Lawmakers Push For Awarding Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal
Hundreds of pro-Trump rioters stormed the nation’s Capitol on January 6 as Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. Some in the mob wanted to hang Vice President Mike Pence and harm or kill other lawmakers after the president told them to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” at a nearby demonstration earlier in the day. Five died in the violence. Videos and photos circulated widely of Goodman, who is Black, risking his life to hold off the crowd and lead them away from an area of the Capitol near vulnerable lawmakers....