He Defended the Capitol on Jan. 6. Now He’s Running for Congress.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn defended the halls of Congress as a violent mob of right-wing extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol Building and staged an insurrection.

Now—almost exactly three years after the attack—Dunn is launching a campaign to walk those same halls as a congressman.

“In this moment where we are right now, I don’t think it's an exaggeration to say we are one election away from the extinction of democracy as we know it,” Dunn told The Daily Beast on Thursday in advance of his campaign announcement.

Read more at The Daily Beast.