Harry Dunn is awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on Dec. 6, 2022, for defending the U.S. Capitol from Jan. 6 rioters.Photo:Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via GettyFormer Capitol Police OfficerHarry Dunnis eyeing a new career based in the same building he protected for 15 years, this time as a United States representative.Dunn, 40, declared his candidacy for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District on Friday morning, explaining that he resigned from service in December with the intent to defend democracy as a Democratic congressman.Harry Dunn gets emotional on June 9, 2022, as a House committee airs footage of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via GettyDunn rose to prominence in the wake of the deadlyJan. 6, 2021, insurrection, when he testified before Congress about the violence and racism he and other officers witnessed while fending off pro-Donald Trumprioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the 2020 election from being certified.“I put country above self. The problem is a lot of [Congress] didn’t,” he saysin a videoannouncing his campaign. “Some of the same people who stood behind us when we protected them went back on the floor of Congress and stood behind Trump. They voted to acquit him — and worst of all, they denied the violence and trauma thatled to the deathof some of my fellow officers.““We can’t ever let this happen again,” Dunn continues in the video, which depicts Capitol rioters in the background. “And you heard it from Trump himself. He is hell-bent on finishing what he started this day.“Speaking toCNNabout his campaign, Dunn elaborated on his motive for entering politics. “Obviously, my experiences on January 6 I saw firsthand democracy under attack,” he told the outlet. “It’s no exaggeration to say we are one election away from the extinction of our democracy as we know it right now.”Dunn joins a crowded Democratic primary race as sitting Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes prepares to vacate his seat.Harry Dunn hugs a colleague after they received Congressional Gold Medals.Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via GettyDunn’s emotional testimony before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot offered an eyewitness account of the mayhem that unfolded in an unprecedented effort to thwart the transition of power between Trump andJoe Biden.“Capitol Police officers and Metropolitan Police officers, MPD, were engaged in desperate hand-to-hand fighting with rioters across the west lawn,” Dunn said in a July 2021 hearing before the committee. “I witnessed the rioters using all kinds of weapons against officers, including flagpoles, metal bike racks that they had torn apart, and various kinds of projectiles. Many were screaming, and many were blinded and coughing from chemical irritants being sprayed in their faces.”
Harry Dunn is awarded a Congressional Gold Medal on Dec. 6, 2022, for defending the U.S. Capitol from Jan. 6 rioters.Photo:Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
Former Capitol Police OfficerHarry Dunnis eyeing a new career based in the same building he protected for 15 years, this time as a United States representative.Dunn, 40, declared his candidacy for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District on Friday morning, explaining that he resigned from service in December with the intent to defend democracy as a Democratic congressman.Harry Dunn gets emotional on June 9, 2022, as a House committee airs footage of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via GettyDunn rose to prominence in the wake of the deadlyJan. 6, 2021, insurrection, when he testified before Congress about the violence and racism he and other officers witnessed while fending off pro-Donald Trumprioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the 2020 election from being certified.“I put country above self. The problem is a lot of [Congress] didn’t,” he saysin a videoannouncing his campaign. “Some of the same people who stood behind us when we protected them went back on the floor of Congress and stood behind Trump. They voted to acquit him — and worst of all, they denied the violence and trauma thatled to the deathof some of my fellow officers.““We can’t ever let this happen again,” Dunn continues in the video, which depicts Capitol rioters in the background. “And you heard it from Trump himself. He is hell-bent on finishing what he started this day.“Speaking toCNNabout his campaign, Dunn elaborated on his motive for entering politics. “Obviously, my experiences on January 6 I saw firsthand democracy under attack,” he told the outlet. “It’s no exaggeration to say we are one election away from the extinction of our democracy as we know it right now.”Dunn joins a crowded Democratic primary race as sitting Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes prepares to vacate his seat.Harry Dunn hugs a colleague after they received Congressional Gold Medals.Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via GettyDunn’s emotional testimony before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot offered an eyewitness account of the mayhem that unfolded in an unprecedented effort to thwart the transition of power between Trump andJoe Biden.“Capitol Police officers and Metropolitan Police officers, MPD, were engaged in desperate hand-to-hand fighting with rioters across the west lawn,” Dunn said in a July 2021 hearing before the committee. “I witnessed the rioters using all kinds of weapons against officers, including flagpoles, metal bike racks that they had torn apart, and various kinds of projectiles. Many were screaming, and many were blinded and coughing from chemical irritants being sprayed in their faces.”
Former Capitol Police OfficerHarry Dunnis eyeing a new career based in the same building he protected for 15 years, this time as a United States representative.
Dunn, 40, declared his candidacy for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District on Friday morning, explaining that he resigned from service in December with the intent to defend democracy as a Democratic congressman.
Harry Dunn gets emotional on June 9, 2022, as a House committee airs footage of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
Dunn rose to prominence in the wake of the deadlyJan. 6, 2021, insurrection, when he testified before Congress about the violence and racism he and other officers witnessed while fending off pro-Donald Trumprioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the 2020 election from being certified.
“I put country above self. The problem is a lot of [Congress] didn’t,” he saysin a videoannouncing his campaign. “Some of the same people who stood behind us when we protected them went back on the floor of Congress and stood behind Trump. They voted to acquit him — and worst of all, they denied the violence and trauma thatled to the deathof some of my fellow officers.”
“We can’t ever let this happen again,” Dunn continues in the video, which depicts Capitol rioters in the background. “And you heard it from Trump himself. He is hell-bent on finishing what he started this day.”
Speaking toCNNabout his campaign, Dunn elaborated on his motive for entering politics. “Obviously, my experiences on January 6 I saw firsthand democracy under attack,” he told the outlet. “It’s no exaggeration to say we are one election away from the extinction of our democracy as we know it right now.”
Dunn joins a crowded Democratic primary race as sitting Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes prepares to vacate his seat.
Harry Dunn hugs a colleague after they received Congressional Gold Medals.Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty
Dunn’s emotional testimony before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot offered an eyewitness account of the mayhem that unfolded in an unprecedented effort to thwart the transition of power between Trump andJoe Biden.
“Capitol Police officers and Metropolitan Police officers, MPD, were engaged in desperate hand-to-hand fighting with rioters across the west lawn,” Dunn said in a July 2021 hearing before the committee. “I witnessed the rioters using all kinds of weapons against officers, including flagpoles, metal bike racks that they had torn apart, and various kinds of projectiles. Many were screaming, and many were blinded and coughing from chemical irritants being sprayed in their faces.”
source: people.com
