MSNBC anchor starts sobbing as he begins Jan. 6 anniversary interview — and observers mercilessly mock him

MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart started sobbing as he began a Jan. 6 anniversary interview Saturday — and observers mercilessly mocked the anchor for his emotional display.

What are the details?

Prior to interviewing Michael Fanone, a former Washington, D.C., police officer, Capehart's voice seized up and began to break as he struggled to say, "I'm gonna try to get through this."

Capehart paused to dab his nose with what appeared to be a hanky or piece of tissue.

"Thank you," Capehart then said to Fanone, his voice still shaky.

With that, the camera quickly pulled away from Capehart and focused only on Fanone — which is when Capehart's sobs were on full display.

"For what you did," Capehart blubbered, barely hanging on to his emotions, as he continued his thank you to Fanone, "three years ago today."

Fanone at first was looking at Capehart:

Image source: X video screenshot via @CollinRugg

Then, he averted his gaze downward after Capehart shifted to full sob mode:

Image source: X video screenshot via @CollinRugg

Regaining his composure, Capehart asked Fanone to "please tell me your thoughts on this third anniversary."

Here's the clip:

How are folks reacting?

As you might guess, Capehart's sob show annoyed a fair number of notable folks:

• "State propaganda has reached a new level," conservative figure Collin Rugg said while calling Capehart's emotional display "unreal."
• Libs of TikTok said, "These people are pathetic paid actors!"
• Author Margaret Kimberley stated, "Move over Van Jones, now Jonathan Capehart is crying."
• Conservative pundit Carmine Sabia wrote, "Jonathan Capehart — you, my man, are a woman. ... the acting is so piss poor it’s hilarious. The more they push this January-6-is-the-same-as-9/11 nonsense, the more hilarious it gets. It’s beyond desperate."
• Podcaster Kyle Becker observed, "Capehart actually had a tissue prop on hand for this act. Pathetic!"

Believe it or not, Capehart pushed back later Saturday on X: “And I’d do it again!”

But commenters still weren't letting him off the hook.

Brandon Straka, leader of the #WalkAway movement for disgruntled Democrats, told Capehart: "You had many opportunities to do it again: your side attacked, beat, injured, and murdered police relentlessly throughout 2020. You also defunded them and demoralized them. You advocated for all of this. You didn’t cry for any of it. Weird."

Chad Prather stated bluntly, "You're an insult to vaginas."

Another commenter provided the following dose of dark humor:

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