Officer injured in Capitol riot warns Michael Flynn's coup comments could 'absolutely' lead to more violence
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A DC Metropolitan Police officer who was brutally assaulted while defending the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection said Wednesday evening that Michael Flynn's recent comments about a Myanmar-style coup in the US could "absolutely" lead to more violence.
Michael Fanone, who was stun-gunned several times and beaten with a flagpole during the attack, told CNN's Don Lemon on "Don Lemon Tonight" that Flynn's remarks amount to "the exact type of rhetoric which ultimately resulted in the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6." Flynn, former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, was asked at an event in Dallas on Sunday why the deadly military coup in Myanmar couldn't happen in the US. "No reason, I mean, it should happen here. No reason. That's right," Flynn responded.More Related News
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