Capitol Police officers attacked on Jan. 6 to campaign for Biden

A group of U.S. Capitol Police officers injured in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot will visit battleground states to campaign for President Biden’s reelection, the Biden campaign announced Monday.

Officers Aquilino-Gonnell, Harry Dunn and Daniel “Danny” Hodges will be making stops in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and New Hampshire to highlight former President Trump’s actions following the 2020 election and warn of the dangers that Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, poses to democracy.

According to the Biden campaign, officers will meet with local officials, law enforcement and community members in each state.

“Donald Trump and his insane pursuit of power and retribution are an existential threat to our democracy,” Dunn, who ran for Congress but finished second in the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, said in a statement.

“He continues to condone political violence, going so far as to say there will be a ‘bloodbath’ if he loses again, and promising to become a dictator on his first day in office and pardon the January 6th rioters,” Dunn added. “Donald Trump is all about Donald Trump, which is why, come November, the American people will once and for all reject his extremism and re-elect Joe Biden, the only candidate who will protect our democracy and support law enforcement.”

The three Biden campaign officers were among dozens injured in the Jan. 6 riot, in which a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol building and tried to halt the certification of Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.

Biden has sought to warn voters that former President Trump poses an imminent threat to democracy, making Trump’s actions around Jan. 6 and the riot at the Capitol that same day central to his reelection effort.

The sitting president and his campaign also argue that Trump’s disregard for police officers on January 6 undermines his stated support for law enforcement.