WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden pay their respects to U.S. Capitol officer Brian D. Sicknick as he lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol on February 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. Officer Sicknick died as a result of injuries he sustained during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He will lie in honor until February 3 and then be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden spoke at the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, paying tribute to Capitol Police Officer William Evans who was killed after a man rammed his car into him and another officer at the Capitol complex on April 2. Biden was joined by Evans’ family for the event.
“Your son, your husband, your brother, your dad was a hero,” Biden said, then addressing the fallen officer’s children, “You are going to make it by holding each other together. By holding Logan and Abigail as tightly as you can. As long as you have them, you have Billy.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) reminisced about the fallen officer, calling him “a prankster.” Schumer told a personal story about Evans humoring some tourists who asked if they could ask him a question. ‘You already did,’ Evans said to them. The officer then followed sincerely, “how can I help?”
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“Those four simple words,” Schumer said, were “his life’s mission.”
Evan’s honoring at the Rotunda is the second Biden has performed in recent weeks. Biden also paid tribute to Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died from sustained injuries due to the Capitol insurrection.
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