Like It Never Happened

In March 2022, Congress passed a law, mandating a bronze plaque be put in the Capitol in honor of the Capitol Police who were attacked by and fought with the rioters during the January 6, 2021 Trumpist mob violence there.

Five years after the attack, four years after the law was passed, nobody (officially) knows what’s happened to the plaque — only that it’s not actually on display, and there’s been no official unveiling by Speaker Mike Johnson — who, lest we forget, was one of the challengers of the 2020 election results.

This Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement. It’s nowhere to be found at the Capitol

Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy is nowhere to be found.

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Such a plaque would (presumably) be seen as an indirect slap at the Dear Leader, and thus would run the risk of offending him, which GOP congresscritters seem to fear more than anything.

Legally mandated plaque, expressing thanks to Capitol Police

The plaque reads:

On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021. Their heroism will never be forgotten.

There are in fact folk who would very much like it to be forgotten. And are seeing to it that it is.