According to some who were barricaded in their offices said it looked like tourists walking through the Capitol. While they were fighting, congressmen and senators were locking themselves inside their offices. 'He and his fellow officers fought for hours and hours against those animals who were trying to take over the Capitol Building and our Democracy, as we know it. He died because of the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol Building on January 6,' Gladys Sicknick said in a statement. 'My son, Capitol Police Officer, Brian Sicknick, died on January 7, 2021. Mitch McConnell Condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene's Holocaust Comments.Over Half of Republicans Say Trump 'True President,' Capitol Riot a Set-Up.Marco Rubio Says 1/6 Commission is Democratic Plot to 'Damage Republicans'.

Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack and concussion while responding to the riots, and Police Officer Harry Dunn, who was also injured that day, are scheduled to join Gladys Sicknick and Garza in some of their Senate meetings. Other Republicans, though, have spoken out against the commission, notably Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who called forming a commission a 'slanted and unbalanced proposal.'īrian Sicknick died a day after the attack after suffering a stroke. Three Republican senators-Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Romney-have indicated they will vote to proceed with consideration of the legislation. The House of Representatives passed legislation last week that would form an independent commission to investigate the insurrection. She is pushing Republican senators to approve a commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Gladys Sicknick, mother of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, leaves a meeting with Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on May 27, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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