The mother of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the 6 January insurrection, slammed former President Donald Trump for lack of sympathy, accusing him of “watching the capitol attack like it was a soap opera.”
Gladys Sidnick and her son’s longtime partner Sandra Garza spoke with CBS News and expressed their “disgust” at the lawmakers who voted against establishing a bipartisan commission to investigate the events of the riot.
They spoke out as pressure mounts on Joe Biden to set up an investigation into the insurrection after Senate Republicans used a procedural maneuver to thwart a bill that would have created a bipartisan commission to establish what happened that day and why. They blamed rump for inciting the riot – even though they had supported the president themselves, as did officer Sicknick.
“Trump knew that Brian was devoted to him,” said Ms Garza, “and he did not once reach out to me, to Gladys, he didn’t even send a letter of condolences. He did absolutely nothing.” Ms Garza explained that she would meet with Mr Trump to ask him why he “failed all of law enforcement” and why he has not reached out to them since officer Sicknick died.
Ms Sicknick, sitting next to her, said that Trump “just watched it on television like it was a soap opera. I don’t understand it. How can you be so uncaring?”
Officer Sicknick was sprayed in the face with a chemical irritant, thought to be bear spray, by people gathered outside the Capitol Building. He collapsed several hours later and died 24 hours after that, having suffered two strokes.
