Posted on 11/21/2020 12:12:14 PM PST by Kaslin
Well, Fox News Host Tucker Carlson seems to have gotten himself into some hot water, hasn’t he? On Thursday evening, he criticized Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for not providing evidence for some of the claims she has made regarding the presidential election and voter fraud.
On his show, Carlson explained that the attorney refused to give him evidence showing that voting software illegitimately flipped votes from President Trump to former Vice President Joe Biden. He indicated that even though Carlson’s team texted her for evidence showing that Dominion Voting Systems machines and software switched votes in Biden’s favor, she refused to provide any.
Carlson, pointing out that he did not initially dismiss her claims, said:
“On Sunday night, we texted her after watching one of her segments. What Powell was describing would amount to the single greatest crime in American history, millions of votes stolen in a day. Democracy destroyed. The end of our centuries-old system of self-government — not a small thing.”
He continued, stating that his team had “no intention of fighting with her,” and that they “simply wanted to see the details.” Carlson continued, insisting that if Powell had been willing, they would have “given her the whole hour” but that “she never sent us any evidence, despite a lot of requests.”
Then, Carlson got to the good part. He said:
“When we kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her. When we checked with others around the Trump campaign, people in positions of authority, they told us Powell has never given them any evidence either. Nor did she provide any today at the press conference.”
He concluded by saying, “she never demonstrated that a single actual vote was moved illegitimately by software from one candidate to another. Not one.”
Tucker Carlson: “We invited Sidney Powell on the show. We would’ve given her the whole hour…But she never sent us any evidence despite a lot of requests — polite requests. Not a page. When we kept pressing, she got angry & told us to stop contacting her.”pic.twitter.com/hPHoP477D6
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) November 20, 2020
Powell responded to Carlson’s remarks in an interview with the Washington Examiner. She said:
“Apparently Mr. Carlson missed the news conference today. I would continue to encourage him and all journalists to review all the materials we have provided so far and conduct their own investigations. Evidence continues to pour in, but a 5 minute television hit is not my focus now. Collecting evidence and preparing the case are my top priorities.”
Needless to say, Carlson’s comments elicited fiery criticism from the right. Conservatives excoriated him for appearing to attack Powell. In essence, they seem to be upset with him for failing to toe the party line.
Here’s the thing, Carlson is a political commentator and a journalist. It’s his job to ask for evidence, especially in a high-stakes story like this, especially when it involves bold claims that could literally prove that the entire election was fraudulent. If the voting software was designed to cheat, it would completely undermine faith in American elections.
Also, Powell’s reasoning for not providing evidence to support her claims is a bit odd. Carlson would have already watched the press conference, which is how he would know that she didn’t quite provide evidence while addressing reporters.
Of course, there is also the possibility that Powell can’t divulge the evidence until later during the court proceedings. In fact, this seems to be the most likely explanation. But if that were the case, why didn’t she just say, “Hey, I can’t reveal any of this stuff until later, Mr. Tucky Wucky?”
It would have been super easy, right?
Either way, Carlson has the right to ask for evidence to prove someone’s claims whether he actually receives it or not. That’s how journalism works.
But regardless of this little tiff, it appears that Carlson might get his wish soon. During an appearance with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, Powell stated that she would be able to prove her claims in court “within two weeks.”
Powell told Bartiromo, “We have more evidence now than the present population is imprisoned on.” She continued, claiming that people “in the control room” saw how the votes were flipped in real-time.
“We have evidence now of information from the systems going to three or four different foreign countries during the time of the election, those countries themselves could have watched the live votes come in and changed at the numbers,” the lawyer said. “There’s significant evidence of foreign interference from the worst communist countries on the Earth with our election.”
When the Fox host asked Powell what the “most stunning, most egregious” piece of evidence Trump’s legal team has the attorney brought up a military officer “who saw it all done and was there when it was created.”
She added, “We’ve got all kinds of evidence that is mathematically irrefutable by experts, including three professors at Princeton, and it all proves the same thing, the evidence of individual poll watchers who saw votes come in, saw the machines manipulated.”
If Powell’s claims are accurate, then the nation might be in for an earth-shattering surprise within two weeks. But this appears to be the last opportunity for the president’s team to prove that the election was stolen. If his legal team doesn’t deliver the goods, the battle over the election will likely be over.
I will watch him when he leaves Fox; otherwise, I don’t care what Tucker says.
As I’ve said on other threads here, the mantra of “baseless claims” doesn’t cut it, especially if the people screaming it, are sitting on their asses, and not even attempting to prove that they are in fact, “baseless claims.” Not one of them has conducted a thorough investigation to even disprove any of it. So why should we believe them when they say the claims are baseless? These are the same people who called riots “peaceful protests,” and called the stuff on Hunter’s laptop “Russian disinformation.”
It was his attitude - it was “entitled”, the very thing he rails against.
Tucker got a little big for his britches since he got a big boy haircut. He was pretty much demanding Sidney prove herself to him.....and how dare she not comply! His rapid rise in the ratings went to his head - he is great for exposing truths, but that doesn’t mean everyone has to bow down and submit to his “requests”.
Q eats Quisp cereal, btw.
Carlson, enjoy your new liberal fans!
I like Tucker. Tucker is a Patriot. He wants what is best for the country.
He is not perfect. He may have stepped on his dick with this one. Stuff happens.
I think he is like many of us. The thought of a Harris presidency terrifies us. We don’t want it to be true. We want the results of the election legally overturned.
However, I am prepared to deal with reality. It’s time for Trump to defecate or dismount.
Flame away.
Well said.
But he’s got or had the #1 show. He gets to see evidence and AP gets to call elections. Nu Rulz
Who is Jeff Charles and who cares what his opinion is.
I think she’s talking about a Venezualan military officer that was close to Pineapple Head.
OAN took a trip to frikkin Ukraine with their low budget. Tucker with his #1(was) show should have more resources than Chanel Rion.
Fox is just another msm news commentary show. I know Tucker has a staff and have looked into things before. He's spent the past several months talking about how all this craziness will be the end of our country yet he's not doing a whole lot to save it. He's a millionaire at this point and they'll be just fine no matter what happens or at least that's what they think.
Tucker pulled a shock jock stunt and it blew back. I wonder of Tucker even realizes how close to exploding this country is? Doesn’t seem like it.
It's not unreasonable to ask that Tucker focus on the extensive evidence of fraud and violations of election laws that Giuliani detailed as well as the hundreds of affidavits collected by the Trump legal team.
There isn't any doubt fraud was the the reason Biden "won" the election. And, there is no excuse for Tucker not to be putting the emphasize on that.
Sidney Powell is not canvassing for more votes from people at this point. She is not trying to persuade the public or Tucker. She is simply getting ready to file several law suits. As a good lawyer, she is keeping the evidence up her sleeve.
The kraken will be released in federal courts in due time.
Exactly.
Just STOP watching NFL NBA Fox and the rest of the traitors.
They’ll get the idea eventually.
Newsmax, War Room, and thedonald.win have the real info now. And here, of course.
All the evidence anyone needed to see was presented by Rudy at the press conference.
There is no chance Trump could have won 18 of 19 bellwether counties and lost the election. There is no chance Biden under-performed Hillary in every major city except four in swing states where he over-performed Obama. There is no chance there was an 84% voter turnout in Milwaukee and a 51% voter turnout in Cleveland, There is chance of there being a coat with coattails with Republicans picking up a dozen seats or so in the House and gaining at the state level but with Trump losing.
It's time you grew a pair and realized that there is no scenario where voter fraud can be tolerated.
Carlson is spoiled rotten and immature.
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