Fraternal Order of Police labels Newsmax host a 'clown' over Jan. 6 suggestion

The National Fraternal Order of Police issued a scathing rebuke to comments made by a host on a conservative news network about a member of law enforcement who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

"Is it possible FANONE was mistaken for ANTIFA ? He often, for media appearances, has worn all Black but no insignia, police patches, rank etc," Newsmax host Greg Kelly said in a tweet about Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone.

"As law enforcement officers, we leave our personal politics at the station house door," the Order of Police responded to the host on Wednesday. "@gregkellyusa suggesting that hero Officer Fanone was mistaken for ANTIFA, despite the POLICE RIOT GEAR he was wearing, is downright dangerous. Don’t believe the lies being spewed by this clown."