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.
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Reuters doesn’t seem to think so.
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?
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Yes, LIARS !!!
What’s the downside these lefttards are claiming to releasing these videos.
What a fool; Videos speak for themselves.
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Schumer objects? Not much breaking in that headline.
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