"It is inconceivable that some of the Members we protect, would downplay the events of January 6th," members of the force said in a statement.
The Capitol Police are pissed off at Republicans for not wanting to investigate the pro-Trump terrorists who tried to kill or injure them.
Republicans make a lot of noise about law and order, Republicans claim that they support the police. But apparently Trumpist Republicans think it’s okay to break the law or assault police officers if Donald Trump wills it.
Officers of the US Capitol Police criticized Republican leaders' opposition to the creation of a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots in a powerful letter released Wednesday afternoon as the House debated the measure.
"The brave men and women of the USCP were subjected to hours and hours of physical trauma which has led to months of mental anguish," the members wrote, adding that the complex where they work still has broken doors and windows — visual reminders of the events of that day.
The letter was shared by Rep. Jamie Raskin's office in an email to a bipartisan list of members' chiefs of staffs. The email, obtained by BuzzFeed News, says the Maryland Democrat has been "in discussions with several rank-and-file" officers and listened to them "describe their physical and emotional traumas" stemming from the deadly riots.
The Republican leadership in Congress is obsequiously following the dictates of Trump. When they say they wish to “move on”, what they are really saying is that they don’t wish to remind the American people that a president from their party tried to stage a low budget coup and that they subsequently refused to hold him accountable for it.
