One of the most shared videos from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitolwas that of Washington, D.C. Metro Police Officer Daniel Hodges, who was smashed in a door with a mouth full of blood. He has suffered from some PTSD in wake of the attack, though he said during an interview on MSNBC Thursday that he’s getting better.
“There’s really no redeeming value to that man,” he said of Donald Trump and his response to the American government being assaulted. “I don’t know how he’s managed to con so many American people into siding with him and defending him. It’s mind-blowing.”
As for Republican leaders who are trying to downplay the seriousness of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, he said, “I don’t know how they sleep at night.”