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Family Members Refuse To Shake Hands Of Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy At Ceremony Honoring Police Officers Who Defended Capitol On January 6th
06.12.2022 - 22:55 / deadline.com
Police officers and family members declined to shake the hands of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Tuesday to honor those who defended the Capitol amid the January 6th attack.
Video of the ceremony showed recipients shaking hands with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) but not McConnell and McCarthy.
Gladys Sicknick, the mother of fallen officer Brian Sicknick, declines to shake hands with Republican leaders during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Jan. 6 police. pic.twitter.com/k7cAmVVvfi
The event was carried by CNN and MSNBC, and Fox News joined in later.
Ken Sicknick, the brother of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the attack, told CBS News that he did not shake hands because “they came out right away and condemned what happened on January 6th, and whatever hold that [Donald] Trump has on them is backstepped, is danced. They won’t admit to wrongdoing, not necessarily them themselves, but of Trump, of the rioters. People like Louie Gohmert, who presented an American flag that was flown over the Capitol to a January 6th rioter and told them they were a patriot, it’s disgusting. It takes away everything my brother has done.” Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, has been critical of the federal prosecutions of those involved in the Capitol siege.
Gladys Sicknick, Brian Sicknick’s mother, told CNN she also declined the shake the hands of McConnell and McCarthy.
At the ceremony, McConnell said, “Thank you for saving our country. Thank you for being not just our friends, but our heroes.”
McConnell condemned Trump’s role in fomenting the siege on the Capitol, but he ultimately
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