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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I get scared for my life every time I go to the grocery store. Under Biden and Newsome, I don’t feel safe anywhere.
How many were there vs the number of people arrested?
That, and I’m still waiting to see the evidence of poop and urine supposedly left behind in the Capitol by Trump protesters.
These guys only know what they were told at the time by the Capital Police or whoever. If I were a woosie senator sitting in an enclosed meeting room and the cops burst in and said, “Quick, everyone out and run for your lives! There’s a violent riot going on outside and they’re on their way here!” I’d probably be scared too.
All of DC in it's entirety is unconstitutional and committed the coup fully unified.
Damn! The RINOs and the the corporate media sure are panicking about their Jan 6 lies being exposed. LOL!
It looks like every single corporate media outlet is shrieking lies and BS today now that Tucker Carlson is starting to expose the truth - now that we finally have access to much more of the video than the selectively edited snippets from the Democrat Party/RINO establishment.
Senate republicans: “Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?”
I go by what I saw in their own video, not what comes out of the mouths of liars who have betrayed us.
Reason #2367 why I’m not a Republican.
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Reason #1 is they don’t stand for anything other than their own re-election.
Senate republicans
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By and large a disgraceful lot.
… and the mystery is why decent, patriotic citizens in those states keep returning these unprincipled bast@rds to Congress … including the worst bast@rd of them all, Mitch McConnell.
“When you come into the chambers, when you start opening members’ desks, when you stand up in their balcony,”
If you look at the video of people lying down on the floor (on the upper level in one of the congressional chambers), it's pretty clear that they were afraid of something.
It would appear that the whole event was one in which neither side could "read" the other. (It would certainly explain a cop panicking and shooting an unarmed woman.)
I'm willing to bet a lot of people inside the building that day were terrified (look at the video of Mitt Romney running). I'm also willing to bet most people outside had no idea of the reaction their presence outside was causing to those inside.
“If you look at the video of people lying down on the floor (on the upper level in one of the congressional chambers), it’s pretty clear that they were afraid of something.”
As Sarah said ... “p*ssies”
The only good coming from 1/6 is all the RINO turds floating to the top exposeing who and what they are,,
,, in office , and out.
Office holders and citizens.
Scum and scumsuckers.
Let them identify themselves for future reference.
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Another section of the democrat party.
LIARS.
They were probably afraid that people would find their porn collection
These are the typical RINOs who always vote with Democrats on their most devastating legislation.
Utterly predictable. The scumbag RINOs who supported the lie along with the dems and the media are now howling mad as the Truth comes out.
They are a-scardy of the evil truthers.
Or, They are RINOs scared of the freaking truth.
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