officers the congressional gold medal for their bravery in protecting the capitol on january 6th, refused yesterday to shake hands with one of those officers. d.c. officer michael finone, who was badly beaten in the attack, spoke about the encounter. i asked if he was going to shake my hand, he told me he didn t know who i was. i introduced myself, officer michael finone, d.c. metropolitan police officer who fought on january 6th to defend the capitol. and as a result, i suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as a heart attack after having been tased numerous times at the base of my skull, as well as being severely beaten. at that point the congressman turned away from me, pulled out his cell phone, looked like he was attempting to pull up like an audio recording app on his phone. and again, never acknowledged me at any point. as soon as the elevator doors opened, he ran as quickly as he
well as being severely beaten. at that point, the congressman turned away from me, pulled out his cellphone. it looked like he was attempting to pull up like an audio recording app on his phone, and, again, never acknowledged me at any point. as soon as the elevator doors opened, he ran as quickly as he could like a coward. joining me now to discuss this is republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois. i just wonder as you re listening to his description there, you know, what is your reaction to that, and do you know anything else about what happened here in this interaction between officer fanone and congressman clyde? no. i mean what officer fanone said there is what he told me, you know, and what s going through my mind is that s what happens when you put somebody that has lied to his constituents, that s, frankly, afraid of telling his con state
shake my hand, and he told me that he didn t know who i was. so, i introduced myself. i said that i was officer michael fanone. that i was a d.c. metropolitan police officer. who fought, on january 6th, to defend the capitol. and as a result, i suffered a traumatic-brain injury, as well as a heart attack, after having been tased numerous times at the base of my skull. as well as, being severely beaten. at that point, the congressman turned away from me, pulled out his cell phone. looked like he was attempting to pull up, like, an audio-recording app on his phone. and again, like, never acknowledged me. at any point. as soon as the elevator doors opened, he ran, as quickly as he could, like a coward. like a coward. didn t shake your hand. correct. absolutely not. what do you think of that? you know, i obviously, like, i took that particular interaction, like, very personally. but i, also, took it as a representation of andrew clyde
and he said at that moment the congressman just kind of turned away and moved away and as soon as the elevator doors opened, he ran into the elevators and fanone s words, like a coward. here s officer fanone on new day just a little bit ago. take a listen. i m not here to make this a political issue. it just so happens that one party is lying about, you know, what thousands of officers experienced that day on capitol hill. i m going to confront anyone that lies about that day because while these members are betraying their oath, thousands of d.c. police officers and u.s. capitol police officers were fulfilling their oath and continue to do so every day. absolutely. the capitol police officers here, of course, keep everyone here safe every day. that is their job. now we also know that congressman clyde was one of 21 house republicans who voted against awarding those officers
at that point, the congressman turned away from me, pulled out his cell phone, looked like he was attempting to pull up like an audio recording app on his phone, and again, like, never acknowledged me at any point. as soon as the elevator doors opened, he ran as quickly as he could, like a coward. congressman, i just i can t even begin to understand it. but you actually witnessed other incidents like this yesterday. of course. but i ll tell you, on this incident. so i m good friends with michael fanone. i ve gotten to know him. he doesn t hide this. the guy used to be a republican. used to think that donald trump was out there for backing the blue. it s amazing to me, when you are a coward, taking cowardice votes, voting against gold medals for the cops. they didn t want to have to face their base and admit it was an insurrection. but then you stand in the company of a hero, i understand