MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart cried as he started his interview with former D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone on Saturday, three years after the violent Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The host launched Fanone, who sustained a coronary heart assault in addition to a traumatic mind harm after he was overwhelmed and electroshocked by Trump supporters through the revolt.
Fanone, in an interview with CNN simply days after the assault, recalled rioters shouting “kill him with his own gun.”
Capehart mentioned Fanone lived via a “harrowing assault” and has lived with “the consequences of that trauma” earlier than pointing to the ex-officer’s latest interview with HuffPost the place he described American voters because the “last line of defense when it comes to preserving democracy” and guaranteeing the peaceable switch of energy.
The host went on to introduce Fanone earlier than his voice started to shake.
“Officer Fanone, I’m gonna try to get through this,” mentioned Capehart as he fought again tears.
“Thank you for what you did three years ago today.”
Capehart later took to social media the place he responded to a Mediaite story concerning the emotional on-air second.
“And I’d do it again! ✊🏾,” Capehart wrote.
You can watch extra of Capehart’s interview with Fanone within the video beneath.
