{"id":1653957,"date":"2022-09-22T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1653957"},"modified":"2022-09-22T18:25:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T22:25:12","slug":"dem-rep-slammed-for-repeating-jan-6-lie-that-cop-was-beaten-to-death-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-slammed-for-repeating-jan-6-lie-that-cop-was-beaten-to-death-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Rep. Slammed for Repeating Jan 6 Lie That Cop Was Beaten to Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-rep-slammed-for-repeating-jan-6-lie-that-cop-was-beaten-to-death-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1653957&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Democrat<\/a> insisted Wednesday that a cop was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/capitol-riot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6 rioters<\/a> even though the claim has long been debunked.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mondaire Jones, (D-NY), insisted at a House Judiciary Committee meeting that Capitol Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/d-c-medical-examiner-capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-suffered-two-strokes-died-of-natural-causes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Officer Brian Sicknick<\/a> was bludgeoned by Trump supporters, a claim first reported \u2014 and then later corrected \u2013 by The New York Times. Jones\u2019 initial comment was not caught on video, but Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., heard it and reacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you say a police officer was bludgeoned to death by the crowd at the Jan. 6 riots?\u201d Bishop asked Jones.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) says that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was &#8220;bludgeoned to death&#8221; on January 6 and is left looking like a fool when <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDanBishop?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepDanBishop<\/a> reminds him that was a lie and the medical examiner ruled he died of natural causes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jluOdH7NEV\">pic.twitter.com\/jluOdH7NEV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1572687670282956800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jones replied that he had in fact said \u201ca police officer was bludgeoned to death,\u201d but that he \u201cdid not say at the hands of who.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are you referring to, if you don\u2019t mind saying?\u201d Bishop pressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington, D.C., Medical Examiner\u2019s Office ruled Sicknick, who died the day after the riot, succumbed to natural causes after suffering two strokes.<\/p>\n<p>As the pair went back and forth, it seemed clear that Jones sensed he was on shaky ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you denying that at least one Capitol police officer was murdered in the midst of what happened on Jan. 6?\u201d Jones shot back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I think I am denying it,\u201d Bishop replied. \u201cI understood there were reports early on that Sicknick was struck with a fire extinguisher and that was subsequently debunked as false. He died of natural causes that were not connected to the event. Are we talking about the same person, Sicknick, or are we talking about somebody else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones pivoted to the unfounded claim that Sicknick\u2019s death was indirectly cased by the rioters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, we\u2019re talking about \u2018but for\u2019 causation of Officer Sicknick\u2019s death,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so I would hope you would at least concede at a minimum that Mr. Sicknick died as a result of what happened on Jan. 6 and I\u2019m disappointed if you suggest otherwise sir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones later accused Bishop of nitpicking, saying that 138 Capitol and DC police officers were injured and that multiple Capitol police officers died as a direct result the riots. The deaths were possibly a reference to Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith and Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, who both committed suicide in the days following the riot.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0New York Times\u00a0reported on Jan. 8, citing \u201ctwo law enforcement officials,\u201d that Sicknick was beaten with a fire extinguisher and died hours later. A month later, the newspaper updated the story to say \u201claw enforcement officials initially said Mr. Sicknick was struck with a fire extinguisher, but weeks later, police sources and investigators were at odds over whether he was hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones is not the first Democrat to repeat the false claim. It was included in the House Democrats\u2019 second article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump over the riot.<\/p>\n<p>The only people who died during the riot were Ashli Babbitt, who was shot dead by a Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd; Kevin Greeson, 55, and Benjamin Phillips, 50, who both suffered fatal heart attacks; and Rosanne Boyland, 34, whose death was attributed to an accidental overdose of amphetamines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A House Democrat insisted Wednesday that a cop was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by January 6 rioters even though the claim has long been debunked.Rep. 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