Ex-Capitol Police officer runs for Congress in Maryland, boasts that he fought ‘insurrectionists’

A former U.S. Capitol Police officer who made headlines at the House Democrats’ Jan. 6 hearings wants to make his way back to the Capitol — only this time as a member of Congress.

Harry Dunn, who testified before the House select committee that investigated the 2021 Capitol riot announced Friday that he’s running as a Democrat for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District.

“On January 6th, I defended our democracy from insurrectionists as a Capitol Police Officer. After, President Biden honored me with the Presidential Citizens Medal,” he wrote Friday on X. “Today I’m running for Congress to stop Trump’s MAGA extremists & ensure it never happens again.”

The post was accompanied by a video of Mr. Dunn walking through the Capitol while people ransacked the building in the background.

“I’m Harry Dunn, and that meant putting aside who I am — a father, a Marylander, a Democrat — because I swore an oath to protect our Constitution, to protect our democracy,” he says in the video. “It’s what allowed me to protect some members of Congress who I knew were bigots, who helped fan the flames that started all of this. I put country above self.”

He says in the video that after more than 15 years of service, he left the force to run for Congress.

The seat he’s running for is being vacated by Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes, who is retiring after nine terms.

Mr. Dunn currently lives in Montgomery County, but he said he would relocate to the 3rd District if he wins.

The 3rd District is located south of Baltimore, running from Mount Airy south to Annapolis. It includes all of Howard County and parts of Anne Arundel and Carroll counties.

The former officer told The Hill that he describes himself as a “career public servant” and that Congress doesn’t need to be represented by “career politicians.”