House speaker drama overshadows Jan. 6 ceremony marking two-year anniversary

By Virginia Aabram

Published January 6, 2023 5:23pm ET

House speaker drama overshadows Jan. 6 ceremony marking two-year anniversary — Incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., accompanied by from left, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., incoming House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with members of Congress and family of fallen officers, pauses for a moment of silence during a ceremony marking the second year anniversary of the violent insurrection by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. | (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Democrats held a remembrance ceremony for the officers harmed in the line of duty on the two-year anniversary of the Capitol riot while congressional reporters remained transfixed on the fourth day of the House speaker’s race.

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