Officer injured in Capitol riot blasts GOP lawmaker's behavior as 'disgusting' after tense exchange

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A DC Metropolitan Police officer who defended the US Capitol on January 6 has blasted GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde for what he called 'disgusting' behavior during a tense exchange

Washington A DC Metropolitan Police officer who defended the US Capitol on January 6 blasted GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde on Wednesday evening for what he called"disgusting" behavior during a tense exchange.

Michael Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the riot, told CNN's Don Lemon on"Don Lemon Tonight" that he had come across Clyde in the Capitol and had been dismissed by the congressman after approaching him outside an elevator Wednesday afternoon.Fanone's account comes after 21 House Republicans, including Clyde, voted against legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who had defended the Capitol.

 

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Do people or so called Leaders not get you look foolish when for a whole year you go BLue Lives Matter when BLM is protesting but when you buy into a scam of lies of fraud in the election and an officer is trying to do his job you then treat that person like nothing. Bad look

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