Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyWhen Harry Dunn launched his campaign for Congress earlier this year, he immed
When Harry Dunn launched his campaign for Congress earlier this year, he immediately made clear exactly why he was running.
The former U.S. Capitol Police officer’s announcement video depicts a violent re-enactment of Jan. 6, 2021. Dunn walks down a lookalike Capitol Hill hallway surrounded by rioters waving MAGA flags and fighting police. Alarms blare, lights flash, and people scream.
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Speaking directly to the camera, Dunn delivers what might as well be his campaign motto. “We can’t ever let this happen again.”
Dunn, of course, understands why: he experienced the real Jan. 6. His accounts of the violent, racist treatment he endured from pro-Trump mobs that day thrust him into the national spotlight.
For three years, Dunn has used his platform to demand justice by testifying before Congress, appearing frequently in the news media and on cable TV, and writing a memoir.
To hear Dunn tell it, the obvious next step in his quest for accountability is to run for Congress himself—as a Democrat, in Maryland’s open 3rd Congressional District, a safely liberal seat where the primary will determine who gets sent to Washington.