Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, one of many officers most outspoken in regards to the violence he witnessed through the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault, introduced Friday that he’s operating for the U.S. House in Maryland’s third Congressional District.
Dunn was one of many few officers who testified earlier than the House Jan. 6 choose committee in regards to the racist slurs he endured through the Jan. 6 assault. He launched a guide final yr, “Standing My Ground,” detailing his expertise, and has obtained each the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Citizens Medal for serving through the rebel.
Dunn, 40, introduced his candidacy in a video Friday, on the eve of the third anniversary of the Capitol riot.
“On Jan. 6th, 2021, I did my duty as a police officer and as an American and defended our nation’s Capitol from violent insurrectionists,” he stated in an announcement. “Today, I’m running for Congress because the forces that spurred that violent attack are still at work and as a patriotic American, it is my duty to defend our democracy.”
Dunn, who stepped down late final yr as a Capitol police officer after 15 years, is operating within the crowded main to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes, whose district encompasses Howard County and components of Anne Arundel and Carroll counties, all west of Baltimore. The winner of the first is the favourite to clinch the closely Democratic seat.
The former officer’s announcement video contains a reenactment of Jan. 6 with a MAGA flag within the background. Dunn stated he’s operating in political opposition to Trump to forestall one other Jan. 6-like assault from ever taking place.
“We can’t ever let this happen again, and you’ve heard it from Trump himself: He is hellbent on finishing what he started this day,” Dunn says. “I believe every one of us has a role to play in this fight.”
