Posted on 03/07/2023 12:45:44 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Handed some 41,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has launched an impassioned new effort to explain away the deadly Capitol attack, linking the Republican Party ever more closely to pro-Trump conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot.
The conservative commentator aired a first installment to millions of viewers on his prime-time show, working to bend perceptions of the violent, grueling siege that played out for the world to see into a narrative favorable to Donald Trump.
He promised more Tuesday night.
The undertaking by Fox News comes as Trump is again running for president, and executives at the highest levels of the cable news giant have admitted in unrelated court proceedings that it spread the former president’s false claims about the 2020 election despite dismissing Trump’s assertions privately.
The effort dovetails with the work of Republicans on Capitol Hill, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who turned over the security footage to Fox. The Republicans are trying to claw back the findings of the House Jan. 6 investigation, which painstakingly documented, with testimony and video evidence, how Trump rallied his supporters to head to the Capitol and “fight like hell” as Congress was certifying his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Carlson is reviving the falsehoods launched by Trump and his allies, including Republicans in Congress, that the attackers were peaceful protesters and acted like tourists, despite the well-documented carnage of the day and the deaths of five people in the riot and its aftermath. It’s part of an effort to reverse criminal charges for those being prosecuted in the attack, many of whom have pleaded guilty and said they regretted their actions on Jan. 6.
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Always remember that the MSM is the primary enemy. Their lackeys, the left, are subservient to the assholes in the media.
Focus on them. Eradicate their asses ASAP.
AP = America’s Pravda
“despite the well-documented carnage of the day and the deaths of five people in the riot “
Name them.
Things got to change in this land. If it doesn’t there may well be no more USA. Maybe its gotten to be Bonnie Blue Flag time—a new Free Nation carved from the dead carcass of the old USA Liberalville/Racistist state.
Things got to change in this land. If it doesn’t there may well be no more USA. Maybe its gotten to be Bonnie Blue Flag time—a new Free Nation carved from the dead carcass of the old USA Liberalville/Racistist state.
This article explains why people who read this stuff are morons. I’m talking about my neighbor who likes NBC.
Weren’t the 5 that died from our side? So not a single innocent “victim” was killed...
There are freepers who believe this was perfectly okay to do. Never mind the fact that counting can only be legally done with observers from both parties present. SMDH.
I saw the video with my own two eyes. What did I miss?
J6 should henceforth be known as “Ashli Babbitt Day” and be made an official holiday of remembrance to the day the ugly filthy leftist commie swine in government set up good honest peaceful protesters and killed one in cold blood.
He must be right on target.
The Ass. Press just can’t stand the truth.
Such an unbiased article.
What is wrong with amplifying the truth. Vids donn’t lie.
“Got to “deadly capitol attack” in the first sentence. That was enough.”
How about “the former president’s false claims”. Truly, there is evidence going both ways. My final thought on that election is that next time Trump needs to win by a fraud-proof margin.
The bigger the lies and the more strident the delivery the more certain the desperation....of the AP reporters.
It took 3 stooges to write this drivel.
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