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In the months following the deadly US Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, both chambers of Congress voted to award the Congressional Gold Medal the highest civilian award in the United States along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom to US Capitol police officers who defended members of Congress during the attack. 21 House Republicans voted no. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), who was one of those 21 no votes, defended his no vote on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on the third anniversary of the attack that killed resulted in five deaths of police officers with hundred