Michael Fanone, a former Washington, D.C., police officer who was attacked by a Trump-supporting mob within the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, spoke volumes in a mere cough at a hearing on Thursday. (Watch the video under.)
Listening to Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) attempt to absolve President Donald Trump of duty for the riot, Fanone couldn’t stay silent.
“I can inform you, gents, that the fault doesn’t lie with Donald Trump,” Nehls proclaimed to Fanone and different officers within the room. “It lies with … the U.S. Capitol management group.”
“We all know that they had the intelligence,” Nehls continued.
In a now-viral clip, Fanone leaned over, lined his mouth and coughed loudly, “Fuck your self.”
“… And there was going to be a excessive propensity for violence that day,” Nehls went on.
Fanone was then known as to order.
The previous officer, who suffered a coronary heart assault and a traumatic mind harm after being pummeled and shocked with a Taser by the rioters, has grow to be an outspoken critic of the president.
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