OAN's Avril Elfie
12:50 PM – Saturday, January 5, 2024
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn announced he is running for Congress to “stop President Trump's MAGA extremism.”
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On Friday, Dunn fought with demonstrators during a Jan. 6 event at the Capitol.thIn 2021, he announced that he will run for Congress.
“On January 6th, as a Capitol Police officer, I defended our democracy from insurrectionists,” he wrote to X. “Then President Biden awarded me the Presidential Citizens Medal. Today, I'm running for Congress to stop President Trump's MAGA extremism and make sure it never happens again.”
Walking through a reenactment of the Capitol event in the announcement video, Dunn said that his determination to defend the Constitution made him “the bigot that I know helped fan the flames that started it all.” “We were able to protect some members of Congress.” ”
Dunn, who is running to replace retiring Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes, said in a recent interview that if elected to Congress, he would be able to hold Trump accountable and announced his resignation from the Capitol Police Department. expressed.
During Dunn's announcement, he received backlash from many on social media, including former U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Tariq Johnson, who said if Dunn could run, Trump would said he should also be able to run in Colorado and Maine.
“This morning, I spoke to a number of people regarding former United States Communist Party official Harry Dunn's announcement of his candidacy for the Maryland House of Representatives amidst a letter he improperly circulated to Congress and allegations of false testimony in the Oath Keepers trial. “I have been contacted by someone,” he wrote. . “I have no problem with him announcing his candidacy because I believe the people of the Maryland district he is running for should decide who represents them. I also believe that former President Trump should be afforded the same rights as Dunn and that his name should not be removed from presidential election ballots in Colorado and Maine.”
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