Black U.S. Capitol Officer Who Faced Violent Insurrection Mob on Jan. 6 Running for Congress ‘to Stop Trump’s MAGA Extremists’

One of many U.S. Capitol law enforcement officials who defended the federal constructing and Congress members inside it throughout the Jan. 6 revolt is working for workplace.

Harry Dunn introduced his candidacy practically three years to the day when he needed to face violent rioters who stormed the Capitol constructing in Washington, D.C., in a lethal assault to cease Congress members from certifying then-President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory.

Dunn is working to signify Maryland’s third District, which stretches between Baltimore and D.C., and exchange Democrat Rep. John Sarbanes, who isn’t searching for re-election. Dunn doesn’t presently stay within the district however stated he would relocate there if he gained.

“On January sixth, I defended our democracy from insurrectionists as a Capitol Police Officer. After, President Biden honored me with the Presidential Residents Medal,” Dunn wrote in an announcement saying his bid for workplace. “Right now, I’m working for Congress to cease Trump’s MAGA extremists & guarantee it by no means occurs once more.”

Dunn began making a reputation for himself after he passionately testified earlier than a Home choose committee investigating the revolt about what he skilled firsthand that day. He instructed lawmakers he was berated and assaulted by rioters and referred to as racial slurs. He’s appeared quite a few occasions in court docket for the trials of quite a few Jan. 6 rioters and even testified throughout the Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy trial in 2022.

He left the police power final 12 months after 15 years on the job. He went on to publish a memoir in October calling for accountability and highlighting the trauma he underwent on account of the riot.

Dunn is working as a Democrat for the congressional election and is up towards 5 different Democrats presently serving within the Maryland Common Meeting. He instructed POLITICO that he wasn’t intimidated by the crowded discipline, calling his opponents “profession politicians” whereas saying he’s a “profession public servant.”

“I actually consider that is among the the explanation why as a result of I’m no stranger to public service. I spent the final 15-plus years of my life devoted not solely to public service however to defending democracy,” Dunn instructed POLITICO.

He’ll reportedly be specializing in democracy safety, gun reform, psychological well being, infrastructure and transit, and public security as a part of his platform.