Biden tears into ‘sick insurrectionists’ at January 6 event, calls it ‘July 6’

Jocelyn Benson she served as Michigan’s Secretary of State during the 2020 election and faced pressure from those seeking to overturn the election results, including armed protesters outside her home. Benson received the 2022 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

rusty bowers he served as speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives during the 2020 election, resisting pressure from those who sought to overturn the election results. He received the 2022 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

harry dunn

harry dunn is a Capitol Police officer who defended the Capitol on January 6, facing racial slurs and harassment from rioters. Dunn has served in the Capitol Police force for nearly fifteen years.

Caroline Edwards he was the first law enforcement officer injured by rioters on January 6. Even after suffering a traumatic brain injury, Officer Edwards worked to prevent rioters from entering the Capitol building. Officer Edwards has worked in law enforcement for almost six years.

miguel fanone

miguel fanone served as a Metropolitan Police Department Officer and defended the Capitol on January 6, sustaining injuries during the attack. After the attack, he resigned from the Metropolitan Police Department, having served for 20 years after joining in the aftermath of 9/11.

ruby freeman served as a poll worker in Fulton County, Georgia, during the 2020 election. Ms. Freeman worked to ensure the people of Georgia could vote freely and fairly, and simply for doing her job, she was forced to resist efforts to overturn the elections that threatened her and her family.

Shaye Moss (left) and her mother Ruby Freeman (right)

Aquilino Gonell he served as Capitol Police Sergeant and defended the Capitol on January 6, sustaining injuries during the attack. Sergeant Gonell is an emigrant from the Dominican Republic and a US Army veteran who served in Iraq.

eugenio goodman is a Capitol Police officer who defended the Capitol on January 6. He is credited with diverting rioters from the Senate floor while members were still evacuating. Officer Goodman is a veteran of the US Army and from January 20, 2021 to March 2, 2021, he served as the US Senate Acting Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms.

daniel hodge

daniel hodge is a Metropolitan Police Department officer who defended the Capitol on January 6 and sustained injuries during the attack. The day of the attack was the first time Hodges had been in the Capitol. Officer Hodges has worked with the Metropolitan Police Department for more than seven years.

howard liebengood (posthumous) was a US Capitol police officer who committed suicide on January 9, 2021, three days after the attack on the Capitol. Liebengood had worked three 24-hour sleepless days on January 6 and its aftermath. In November, the Justice Department classified Liebengood’s death as a line-of-duty fatality, allowing his family to receive benefits through the Public Safety Officers Benefits Program.

Shaye Moss served as a poll worker in Fulton County, Georgia, during the 2020 election. Like her mother, Ruby Freeman, who was also a Fulton County poll worker and will also receive the Presidential Citizens Medal, Ms. Moss was subjected to threats and harassment as a result of the elections. Ms. Moss received the 2022 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

al schmidt

al schmidt is a former federal official and served as a city commissioner on the Philadelphia County Board of Elections. During the 2020 election, he kept the vote count despite pressure and efforts to overturn the election.

brian sicknick (posthumous) was a Capitol Police officer who defended the Capitol on January 6. After losing his life protecting our elected representatives, Officer Sicknick was honored in the Capitol Rotunda in February 2021. The President, First Lady, Vice President, and Second Gentleman visited to pay their respects. In addition to guarding the Capitol for more than a decade, Officer Sicknick also served in the New Jersey Air National Guard and was stationed in Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan.

jeffrey smith (posthumous) was a DC Metropolitan Police officer who responded to the attack on the Capitol on January 6 and then took his own life on January 15, 2021. In March 2022, defending his family, the death of Smith was deemed a line-of-duty fatality by the District of Columbia with the ‘sole and direct’ cause of death being injuries sustained at the United States Capitol during the riot.

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The late Officer Brian Sicknick