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marmar

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Thu Feb 20, 2025, 09:37 AM Thursday

Applause for Robert DeNiro [View all]


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But when Colbert pressed De Niro again for an American hero, the outspoken critic of President Donald Trump named the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from the mob of violent Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.

“I think of the Capitol Police, the guys at Capitol Police. The Metropolitan Police,” De Niro said. “Michael Fanone, Aquilino Gonell, Harry Dunn, Daniel Hodges and everybody else who was involved and affected and hurt by that.” .............(more)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-de-niro-stephen-colbert-question_n_67b71a4de4b04144c7486a33




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