Jan. 6 riot victims, Democrats see hypocrisy in Trump's response to L.A. protests [View all]
Source: CBS News
Updated on: June 9, 2025 / 10:59 PM EDT
"People are still traumatized by January 6. Not just the officers. Everyone who watched it. That hasn't changed," said former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who responded to the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Dunn and some of the other victims of the U.S. Capitol siege are angry about the Trump administration's public statements and response to this weekend's unrest in Los Angeles, accusing top officials and the president of hypocrisy. They point to the stark difference between the aggressive response of the president and his top aides against those who allegedly assaulted police in Los Angeles, compared to their staunch defense of those who admitted beating and gassing police on Jan. 6. The disparity risks inflaming the already heated controversy in California.
"Trump still calls January 6 a 'day of love' and it's total bulls***," Dunn told CBS News. "Hypocrisy is the key word," he said. "Trump thinks anything done in his name is OK. Jan. 6 was done in his name, so our officers don't matter."
Some of the Trump administration's top national security leaders have issued forceful public statements criticizing the people accused of confronting and assaulting police in Los Angeles, amid a weekend of unrest over federal immigration raids. Those statements are stirring anger or frustration by Capitol siege victims, who are still outraged by the pardons President Trump issued to more than 1,500 Capitol riot defendants — including approximately 600 accused of assaulting police.
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