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Republicans push back on Tucker Carlson's claims about Jan. 6 assault: "Just a lie"
CBS News ^ | March 7, 2023 | BY MELISSA QUINN

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.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; demonicrats; globalistpropaganda; j6narrative; jan6; journalism; media; melissaquinn; press; republicans; rinos; seebs; tucker; tuckerrocks
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1 posted on 03/07/2023 1:50:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Scumbags being scumbags.


2 posted on 03/07/2023 1:51:36 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tillis and Thune. What a surprise.


3 posted on 03/07/2023 1:52:04 PM PST by HandBasketHell
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These backstabbing, obviously LYING, GOP
are traitors to the Republic and their voters.

Traitors. Accountability = 0.0


4 posted on 03/07/2023 1:52:04 PM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reason #2367 why I’m not a Republican.


5 posted on 03/07/2023 1:52:21 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

the usual suspects, Mitt will be next.


6 posted on 03/07/2023 1:52:55 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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“...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.


7 posted on 03/07/2023 1:54:17 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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.


8 posted on 03/07/2023 1:54:33 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"There were, there were a lot of people in the Capitol at the time who I think were scared for their lives,"

"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny"

10 posted on 03/07/2023 1:55:19 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where’s Cheney and McCain?

I thought they were the presses official voice of
Conservatism.


11 posted on 03/07/2023 1:55:35 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Cramer, Thillis and Thune automatically go to the top of the shitheads to primary list.


12 posted on 03/07/2023 1:55:41 PM PST by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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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


13 posted on 03/07/2023 1:57:05 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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The globalists in the GOP NEVER wanted Trump to win..they voted for Clinton..they saw Trump as a threat to their agenda


14 posted on 03/07/2023 1:57:53 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And not a word from these traitors when antifa burned american cities to the ground.


15 posted on 03/07/2023 1:58:11 PM PST by imabadboy99
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Keep in mind politicians especially senators, don’t know anything.


16 posted on 03/07/2023 1:58:41 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They forgot the quotes around “Republicans”.


17 posted on 03/07/2023 1:58:58 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thom and John are GIRLIE MEN!


18 posted on 03/07/2023 1:59:20 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We need to keep a list of who to primary.


19 posted on 03/07/2023 1:59:49 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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There were a lot of people who he thinks were scared-

Is not even remotely a statement of fact about what protestors were doing.


20 posted on 03/07/2023 2:00:53 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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