Mother of fallen Capitol Police officer shares why she snubbed GOP leaders

CNN's Poppy Harlow and Don Lemon speak with the family of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, after they snubbed Republican leaders Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy at a ceremony held to honor law enforcement who defended the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

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  1. My father was a police officer. If he were still alive, today, he would’ve been so proud of Officer Brian Sicknick. As a United States Army medic and a Navy veteran, I sure am. Brian fought to defend the Constitution, and he did it with honor, courage, and integrity. My heart goes out to his loved ones.

    1. Fought to defend? Defend what? They let ppl into the building Don. If anything, the capitol police didn’t do their job.

    2. @jk kos Guess you missed all those ads online and on Craig’sList for protest marchers to be hired to walk in those staged marches. Republican backed ads. Won’t ever unconvince me that those staged marches across the country weren’t staged by Republicans. Another DONALD TRUMP PLOY TO BLAME IT ON THE YOUTH AND Black Americans, to set the stage to justify seditious behavior on the President’s part to declare or find an excuse for a dictatorship. And you people are either way too innocent or way too stupid to not believe Trump would engineer a Coup d’Etat. Backed by the Republican leadership in Congress.

    3. @jk kos That was a lot of words just to say, “I can’t refute what you said.” I mean, yeah, I get it. Everyone can see that you have a collection of talking points and buzzwords to deploy to virtue signal for all your buddies. Still not seeing any refutation here, though.

  2. “It’s not a partisan issue. It’s an integrity issue.” RIP Officer Sicknick. We will remember your sacrifice. Peace Out

    1. @Thomas Garman I think we ought to give that placement who shot Ashley Babbitt a gold medal among other things

    2. @MMarie yeah how about that?? Isn’t that funny how most of the violence is always caused from the Right 👍

    1. @Will Shealy SHE didn’t win her primary BECAUSE of enough sellout/insurrectionist Trumpers in the republican party. People who couldn’t give 2 shits about the Constitution, since their plan is to continuously back a guy who wants to throw out the Constitution because things don’t go his way.

    2. @Ren Sinclair did what? These Capitol officers didn’t do their jobs. Nobody should have been allowed in. Why isn’t this question being asked? Who’s suppressing this information?

  3. May Mr. Sicknick RIP. His passing is truly heartbreaking and needless. My heart goes out to this mother. 🙏🕊 As for Mitch the mule and brown-nosed Kevin, they should be ashamed of themselves for standing there, knowing exactly what their part was in all this political uproar. It’s sickening, the lies they’ve told and continue to tell. Disgusting, disrespectful and disgraceful.

  4. As a mother myself, I can’t imagine the grief this family is going through. To lose your son and brother so unnecessarily is absolutely heart breaking. God bless this family and all the families who bravely fight for our rights and freedoms! I admire this family because through their dignity and class, they showed the Republican party what they really have become, Radicalized trash.

    1. @Chance Burger but still rather heartless, especially considering that stroke was caused by stress from Trumps failed coup

    2. @Chance Burgerhey 11month old YouTube troll, radical right wing mouthpiece I hope you are close to the top of the list!🖕🏻🤢🤮

    3. Brenda, you swallowed the lies. He died from a stroke, not on Jan 6. The only person who died Jan 6 was an unarmed lady Ashley Babbitt, who was murdered in cold blood by a Democrat cop.

    1. @Jim He Was Considered “DIEING IN THE LINE OF DUTY”. After Being MACED With Bear Spray At The Younger Age Of 42. OBVIOUSLY The Over Exertion And Stress From HOURS Of Contending With A MOB Of MINDLESS MORONS Was A Major Factor, But Not The Immediate Cause Of Him DIEING. Go Back To Playing In Your Sandbox And Crayons Kiddo. Because Your Making A FOOL Out Of Yourself…

    2. @Jim: We’ll I guess that just goes to show how wrong, (nice word for dumb-assed) you are. Brian Sicknick did NOT die of a heart attack, he died of cerebellar infarcts caused by 2 successive arterial thromboses which has nothing whatso-fu*king-ever to do with a heart attack. But then at your apparent education level I suppose I’d be wasting my time explaining it to you?

  5. I’m so glad to see his mom smile. I can’t imagine her deep pain. I’m glad she didn’t shake their hand.

    1. Yeah, her mom wasn’t trying to make a political statement at all refusing to shake ppls hands that had nothing to do with it.

  6. As the widow of a Police officer,and the Aunt of a Police officer killed in the line of duty, my heart and prayers go to these families. GOD bless these brave people!

    1. @Scott Charney Absolutely.
      Except, officer David Dorn was shot and killed while trying to stop looters who had broken into a pawn shop. That’s not just “civil unrest,” that’s blatant criminal activity.

    2. @The Wraith True; most of the casualties were the work of cops, vigilantes (shooting & ramming), accelerationist Boogaloo types, and (as is likely in this case) apolitical lumpen.

  7. My uncle, a 96 year old WWII veteran, also refused to shake McCarthy’s hand at a Veterans Day parade in our hometown, Bakersfield, CA. He told the congressman that he is a detriment to our country and that is why he couldn’t shake his hand. Our hearts go out to the brave officers that protected and continue to protect our capital.

    1. My grandfather was also a World War II veteran, and before he died, he said, these people are detrimental to our country, it should not be holding office at all.

  8. She did the right thing. I have lots of respect for her. The whole nation should follow her example.👏👏👏

    1. @Will Shealy Hey… those f!@#s fueled the fire. They were literally on the opposing side. It was political. and if you read any of the other comments by so many veterans here, anyone with half a brain and an entire heart agrees.

    2. @Will Shealy  THESE TWO POS’s refused to honor the Capital Police that saved their lives 1/6/21. But want the attention and Glitz, before the election for Speaker of the House & Senate.

      SHE and all others, are SAINTS, is MY BOOK, more Integrity!

  9. I don’t know how these politicians sleep at night. Officer Sicknick died protecting them and democracy. Thank you Officer Sicknick and to the rest of the Capitol Police for defending the Constitution 🇺🇸🙏🏾

    1. “I really have no respect for people who have no integrity.”, that 100% of white cops, this is a non issue, white cops do not matter, move on! Claiming white cops matter when white cops attack and murder minorities every single day with zero consequences is racist AF

  10. “I really have no respect for people who have no integrity.”
    Well said and all respect and best wishes to the Sicknick family.

    1. @The Wraith if 1 in 26000 is shot by police that’s insane. I didn’t think it was that bad.
      And comparing police shootings to gang violence is something we can agree on.
      And forgiveness for officers in dangerous situations..
      Anyone who doesn’t even want to consider police being accountable for their actions is a child.

    2. @The Wraith and you literally compared the two. That was your entire post, comparing the two. But maybe I read you wrong and you DO denounce the scumbags who attacked our capitol.

    3. @The Wraith I’m just trolling, Lotta magats being sarcastic about this families pain. Never did nothing Fer their country and spit in the face of those that do.

    4. @BigBadJerry Rogers When black people stop committing 50% of the homicides in the US then we’ll talk about making it zero.

  11. Republican leaders are deplorable. How do they face themselves everyday? There can’t be a conscience in any of them. RIP officer Sicknick and thank you sincerely 🙏 💙

    1. @Will Shealy: “Biden Einstein”, lol, good one! Compared to ‘Donald Stable Jenius’ everyone is an ‘Einstein’! Anyway if you’ve not cashed in your investments you’ve lost nothing, you just need to be patient which is what smart investors do. The S&P 500 index skyrocketed to its highest level in history after Mr Biden kicked Mr Trump out of the White House and while it has recently settled a bit, which is normal after an unusually optimistic rise, it is still astronomically higher than ever. But there’s a caveat here…if you don’t have a few hundred thousand dollars to play with you should not be investing in high level stocks or perhaps even in the stock markets at all, because you will be forever tossed around like a terrier’s rag doll by the market makers. If you are an average wage earner put you money in real estate, in your home, in mutual funds, and BE PATIENT. Don’t be dragged around by the nose by bullsh*tting politicians making promises, and especially don’t ever confuse your money with their money. All the best to you on your future investments!

    2. @Will Shealy Inflation is much worse all over the world and sometimes rate hikes are needed. Yeah, my 401k had lost over 21% by the end of the third quarter but it also lost over 50% in 2008 and it earned it all back and more under the last Democratic president, remember him, you know the guy you probably called a socialist or maybe Muslim? I guess that’s ancient history to you. You’re spewing tired talking points about issues that neither party can fully correct but I guess to you authoritarianism and maybe “suspending the Constitution” is somehow a solution to temporary economic woes. The GOP has no solutions to what is happening in the world. They just like to scare people like you into allowing them to screw you. This woman was correct, do these cowards really want their grandchildren to live in a country of their making. I don’t.

    1. These two politicians had nothing to do with Jan 6 tho? Her not shaking their hands was a political stunt. Think Pelosi ripping up papers. It’s not like Trump was there trying to shake her hand. It was McCarthy and McConnell. Don’t like the two but they literally had nothing to do with Jan 6. It’s shameful what she did in her sons name!

    2. @Will Shealy This is not a partisan issue, it’s about truth, justice and integrity. Clearly, you’ve not been paying attention to how they have minimised what happened on the Jan 6 and have also made any effort to make Trump accountable for his actions. I’m pretty sure her son (who she knew better than you or I knew him) is applauding her and his family for what they did in his name! This is not about what happened on the day but what has followed.

    3. @M Mills she’s acting like Pelosi. Period. Snubbing ppl who are trying to respect your son (because they are there) is downright disgusting and disrespectful. And let’s be clear about these capitol police officers… they let hundreds of ppl into the building and they shouldn’t have. It’s all on video too.

    4. @M Mills “I really have no respect for people who have no integrity.”, that 100% of white cops, this is a non issue, white cops do not matter, move on! Claiming white cops matter when white cops attack and murder minorities every single day with zero consequences is racist AF

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  12. Pure Grace and Power and Dignity. Having two sons I cannot imagine to lose one of them, and how I could react in situation like this.
    Deep condolences to these parents.

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