Posted on 03/07/2023 1:50:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington — Senate Republicans on Tuesday refuted Fox News host Tucker Carlson's portrayal of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying his characterization of the events as "mostly peaceful" is at odds with the reality they experienced as a mob of former President Donald Trump's supporters breached the building.
Carlson claimed surveillance video from the scene showed "mostly peaceful chaos" inside the Capitol. While a "small percentage" of the rioters were "hooligans" who committed vandalism, he said, most were "orderly and meek," and he equated them with "sightseers."
But some Senate Republicans pushed back on Carlson's depiction. Members of the House and Senate were evacuated from their respective chambers when the rioters forced their way into the building, knocking over barricades and forcing their way past police in an attempt to stop the counting of state electoral votes.
"When you come into the chambers, when you start opening members' desks, when you stand up in their balcony, to somehow put that in the same category as permitted protest is just a lie," Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota told reporters.
Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina called Carlson's claims "bulls**t."
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said that the events of Jan. 6 were "an attack on the Capitol."
"There were there were a lot of people in the Capitol at the time who I think were scared for their lives," he said.
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Scumbags being scumbags.
Tillis and Thune. What a surprise.
These backstabbing, obviously LYING, GOP
are traitors to the Republic and their voters.
Traitors. Accountability = 0.0
Reason #2367 why I’m not a Republican.
the usual suspects, Mitt will be next.
“...is at odds with the reality they experienced as a mob of
former President Donald Trump’s supporters breached the
building.”
Actually, no it isn’t. Some of the folks were railroaded
and it’s really amazingly transparent that they were.
Doors were flung open on the front side of the Capital
Building, and folks who went in that way are being tried
as if they forced their way in.
I may be wrong, but that’s what it looks like to me, at
this point.
this is beginning to show the cowardice of our elected officials...
we deserve them that will act nobly and behave humbly, instead of the other way around.
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny"
Where’s Cheney and McCain?
I thought they were the presses official voice of
Conservatism.
Cramer, Thillis and Thune automatically go to the top of the shitheads to primary list.
ANYONE who was scared of lil old grannies with American flags needs to get out of Congress NOW..seriously what kind of p*ssies do we have representing us
The globalists in the GOP NEVER wanted Trump to win..they voted for Clinton..they saw Trump as a threat to their agenda
And not a word from these traitors when antifa burned american cities to the ground.
Keep in mind politicians especially senators, don’t know anything.
They forgot the quotes around “Republicans”.
Thom and John are GIRLIE MEN!
We need to keep a list of who to primary.
There were a lot of people who he thinks were scared-
Is not even remotely a statement of fact about what protestors were doing.
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