Michael Fanone blasted the scant GOP attendance at a Jan. 6 remembrance ceremony at the Capitol.

"It's an embarrassment for their party, and it's disgraceful behavior,"
he told CNN's Jake Tapper.

Multiple outlets reported that Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick was the only GOP
lawmaker at the Friday event.

Former DC Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone on Friday blasted Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill for their paltry attendance at a remembrance ceremony honoring law enforcement officials who protected
the complex during the Capitol riot, calling the lack of support
"disgraceful."

Fanone, who served as a Metropolitan officer for roughly 20 years before resigning from the force in December 2021, told CNN that while he didn't
like to paint anyone "with a broad brush," he criticized the GOP
reaction to the event as "embarrassment" for the party.

Multiple outlets, including Insider, reported that only GOP congressman
— Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania — was apparently in attendance at
the Friday ceremony dominated by Democratic lawmakers.

"Over the past two years that I've been outspoken about January 6th, I
have tried to walk a fine line when it comes to condemning Republicans,"
Fanone told CNN's Jake Tapper during an interview. "No one likes to be
painted with a broad brush. Law enforcement certainly doesn't like that,
and I don't believe that all Republicans are sympathetic to the MAGA
agenda."

He continued, "That being said, it's very difficult to defend the
Republican Party when only one of their members takes the time to show
up and show support for law enforcement that was there defending them
that day. It's disgraceful. It's an embarrassment for their party, and
it's disgraceful behavior."

Fanone, who received the Presidential Citizens Medal — one of the
nation's highest civilian awards — from President Joe Biden during a
White House ceremony on Friday, decried the scant GOP attendance at the
Capitol event.

"As somebody who has previously supported Republican candidates, it's shameful," the former police officer told Tapper. "But they seem to be a
party, at this point in time, that is without shame."

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No one is surprised by the behavior of the Santos party.

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