Posted on 11/20/2020 8:26:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
It’s a night full of Tucker Carlson news mentions here at RedState, but that’s not surprising given his current standing within the conservative media-sphere. The highest rated cable news host found himself on the opposite end of a lot of the right-wing chatter last night when he challenged Sidney Powell to come on his show and provide evidence for her extensive claims of voter fraud.
In a much talked about press conference yesterday, Powell laid out claims of millions of votes being switched through abuse of voting software. What she didn’t provide was much of any actual evidence, something Trump supporters are wanting to see produced as a path forward becomes more and more narrow.
(see Tucker Carlson Discounts Sidney Powell’s Election Claims, She Responds on Fox News)
Here was Carlson’s original commentary.
🚨 #Tucker on Sidney Powell: "We invited Sidney Powell on this 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 and told us to stop contacting her." (2/2) pic.twitter.com/MkiSjtb63L
CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 20, 2020
There are two ways to look at this. Those that are leaning towards believing her claims have said that she has no obligation to share anything until things finish in court. Others have pointed out that there’s downside to backing her narrative with something tangible and that her filings are not matching her rhetoric.
Here’s the problem though. After states certify their election results, which happened in the last day in several key states, there is essentially no going back on that. A judge is not going to overturn a certified election result, at least not without bombshell evidence reaching levels we’ve never seen before. Powell claims to have had this data since last week, yet the filings have been slow going. That hasn’t produced confidence in her odds.
Now, Powell is saying it’ll all be adjudicated in the next two weeks and that she’s confident she’ll be victorious presenting her case. Carlson responded and offered a bit of an olive branch.
#Tucker doubles down on his stance about Sidney Powell's voting machine claims. Citing other Trump lawyers, he says they haven't seen her "evidence either, no testimony from employees inside the software companies, no damning internal documents, no copies of the software itself." pic.twitter.com/35LSF26nwe
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 21, 2020
Below is #Tucker's comments in full from tonight about Sidney Powell and her claims about voting machines pic.twitter.com/DVWEsfEzRl
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 21, 2020
Some on the right got angry at Carlson for criticizing Powell’s dismissiveness last night, but I think he’s taking the right path. There is still time for Powell to prove her case and come out looking like a hero, though things look especially bleak now with so many states certifying results. Regardless, if she does prove her case, Carlson is not going to be against her, nor will anyone here at RedState or a myriad of other conservative leaning sites. But that case has to be proven at some point. Press conferences and fiery rhetoric only take us so far.
Patience is the right move here. Powell has made some very strong assertions, but it is not going to hurt anyone to let her see this through. Those screaming about decorum and the need to concede are the same people who spent four years calling Trump a Russian agent. I could not care less what their thoughts are on this matter. Meanwhile, in the next two weeks, if Powell can’t prove her case, then the electors will vote and this election will be over. The fight for the country will soldier on either way.
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Boycott Faux News.
Tucker wanted a scoop, probably thought he deserved a scoop. He didn’t get it, and responded childishly.
TC’s path forward is to leave Faux Fake News.
NewsMax and OANN from here out for me.
Well I’ve been weaned from Fox except for Dobbs. Only because there’s sufficient alternative news to listen to such as OAN and Newsmax....and Australia’s Skynews.
But I have to say all US networks are really bad about what’s going on in the World News. You have to go to Networks outside the US.
Tucker is scum! Don’t watch Fox News!
Try also Australia’s SkyNews those guys love Trump ...plus they’ll inform of world news so lacking in US networks.
Sounds like he’s desperate to save his show no matter what he has to do. Sorry cuck. I’ve never watched your show, and never will. You can stand on your head and spit jelly beans, I could care less.
NewsMax and OANN from here out for me.
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Same here! I mostly stay at OANN now. I did visit NewsMax but find OANN home spun and less polished.
Bartiromo and Dobbs, only reasons to even tune to that network.
Me too! OanN is where I go to get it straight.
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The real issue is Fox has tilted away and will not give opportunities for people to offer opinions they don’t agree with - WITHOUT PROOF up front.
Carlson knew this would be the case, that proof here is many, many varied transactions, so this was a way to smear Sidney Powell and the movement.
What cable show says PROVE IT!
It’s all opinions and speculation, why the new sudden standard, and why isn’t applied to anyone else?
Prove Global Warning is man made before we have a discussion on the subject.
I watched an Interview Tucker did of Jeffrey Sessions when he was trying to rehab and sell him, and Sessions Mother would’ve asked harder questions.
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Sounds like Tucker is in bed with the Bidens.
These state SOS’s and governors are certifying fraudulent elections and can be charged with felonies Trump has the proof in real time he is letting them hang themselves!!
Exactly.
I watched an Interview Tucker did of Jeffrey Sessions when he was trying to rehab and sell him, and Sessions Mother would’ve asked harder questions.
I remember that interview, too. Tucker totally tip toed through the tulips with Sleepy and did not challenge him once. His recent above the fray attitude is disgusting. Tucker needs to get his hands dirty and practice an act of random journalism before casting stones. It’s not the President’s lawyers job to do his job. He’s a big boy. He can do it.
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