While speaking with CNN host Laura Coates on Tuesday, former D.C. Metropolitan police officer and CNN analyst Michael Fanone made a strange comparison between Donald Trump and Osama bin Laden.
“When I first learned about the indictment, I had a long conversation with a friend of mine, Ryan Reilly, and I told him how proud I felt to be an American at that moment,” Fanone said, “Much in the way that I did when I learned that our military had killed Osama bin Laden. I just felt incredibly proud.”
“These two seem comparable to you?” Coates asked, adding “Why that comparison in particular?”
“I believe they are comparable,” Fanone fired back.
Coates interjected, “In what way?” Coates asked.
“Absolutely. Osama bin Laden was a terrorist who committed a horrific act against the American people and against our republic. And I believe that Donald Trump is a terrorist who committed horrific acts against the American people.”
You can imagine that is a very eyebrow-raising statement, to say the least, the notion of Osama bin Laden in comparison to Donald Trump,” Coates said.
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