Chris Matthews, who once served as a Capitol police officer, said he felt “violated” by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of then-president Donald Trump. The former MSNBC host made his comments on Thursday’s “Morning Joe” while promoting his new book.
Pressed by “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist on his reaction to not only the deadly riot, but Republican lawmakers’ subsequent disinterest in investigating it, Matthews said, “That got to my heart. I felt violated.”
He called the Capitol a “cathedral of democracy” and pointed to major civil rights legislation that was passed within it to make his case.