Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino

🇺🇸/🇩🇴Father, Author, Fr. Police and Army Sergeant. Presidential Citizens Medal and Congressional Gold Medal.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

Five years ago, Sgt. Gonell bravely protected our democracy during the Capitol attack. His sacrifices have left him struggling with injuries and financial hardship. Let’s honor his courage by supporting his recovery. Every donation counts. Please share and contribute to help him rebuild his life. https://t.co/7m6AvuX6RA

[DevilDog Diaries🇺🇲 @cjdelgross]

Daily reminder of exactly what January 6th was—and what it wasn't.

What it WAS:
• A violent breach of the U.S. Capitol building.
• An attempt to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.
• An assault that left over 140 police officers injured.
• A multi-million dollar path of destruction to historic property.
• A federal crime resulting in over 1,000 court convictions.

What it WASN'T:
• A peaceful, patriotic, prayer event.
• A "Deep State" setup staged by undercover federal agents and Nancy Pelosi.
• A fabricated media event with "faked" audio and video.
• An inside job instigated or led by Antifa operatives.

The insurrection was fully documented by the rioters themselves through their own livestreams, text messages, and social media boasts. Facts Matter
#j6 #Neverforgiveneverforget

[Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach]

As the Trump DOJ mass-deletes government information about the Jan. 6 cases, reminder that you can still access NPR's database covering every single prosecution.

We also provide access to hundreds of videos presented in court.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

https://t.co/n2BJGYR3Cu

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

They didn't want to award the Capitol Police a medal or a plaque but want to reward the people who orchestrated and took part in the violence that injured me and ended my career. In the name of national reconciliation, they pardoned the same rioters who attacked us and now being rewarded for the violence they inflicted on us the officers.

They are trying to make the lives of the rioters whole or better than before they assaulted us. Yet to the officers, no apology, no compensation, no acknowledgment of the bravery and sacrifice we made to protect “each of your representatives” regardless of what party they belong.

Why did we risk our lives for then?
What a betrayal this is to us and to the rule of law days after “police week”.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

They didn't want to award the Capitol Police a medal or a plaque but want to reward the people who orchestrated and took part in the violence that injured me and ended my career. In the name of national reconciliation, they pardoned the same rioters who attacked us and now being rewarded for the violence they inflicted on us the officers.

They are trying to make the lives of the rioters whole or better than before they assaulted us. Yet to the officers, no apology, no compensation, no acknowledgment of the bravery and sacrifice we made to protect “each of your representatives” regardless of what party they belong.

Why did we risk our lives for then?
What a betrayal this is to us and to the rule of law days after “police week”.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn files suit to block Trump’s ‘slush fund’ https://t.co/H40RZ8aJoB

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

They feel emboldened.

[Senator Ruben Gallego @SenRubenGallego]

Trump is creating a nearly $2 billion slush fund with YOUR tax dollars to pay off his insurrectionist allies. This is where your money is actually going.

I pushed to stop it. Republicans voted to allow it to happen. Shameful.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

The aggravation this caused to the PTSD and moral injury is Despicable.

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Rep Raskin: “If you do the math on this…the first thing I did was I divided $1.7 billion by 1600, which is the number of pardoned insurrectionists and rioters there were, and you get just over $1 million. EACH one of them could be given $1 million and then they would have tens of millions left over for other purposes, but he’s basically replenishing the private militia that he pardoned from January 6th just in time for the 2026 elections.”😳

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

Fking insane. The law and order party. Yeah right.

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

We live in a dystopian hellscape.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

Didn’t he criticized Obama for doing something similar?

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The Art of the Kneel

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

The kind of quote that used to end political careers

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

He thinks everyone is on a golf cart.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

Financial moves not to make dummies

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

US troops are not in Germany to protect Germany. They’re there because the US needs bases to conduct operations beyond the North American continent. If Trump withdraws them, he will harm the United States, not Germany.

It’s absurd how many Americans fail to grasp this.

[Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino @SergeantAqGo]

Elections have consequences. We tried to warn you y’all.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Fox Host Jessica Tarlov responds to the “but their rhetoric” criticisms:

You say Democrats went out and called Donald Trump a threat to democracy. Absolutely. The guy still doesn't accept the 2020 results, and a majority of the party doesn't as a consequence of the fact that he continued to proliferate that lie. 

Republicans who are out there criticizing Democrats right now are the ones who run from reporters in the hallways when Donald Trump has done something absurd, like celebrate Rob Reiner's death, or say Bob Mueller, good riddance.

You said you could run through things that Democrats have said? Donald Trump has said: enemy within, communist, marxist, radical thugs, vermin, sick, party of hate, evil..