Posted on 06/15/2021 8:14:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Taking his Jan. 6 denialism to another level on Tuesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested the Capitol insurrection was a false flag orchestrated by the FBI in an effort to “suppress political dissent.”
Almost since the moment that former President Donald Trump incited thousands of MAGA supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in order to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory, Carlson has downplayed the violent riots, repeatedly insisting there was “no insurrection” and that it was nothing more than a “political protest that got out of hand.”
At the same time, the far-right Fox News star has rallied to the defense of the Capitol rioters, portraying them as largely peaceful protesters while raging against federal prosecutors for the hundreds of criminal charges filed in the wake of the insurrection. With more rioters still facing potential indictments, many have taken to cooperating with the feds to avoid or lessen jail time.
And according to Carlson, the reason why the government has “thrown the book” at some rioters and not others is because of a deep state plot to control the political narrative.
Taking aim at Attorney General Merrick Garland for announcing a new strategy to combat domestic terrorism and violent extremism in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack, Carlson said this was just further proof that the government wants to “crush anyone who leads opposition to” Biden.
After invoking Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest whataboutism argument about the Capitol riots, which featured Putin referencing Capitol rioter Ashli Babbit’s death to deflect answering a question about jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Carlson declared that Putin raised “fair questions.”
“Who did shoot Ashli Babbitt and why don’t we know?” Carlson added. “Are anonymous federal agents now allowed to kill unarmed women who protest the regime?
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Tucker has courage.
AT last and at least Carlson is TALKING about that fiasco,
with so many protesters being jailed.
I pray this starts a deluge of complaints from high sources.
Those arrested are “political prisoners.”
Also to quell any conservative actions.
I saw that segment and Tucker pointed out that the conclusion was based on government documents.
He wasn’t making things up.
My husband didn’t believe me or Tucker. I said, I have watched Tucker for years. He works for a news organization. Do you really think that if he were constantly wrong that he would have a prime time television show?
Ah, the good old “whataboutism” the lefts new favorite word.
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Yep, they throw that around so they don’t have to be accountable for their hypocrisy or BS,
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Charlottesville was indeed organized by an Obama supporter. That is a fact.
95% of FBI agents give the other 5% a bad name.
The FBI. has been doing this forever....
Read Police State by Gerry Spence...
And the reason there is no justice...the so called 95% if they exist...do not rat out the bad apples...cops...lawyers..judges...DAs
There’s nothing bizarre about it.
20 years ago I heard that if you join a militia, expect 25% of the members to be FBI.
problem is...they didn’t arrest the violent guys. The others are in solitary.
Why is this bizarre? The so called “kidnapping plot” against Gov. Whitmer had TWO FBI agents in the vehicle organizing the plan. What’s up with that?
Total setup which dragged in unsuspecting patriots who got caught up in the emotion and were led in to trespass.
Tucker is very intelligent and not one to get caught reporting falsehoods. He’s also very careful in his wording and often says, ‘we just don’t know but it appears that way’ for the purposes of cya when he’s not 100% sure of something or has nothing hard to back it up.
Tucker is actually growing a pair.
The FBIAS is rotten to the core, there might be 1% good ones, maybe.
Hannity is an idiot or controlled opposition.
Exactly! Even Dr Simone Gold allowed herself to enter the seating area. Trap from the word go.
Is it bizarre?
They think we’re stupid.
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