and walkouts by some Republican legislators this week. “The GOP members’ shameful behavior was unbecoming of our institution for any guest, let alone two of the men responsible for defending our democracy during a dark day in our nation’s history,” McClinton said. “And I think that when you look at it, I’m tired of the House speaker using the guest list and the legislative calendar for political purposes.” The House Democratic Campaign Committee solicitation said “House Republicans couldn’t leave the floor fast enough in protest” and asked for contributions “to help us defend our democracy” and keep their House majority. “He has encouraged and continues to encourage political violence.. His deranged, self-centered, obsessive quest for power is the reason violent insurrectionists assaulted me and my brave colleagues.” Hundreds of law enforcement officers were beaten and bloodied in the attack by Trump supporters, who descended after a rally and smashed into the Capitol while Trump remained silent for hours. If those people are those things, who are we?” Gonnell said, adding that the officers on Jan. 6 were defending elected officials from both parties “regardless of their political ideology,” Dunn, who is Black, has previously described how the crowd in the Capitol yelled racial slurs at him, something that never happened while he was on duty during more than a dozen years on the force.