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Biden tells family of 'hero' Capitol Police officer killed in car attack: 'He's in your blood'

By Quint Forgey 5 hrs ago

President Joe Biden eulogized fallen Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans at a memorial service in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, reflecting on his own personal tragedies as he sought to comfort Evans’ surviving wife and children.

Standing before Evans’ flag-draped casket — which rested on the historic catafalque constructed to support Abraham Lincoln’s coffin in 1865 — the president told the officer’s widow that “I have some idea what you’re feeling like.”

He went on to quote a verse from the 19th century American poet Robert Ingersoll that was read upon the death of Biden’s eldest son, Beau, in 2015.

“When will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns compromise with death, this is heroism,” Biden said.“Your son, your husband, your brother, your dad was a hero. And he’s part of you. He’s in your blood."

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also spoke at the memorial for Evans, the second such service this year for a Capitol police officer who was killed in the line of duty.