Posted on 03/07/2023 7:41:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind
While sober observers of news and politics take time to contemplate the new J6 video released by Tucker Carlson and what it means to the media-constructed narrative of that day’s events, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell instead chose, yet again, to side with Democrats and condemned the release of the new footage:
“With regard to the presentation on Fox News last night, I want to associate myself entirely with the opinion of the chief of the Capitol police about what happened on January 6.”
McConnell offered his hot take at his regular Tuesday afternoon media scrum in the halls of the Capitol. The opinion McConnell is “associating” himself with is that of U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger, who wrote a scathing letter to his officers decrying what he deemed “offensive and misleading conclusions” made by Carlson. Manger continued, “The program conveniently cherry-picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video. The commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.”
The same argument, of course, could be made about the scant and selectively-edited video that had thus far been made available to the public. Manger is a willing participant in the narrative built these last two years by Democrats, Trump-hating RINOs (paging Liz Cheney!), and their dupes in the mainstream media; it’s quid pro quo at its finest. Those serious about uncovering what really happened that day would welcome the additional context provided by the new video and ask questions about possible erroneous conclusions that have been drawn about January 6.
By associating himself with Manger, McConnell paints himself as being supremely uninterested in the truth. He rather gallingly concluded, “It was a mistake in my view for Fox News to depict this in a way that is completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at Capitol thinks.”
Mitch, please. What if the truth is hiding somewhere in that “variance?” McConnell’s lack of curiosity about the truth could be the sign of an old man who’s spent far too much time in DC; Nikki Haley’s proposal of a competency test for our aged, out-of-touch career politicians sounds better by the day. But, McConnell rarely makes moves like this without his own political expediency being top of mind. Perhaps he’s afraid his own (possible) role in failing to secure the Capitol that day will come to light if additional details emerge? Deflection and projection are tools of the left that McConnell seems to have co-opted with aplomb.
There’s also some not-so-subtle, intra-party political subtext here: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy provided Tucker Carlson with the new footage. Fault lines began showing after the GOP’s lackluster showing in the midterm elections last year. McCarthy, in order to secure the votes necessary to become speaker of the House, had to make serious concessions to the right flank of his party; McConnell fell short of becoming majority leader in the Senate, so he had the freedom to continue to be the same old Mitch McConnell we’ve seen for years. The new J6 footage, to a certain extent, pits McCarthy against McConnell in a battle royale for Republican supremacy, with McCarthy, improbably, representing the side of truth and justice. Sadly, McConnell doesn’t seem to know that he forfeited that fight years ago.
Mitch McConnell is up for reelection in 2026.
In new ltr from Chief Manger to the Capitol Police Dept, Manger calls Tucker Carlson's segments on Jan 6th last night "filled w/ offensive and misleading conclusions about the January 6th attack.”
Manger: "This Dept stands by the officers in the video that was shown last night.”
pic.twitter.com/mozNBkKXId— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) March 7, 2023
Any word on what DeSantis thinks of these videos, or what he thinks of the Jan 6th Political Prisoners?
I literally have not heard anything from him either way.
McConnell was probably one of the perpetrators. They were doing their own Reichstag fire for the same reasons. FASCISTS!
Don’t worry, Mitch. George Carlin wasn’t talking about you. You’re in.
“Any word on what DeSantis thinks of these videos, or what he thinks of the Jan 6th Political Prisoners?”
I’ve not heard any of the 50 governors chime in on this yet. But, it is a federal government matter.
As has been said. Carlson is dead nuts, bulls-eye, spot-on... THE TARGET.
I would have to say, based on the howls of protest, that he could not get much more correct.
With more to come there is no telling how desperate they will get having already called for him to be taken off the air.
This would be more entertaining if the offenses by the dimwits were not so terrible.
“I’ve not heard any of the 50 governors chime in on this yet. But, it is a federal government matter.”
Agree, but I mention DeSantis because he’s the only credible Republican governor who may run for the top job, so he’ll have to have an answer for this... so nothing personal with him.
We knew this, but what a TOTAL Piece o Scheiff RINO McConnell is.
Mitch doesn’t even get pieces of silver for his sellout work.
Helps to live without a conscience. Lots of Dems taught him that.
Its because Turtle and Pelosi are responsible for January 6th.
They were in control of the Capitol police. They deliberately, repeatedly, turned down Trump’s multiple outreaches for national guard assistance to keep things under control.
Mitch didn't go Full RINO with this....
He was already "Full RINO"... What he is doing now is taking off the mask and showing the face of a Full Deep State Totalitarian Leftist Elitist.
The government azzhos regardless of party think that Americans are to ignorant to catch on to their scams. They continually piss on our legs and tell us it’s raining.
As a Kentuckian, I am embarrassed, nauseated and disgusted with this man. Have been for a long time.
Compromised Chinese agent MF’r
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Mitch! “You can’t handle the truth?”
Sigh. I feel for you, FRiend.
And this is from someone from the state of Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, Gerry Studs, Grey Beaver, John Kerry, and on, and on, and on.
But I will say this: at least from all of those scumbags, the knife comes from the front and is plunged into your chest. You expect it, and you can fight it.
From the likes of McConnell, Romney, McCain, Graham, et al, the knife comes in from the back. And that makes me angrier.
McConnell and many other Senate Republicans are not even pretending to be conservative anymore, McConnell just got off the campaign trail with Brandon bragging about his inflation producing deficit spending bill. I really think McConnell is actively adversarial towards the base. Not sure what will end though.
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