{"id":522262,"date":"2022-12-06T22:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lingering-jan-6-divisions-on-full-display-during-ceremony-honoring-law-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T22:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:40:46","slug":"lingering-jan-6-divisions-on-full-display-during-ceremony-honoring-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lingering-jan-6-divisions-on-full-display-during-ceremony-honoring-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lingering Jan. 6 divisions on full display during ceremony honoring law enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b5b7e6138\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b5b7e6138\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lingering-jan-6-divisions-on-full-display-during-ceremony-honoring-law-enforcement\/#Lingering_Jan_6_divisions_on_full_display_during_ceremony_honoring_law_enforcement\" >Lingering Jan. 6 divisions on full display during ceremony honoring law enforcement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lingering_Jan_6_divisions_on_full_display_during_ceremony_honoring_law_enforcement\"><\/span>Lingering Jan. 6 divisions on full display during ceremony honoring law enforcement<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/CongressionalGoldMedalCeremony_120622GN.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lingering divisions from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot were on full display Tuesday when legislative leaders presented the Congressional Gold Medal to law enforcement personnel who protected the Capitol during last year\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<p>In a moment that drew widespread attention, family members of former Capitol Police Office Brian Sicknick \u2014\u00a0who died one day after the Capitol attack from natural causes following multiple strokes \u2014\u00a0snubbed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during the ceremony, declining to shake their hands after the medals were presented.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The family members were captured on camera shaking hands with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), but when they got to McConnell and McCarthy, they continued walking. McConnell\u2019s hand was extended during the interaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s self-explanatory,\u201d Ken Sicknick, the officer\u2019s brother, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacFarlaneNews\/status\/1600173400420278286?s=20&amp;t=3aQ9Ordm-eAGY3vUrGYPAQ\">told reporters<\/a> following the ceremony. \u201cThey came out right away and condemned what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened on Jan. 6. And whatever hold that Trump has on them, they\u2019ve backstepped, they\u2019ve danced, they won\u2019t admit to wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the Capitol riot, McCarthy delivered a speech on the House floor in which he said Trump bore responsibility for the attack. Days later, however, the Republican leader <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida to meet with the ex-president.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if they deserved a handshake, Brian Sicknick responded \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike Liz Cheney they have no idea what integrity is,\u201d Sicknick said. \u201cThey can\u2019t stand up for what\u2019s right and wrong. With them it\u2019s party first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Schumer, McCarthy and McConnell gathered in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to present the highest honor Congress can award\u00a0to law enforcement officers who responded on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger and Washington and D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III accepted the medal on behalf of the officers. They were joined by the families of Sicknick, former Capitol Police Officers Howard Liebengood and William Evans and former Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jeffrey Smith, all of whom died following the riot.<\/p>\n<p>All four congressional leaders delivered remarks. Pelosi said the Congressional Gold Medal should \u201cserve as a token of our nation\u2019s deepest gratitude and respect\u201d to the law enforcement officers who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJanuary 6th was a day of horror and heartbreak, yet is also a moment of extraordinary heroism. Staring down deadly violence and despicable bigotry, our law enforcement officers bravely stood in the breach, ensuring that democracy survived on that dark day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>McCarthy said the ceremony was meant to \u201cpay tribute\u201d to the services and sacrifice of law enforcement on Jan. 6, and McConnell thanked the officers \u201cfor being not just our friends, but our heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The snub by Sicknick\u2019s family during Tuesday\u2019s ceremony was a microcosm of the larger divisions that still exist nearly two years after the Jan. 6 attack.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Republicans have repeatedly criticized the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot, and some GOP members of the lower chamber have ignored subpoenas issued to them by the panel.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Just last week, McCarthy wrote a letter to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the committee, indicating his plan to investigate the panel.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is set to dissolve at the end of the year after Republicans won control of the chamber for the next Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s ceremony came after both the House and Senate passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the law enforcement personnel. President Biden signed the measure in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Manger, the head of the Capitol Police, called Jan. 6 \u201ca day unlike any other in our nation\u2019s history,\u201d noting that it was \u201cdefined by chaos, courage, tragic loss, and resolve.\u201d\u00a0 Contee, who leads the Metropolitan Police Department, said Tuesday marked \u201ca significant moment\u201d in the history of the department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur profession is rooted in a culture of guardianship. 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