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Schumer: To Protect Democracy, I Need The One Network I Don’t Control - To Stop Airing Raw Footage Of Congress
The Federalist ^ | March 8, 2023 | SHAWN FLEETWOOD

Posted on 03/08/2023 6:39:13 AM PST by gattaca

Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the owner of Fox News to prevent network host Tucker Carlson from releasing any more footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that House Democrats hid from the public for two years. Carlson’s team reviewed more than 40,000 hours of video from that day and on Monday aired previously unseen footage that contradicts numerous falsehoods peddled by Democrat politicos and corporate media.

On Tuesday, Schumer melodramatically told reporters that Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch “has a special obligation” to bar Carlson from airing more unedited footage from Jan. 6 “because our democracy depends on it.”

The comments echo remarks Schumer gave during a temper tantrum on the Senate floor earlier in the day, in which he accused Carlson’s Monday night program of being “one of the most shameful hours … ever seen on cable television” and similarly called on Murdoch to prohibit the release of more Jan. 6 footage.

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1 posted on 03/08/2023 6:39:13 AM PST by gattaca
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To: gattaca

Schumer can shove democracy up his commie ass.


2 posted on 03/08/2023 6:41:01 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: gattaca

Well he gets away with threatening Supreme court justices so no surprise he would threaten free speech as well.


3 posted on 03/08/2023 6:41:03 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: gattaca
The Left’s Core Strategy #1: “Pick the target and polarize it" via Rules for Radicals.

The Left’s Core Strategy #2: Scream accusations of racism* (or racist* attacks) at anything you don't like or which slows your agenda. *Sexism, "homophobia", etc. are also opportunities.

The Left’s Core Strategy #3: Declare that your destructive actions are creating a positive outcome.

The Left’s Core Strategy #4: Attack your opposition by projecting your guilt onto them.

The Left’s Core Strategy #5: Attack opposition with shallow insults in an effort to negatively influence the public's view of their character. Think drive-by shooter.

The Left’s Core Strategy #6: When all else fails, censor speech and/or deploy violence.

Repeat
4 posted on 03/08/2023 6:42:09 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: gattaca

When scum like Schumer, Biden, et al say ‘democracy’, what is really meant is ‘deep state totalitarianism’.


5 posted on 03/08/2023 6:42:17 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“..Well he gets away with threatening Supreme court justices so no surprise he would threaten free speech as well....”

^THIS^
IF any of us had done what he did, we’d be rotting in a federal pen right now.....
He should have went to jail for that.....and this.


6 posted on 03/08/2023 6:42:45 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: gattaca

He admits that he controls the networks? That should be the story here!


7 posted on 03/08/2023 6:44:10 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: gattaca

Schumer seems to be the leader of destruction of the First Amendment. He has become dictatorial and a lowlife. Maybe he is on Soros’ or China’s payroll.


8 posted on 03/08/2023 6:44:43 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: Vision

You forgot accuse the other of what you are undertaking...


9 posted on 03/08/2023 6:45:56 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: gattaca

He’s the reason we need a Civil war. Commie mfer.


10 posted on 03/08/2023 6:46:11 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: gattaca

This shows the quality of New York city voters.
Perhaps we should wall off the city states and let them go?
NYC, LA, San Fran, Portland, SEA, Chi town, Motown, ATL Huston, Boston, et al. Y’all get my drift?


11 posted on 03/08/2023 6:46:40 AM PST by rellic
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To: gattaca

If he’s got his panties in a knot it must be a good thing for real Americans


12 posted on 03/08/2023 6:51:17 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: gattaca

Some would say Paul Ryan influenced Fox is controlled opposition..

And Schumer has little to worry about if that’s the case..

How much has the controlled opposition shown to the public?


13 posted on 03/08/2023 6:54:03 AM PST by delchiante
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To: gattaca

Democrats grossly exaggerated the J6 protests as an insurrection. It was part of the setup. The video proves it.


14 posted on 03/08/2023 6:54:49 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: gattaca

To protect the Republic, we need to stop all dumbass far left Dung beetles like Chucky from getting elected to Congress.


15 posted on 03/08/2023 6:56:47 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: gattaca

So when is the FBI raid on Tucker’s house?


16 posted on 03/08/2023 6:58:36 AM PST by red-dawg (They're going to have to pry my gasoline powered car from my cold, dead hands.)
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To: gattaca

Tucker didn’t release new video footage last night so I guess Schumer got what he wanted.


17 posted on 03/08/2023 7:01:48 AM PST by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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Funny thing... go to foxnews.com and try to find the stories that Tucker was broadcasting on Jan6th. Barely anything there. Almost like they’re burying the most prominent exclusive story they have had in years... on purpose.


18 posted on 03/08/2023 7:01:55 AM PST by jz638
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To: gattaca

Democracy = Communist Tyranny


19 posted on 03/08/2023 7:03:46 AM PST by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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To: gattaca

Schumer is a damned liar. One could not be expected to pass such a scoundrel on the street without exuberantly expressing one’s feelings about various things.


20 posted on 03/08/2023 7:05:18 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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