‘Go f— yourself!’: Ex-Capitol officer scraps with GOP Rep. and election denier at Jan. 6 hearing

https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/01/go-f-yourself-ex-capitol-officer-scraps-with-gop-rep-and-election-denier-at-jan-6-hearing.html

39 Comments

  1. >Fanone was [severely beaten, tased and sprayed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/fanone-resigns-police-capitol-riot/) with chemicals while defending the Capitol against rioters who sought to overturn the 2020 election. He suffered a heart attack and a traumatic brain injury and [retired from the force](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/michael-fanone-retires-capitol-riot-anniversary-b1979910.html) in 2021.

    He’d have been justified in doing way more than just coughing out a “go fuck yourself”, tbh.

  2. lancer-fiefdom on

    This is the level of intense fury that must occur every single day until these Traitorous Bastards are voted out of politics and those responsible held accountable in a criminal and civl courts of law and consequences

  3. Agile_End_3049 on

    This was an appropriate and measured response from Fanone. We need more of this attitude and energy. Nobody should comply or be silenced by these traitors.

  4. accountabilitycounts on

    >police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 “were all unprepared to deal with that day.”

    Why would they need to prepare any differently for that day than for previous certification days? What made this difference necessary? Who was behind this difference?

  5. Pickle-Rick-C-137 on

    The GOP reps are such gross, lying, whiny, little babies screeching like bitches for their god Agolf “Twatneck” Shitler.

  6. Everyone knows it’s all on tRump. He’s the one that sent all those people down to the capitol… But those people were at fault as well. They attacked the police and hurt many of them. They didn’t deserve a pardon either. tRump is a scum bag for pardoning them….

  7. Paco-Grande318 on

    The Murdoch family fortune should be seized to pay for the damage this family has caused.

  8. SpotHaunting668 on

    If what Michael says is true and Raiklin threatened his family, I can’t imagine a more vile psychopath. 

    Raiklin threatened to r* his kids and then taunts him by trying to shake his hand? “Why do you have to lose your cool with me? I’m always professional with you. Every time I communicate with you, I’m always professional.”

    That’s some supervillian evil, if true.

  9. notafriendofours on

    I saw this live today. It was hilarious. Anyone still defending/supporting Trump is a traitor.

  10. What’s super fucked up is how miserable and small these republicans are. They all made fun of Trump. They all called him an idiot. They all thought he’s cruel and corrupt. From top to bottom, all of them. And look at them now…. They stumble over each other to slurp his sagging nut sack. This is what separates MAGA and everyone else. It’s not same shit on other side. One side is truly pathetic and evil.

  11. AwesomePawesome99 on

    This is what the democrats need. Light a fucking fire you dealing with treasonous garbage

  12. [here’s the YouTube link](https://youtu.be/Xyoa7zb4LSM) for those wondering what happened. America should be ashamed of itself. the GOP are committing treason. Democrats aren’t organized. both parties favor Corporations over People, save a brave few. and how many have died and are dying still because of this absolutely pathetic display of white male fragility? i want a refund

  13. Honestly don’t know how Fanone keeps on fighting the good fight. If I were him, I would have packed my bags and left this shithole of a country already. Dude has brass!

  14. Michael Fanone is an American hero and true patriot 🇺🇸♥️👍🏼🇺🇸♥️👍🏼🇺🇸♥️👍🏼

  15. “Thank you Officer Fanone. Mr. Chairman, please control the deranged observer Mr. Ranklin so he doesn’t create any other problems with us today.”

  16. The Capitol Police saved this country from a Donald Trump dictatorship acheived through mob violence.

    And not one person has had to face consequences for what they did, exceot Ashly Babbit who is where she fucking belongs as a violent traitor to the United States.

  17. This is the kind of thing that every Democrat in Congress should be yelling at the top of their lungs during the SOTU. I’m tired of watching them hold up little signs. Get mad, god dammit.

  18. That is the only correct response to anyone who denies or defends Jan. 6 or the criminals who orchestrated it.