"He's a national icon and a *very* good boy," Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa posted on Twitter, complete with a selfie.
But it was Clarence -- who clocks in at a massive 160 pounds of big, fluffy St. Bernard heft who caught a lot of the love. The light-hearted moments surrounding Clarence's interaction with lawmakers, staff and journalists, comes after a tumultuous time on Capitol Hill that has been hit by tragedy this year. Nearly 100 days after the Capitol Police suffered the loss of two officers in the wake of the January 6 riot, and a third two weeks ago when a car rammed into the barricades, the trio of dogs came to comfort officers as they bid farewell to Officer Billy Evans.
"Officer Clarence and the other police comfort dogs brought much-needed joy to the Capitol this week as we mourned the loss of another heroic USCP officer," Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon told CNN."You couldn't see everyone's smiles hidden behind our masks, but you could certainly feel them!"Scanlon and fellow Pennsylvania Rep.
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