House Democrats, who strongly condemned attacks on police during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, also condemned the injuries to police officers in the anti-Israel protests currently raging at universities across the country. They are also raising their voices.
On January 6, Fox News Digital contacted all remaining members of the now-defunct House Select Committee, as well as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). I took it. – all of the Democrats who led the charge in 2021 to criticize the treatment of police officers – asked whether they would extend the same condemnation to those who attacked police officers on college campuses.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a member of the committee, told Fox News Digital that she condemns any attack on law enforcement, but the comparison to the Capitol riot was critical.
“I completely condemn the attack on our police officers, on Capitol Hill and on campus,” Lofgren said. “We note that there is no direct equivalence, as what is happening on college campuses is not intended to prevent a peaceful transfer of power or threaten a democratic system of government. “Attempts to sanitize the events of January 6th are malicious.” ”
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House Democrats Zoe Lofgren, Eric Swalwell and Bennie Thompson have spoken out against attacks on police. (Getty Images)
“I condemn all forms of violence against police officers,” Swalwell told Fox News Digital.
Similarly, a person familiar with the thinking of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), the former chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, said he also condemns all forms of violence.
This follows reports of police officers being injured during anti-Israel protests at the University of Madison in Wisconsin, the University of Utah, and Emerson College in Boston, as well as reports of violent clashes between students and police at the University of California, Los Angeles. That’s what it means. .
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Hundreds of students protested outside the Palestinian Solidarity Encampment on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Keith Birmingham/Media News Group/Pasadena Star News via Getty Images)
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last year found that 114 Capitol Police officers were injured in the Capitol riot. One police officer died of natural causes, and four more on the scene committed suicide in the seven months following the riot.
A spokesperson for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) did not directly say whether Schiff specifically condemned recent attacks on police, but told Fox News Digital that Jewish students He pointed to previous statements opposing the attacks on the United States.
“Over the past few weeks, from Columbia University to UCLA and far too many campuses in between, many of those demonstrations have turned violent, creating a learning environment that is unsafe for all students and completely unsustainable. We have seen students explicitly and repeatedly targeted and threatened, many of whom are prevented from entering buildings because of their faith or background. “This is clearly unacceptable and must end,” Schiff said in one of his warning statements.
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On January 6, 2021, more than 100 Capitol Police officers were reported injured. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Pelosi’s office did not respond to multiple requests for comment, and the offices of House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) did not respond, despite condemning all three attacks on police during the January riots. 6 Riots.
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At a committee hearing on January 6, 2022, Aguilar accused pro-Trump protesters of “violently attacking the efforts of the brave men and women of law enforcement who are attempting to resist the mob.” .
“The attempted coup and insurrection left 150 law enforcement officers injured, injured, traumatized, or killed,” Raskin said in a statement marking the first anniversary on Jan. 6. Anyone who denies or downplays an unprovoked attack will never be able to call himself forward.” She is, or is, herself a “law enforcement advocate.” It’s just a political scam. ”
