Dems who denounced Jan 6 riot condemn ‘all violence against police’ amid campus clashes

Multiple Democrats who came out strongly in favor of law enforcement after the Capitol riot similarly condemned attacks on police officers during the campus anti-Israel protests.

House Democratic Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Eric Swalwell and Bennie Thompson are speaking out against attacks on police. (Getty Images)

Swalwell told Fox News Digital, "I condemn all violence against police officers."

Similarly, a source familiar with the thinking of the former Jan. 6 committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said he also condemns any form of violence.

It comes after reports of police officers being injured during anti-Israel protests at the University of Madison-Wisconsin, the University of Utah, and Emerson College in Boston, as well as violent clashes between students and police at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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More than 100 Capitol Police officers were reported injured on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Pelosi's office did not respond to multiple requests for comment, nor did the offices of House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., or Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., despite all three condemning attacks on police during the Jan. 6 riot.

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In an October 2022 Jan. 6 committee hearing, Aguilar accused the pro-Trump protesters of "violently attacking the efforts of the brave men and women in law enforcement trying to resist the mob."

Raskin said in a statement on the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6, "The attempted coup and insurrection left 150 law enforcement officers injured, wounded, traumatized or dead. Anyone who denies or minimizes this unprecedented assault on law enforcement can never call himself or herself ‘pro-law enforcement.’ That’s just political fraud."

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com

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