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‘He did not bend, he did not bow’: Biden honors ex-Philly elections official Al Schmidt

“Our democracy was attacked, there’s no other way of saying it,” Biden said as he awarded medals to elections officers, public officials, and police on the second anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021.

President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, to Al Schmidt, former city commissioner of Philadelphia, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, to Al Schmidt, former city commissioner of Philadelphia, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Read moreAP
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