By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com
Eugene Goodman has earned whatever honor Congress wants to bestow on him.
All he did was likely save lives during the insurrection that overwhelmed Capitol Hill on the Sixth of January. He serves as a Capitol Police officer and as a mob of terrorists stormed up a flight of stairs, Goodwin led the rioters away from where the Senate was meeting to ratify the results of the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election. The video of that event has gone viral.
Now comes a proposal by three members of the House, two Democrats and a Republican, who want to give Goodman the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Does he deserve it? Hah! Does a bear defecate in the … oh, you know.
NBC News reports: Reps. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., credited officer Eugene Goodman for “his bravery and quick thinking during last week’s insurrection.”
“He’s a hero!” Crist said. “The United States Capitol was under attack by armed, violent extremists, and Officer Eugene Goodman was the only thing standing between the mob and the United States Senate. I shudder to think what might have happened had it not been for Officer Goodman’s fast thinking and commitment to his duty and his country.”
He stopped the potential death of Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and only God knows who else might have been harmed by the insurrectionists.
This man, Eugene Goodman, is a top-drawer hero. He deserves a unanimous endorsement by Congress to receive this honor.