Michael Fanone, the previous Washington, D.C., police officer who was overwhelmed by insurrectionists in the course of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, didn’t mince phrases when requested about Arizona’s election-denying gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
The Republican nominee is a “piece of shit,” Fanone mentioned on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White Home” on Tuesday.
Fanone was discussing a brand new anti-Lake advert that options the mom of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died a day after he was assaulted by rioters in the course of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault.
The advert, produced by the Republican Accountability Mission, exhibits Gladys Sicknick saying Lake is harmful for the nation as a result of she continues to unfold former President Donald Trump’s lies concerning the 2020 election. “My son died due to individuals like Kari Lake,” Sicknick says within the advert.
Fanone, who had a coronary heart assault after he was overwhelmed and electroshocked by Trump supporters, was all for the advert.
“I’ve gotten to know Mrs. Sicknick fairly effectively, and I assumed that was a robust advert,” he mentioned on MSNBC. “I feel she’s on the market attempting to do what we’re all attempting to do right here, which is deliver accountability for Jan. 6. And I additionally help the truth that Kari Lake is a chunk of shit. So I’m glad she did that advert.”
Lake, who’s working for governor after working for 20 years as a neighborhood information anchor, has been endorsed by Trump and different far-right conspiracy-theory peddlers equivalent to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
She already drew on the Trump election playbook throughout her major, declaring victory earlier than the race was referred to as and crying foul about fraud and corruption whereas her opponent was within the lead.
Polls present her holding a really slim lead within the race towards the Democratic nominee, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.