protected us against the terrorists that attacked the US Capital bldg and 
were sent there by the rump!!

President Joe Biden today will sign legislation to award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department for protecting Congress during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Under the bill, which passed by voice vote in the Senate Tuesday with no objections, there will be four medals – to be displayed at the Capitol Police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police Department, the U.S. Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution.

The honor will go to members of the Capitol Police and Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department who fought with a mob of hundreds of supporters of the rump attempting to overturn his election defeat.

The attack was the worst on the Capitol in 200 years and interrupted the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s win over  the rump. Four people died that day and Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick collapsed and died afterward of what authorities said were natural causes. Four police officers have killed themselves since the riots.

More than 100 officers were injured.“Awarding the Congressional Gold Medal is a way to commemorate their sacrifice and make sure that the truth of Jan. 6 is recognized and remembered forever,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on the chamber’s floor.

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