Tuesday was the 5th anniversary of the attack by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol.
“Law enforcement officers literally gave their lives to protect our country and our democracy — yet one of the first things Donald Trump did when he took office was pardon people who were convicted of assaulting police officers,” Shapiro said in a post on X Tuesday morning.
“The President may not respect our law enforcement officers’ courage and commitment to service — but here in Pennsylvania, we remember the sacrifices they make and will always have their backs.” Shapiro played a key role as state attorney general in defending the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania in the weeks leading up to the attack, which took place the same day that Congress was certifying former President Joe Biden’s victory.The president has continued to falsely claim he won Pennsylvania in 2020, including at his rally in Mount Pocono last month, even after he won the White House again in 2024. FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. , and on Tuesday the White House unveiled a webpage dedicated to the events, falsely describing the riot as a peaceful protest and blaming Shapiro was one of several Democrats who marked the anniversary of the attack for the first time since Trump returned to office. State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, of Philadelphia, introduced a resolution alongside other House Democrats to designate Jan. 6 as the “Democracy Observance Day for Education, Remembrance, and Vigilance.”In addition to the sweeping pardons eliminating the criminal cases of more than 1,500 people, the president also commuted sentences of people — including Philadelphia native Zach Rehl, the leader of the local far-right Proud Boys chapter, and2021 Capitol riot: Pipe bomb suspect said he ‘didn’t like either party’
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