Latino Sgt. Gonell exposes Jan. 6 horror, criticizes Trump's return and GOP hypocrisy
Aquilino Gonell said Republicans who welcomed Trump are alive today because of his and his colleagues' actions, "not the guy they are receiving as a hero."
Aquilino Gonell, a former law enforcement officer who was nearly crushed to death on Jan. 6, 2021, at the hands of the mob that stormed the Capitol, still carries shards from the building's tunnel entrance.
The Iraq War veteran showed those shards in an interview Thursday on MSNBC’s "The ReidOut" to remind the public about the day when rioters stormed the Capitol, stirred by then-President Donald Trump’s lie that the election had been stolen.
But he was also hoping maybe they could be shown to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, “because last week he was hosting the guy who sent the mob to tear down and knock down the doors of the Capitol where I almost died," Gonell said.
Gonell, a Dominican American, had to undergo physical and mental rehabilitation for his injuries. He said that Johnson and other Republicans who welcomed Trump are alive today because of his and his colleagues' actions Jan. 6, "not because the guy they are receiving as a hero. He didn't do anything to keep them safe. For God's sake, he is the one who sent them to the Capitol and here they are embracing him like nothing happened."
His injuries forced him to retire in December 2022; he's 44.
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