Academy Award-winning actor Robert DeNiro held a press conference outside the Manhattan courthouse where former president Donald Trump is on trial for allegedly committing election fraud this morning as closing arguments were taking place inside, and he brilliantly handled a pro-Trump heckler who tried to interrupt his statement.
Accompanied by former Capitol Police officers Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone, who battled rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, DeNiro remarked, “On January 6th, while Republican lawmakers despicably tried to keep the loser Trump, the loser Trump, in the White House, and Trump-inspired insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, brave men and women from law enforcement put their lives on the line to defend this country. These guys are the true heroes. They stood and put their lives on the line for these low lives, for Trump.”
“They lied under oath,” a Trump supporter insisted.
“Who lied under oath?” DeNiro asked. “What are you telling me?”
“Those two traitors behind you,” the Trump supporter said.
“You got to, I don’t know, I don’t even know how to deal with you, my friend,” DeNiro replied. “I don’t even know how to deal with you. They stood there. They didn’t have to.”
“They stood there and fought for us, for you. For you.”
The Trump supporter told DeNiro, “They weren’t fighting for me.”
“No, they fought for you, buddy,” DeNiro fired back. “You’re able to stand right here now. They are the true heroes.”