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U.S. Senator Schumer condemns Speaker McCarthy for supplying Jan.6 videos to Fox
Reuters ^ | March 7, 2023 | By Richard Cowan

Posted on 03/07/2023 1:32:41 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday accused House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy of helping Fox News stoke conspiracy theories by providing videos that were used by the cable network to portray the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters as peaceful.

On Monday, Fox's right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson used some of the security videos, showing protesters walking through the Capitol, to argue that they were merely "sightseers."

He said only a small number of those who illegally entered the Capitol as Congress was attempting to formally certify President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral win were "hooligans," adding that: "The overwhelming majority weren't. They were peaceful, they were orderly and meek. These were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers."

In a Senate speech, Schumer condemned the broadcast and urged the cable network to cancel any follow-up segment.

The Senate Democratic leader called Carlson's conduct "a dangerous, unforgivable attempt to destabilize our democracy and rewrite the history of the worst attack on our Constitution since the Civil War."

He added that McCarthy was "every bit as culpable as Mr. Carlson" by providing Fox News with thousands of hours of videotape from the day of the attack and accused the broadcaster of using it to piece together a sanitized narrative of the events.

"To say January 6 was not violent, is a lie, a lie, pure and simple," Schumer said.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; j6videos; journalism; media; press; schumer; tucker
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To: Democrat = party of treason

Reuters doesn’t seem to think so.


21 posted on 03/07/2023 1:47:47 PM PST by daler
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"U.S. Senator Schumer condemns Speaker McCarthy for supplying Jan.6 videos to Fox"

Schmucky was so aroused on January 6th he couldn't speak clearly. Tucker must be spoiling it for him.


22 posted on 03/07/2023 1:47:51 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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Let’s see. BJ released Puerto Rican terrorists in NY to help Hillary get elected. Then he released a pic of her opponent shaking hands with JOO hater Yasser Arafat. Pretty smart wouldn’t you say? What’s the difference?

Now he just went to Selma on the taxpayer dime. Was it the cuisine?


23 posted on 03/07/2023 1:53:41 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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24 posted on 03/07/2023 2:00:45 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Democrat = party of treason

Yes, LIARS !!!


25 posted on 03/07/2023 2:27:06 PM PST by Pearfect
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What’s the downside these lefttards are claiming to releasing these videos.


26 posted on 03/07/2023 3:45:26 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a fool; Videos speak for themselves.


27 posted on 03/07/2023 4:27:45 PM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION EVER-————


28 posted on 03/07/2023 4:34:09 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Schumer objects? Not much breaking in that headline.


29 posted on 03/07/2023 4:40:49 PM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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