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The family of a fallen police officer refused to shake hands with Republicans on Tuesday during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor those who responded to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
After accepting the award on behalf of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died of natural causes one day after responding to the Capitol riot, the family snubbed Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leaders in the Senate and House, respectively, who stood on stage during the presentation.
Sicknick’s brother Ken Sicknick said the gesture was in protest of Republican lawmakers’ refusal to swiftly condemn the attack.
“Whatever hold that Trump has on them, they’ve backstepped,” he said in an interview with CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane following the ceremony. “They’ve danced. They won’t admit to wrongdoing, not necessarily them themselves, but of Trump, of the rioters.”
Mr. Sicknick specifically mentioned Rep.
