![]() ![]() Tillis added: "I'm willing to have a modicum of sympathy for people who were outside or maybe they went through an open door and then they left." "But if they stayed there, if they didn't ask people to be calm, if they didn't provide aid to someone who was injured like a police officer, then they're going to have to answer to the courts for that." In August 2021, he responded to a reporter's question about his thoughts on the MAGA crowd storming the Capitol and said he believed many of the rioters involved "needed to be held accountable and go to prison." Tillis has been very vocal against those who participated in or supported the riot. It is okay to be conservative, to be in GOP, but this?” - Republican Accountability Accountability) You can hear his comments in the video This is a low low moment for Carlson, the anti-patriot, unAmerican liar who has brought hate to so many people-Rupert Murdoch will be remembered as the man who green-lighted this repeat of what happened in the 1930's. if you were just a tourist, you should’ve probably lined up at the visitors’ center and came in on an orderly basis.” He told interviewers: “When you see police officers assaulted, all of that. Tillis didn't mince words when he replied: “I think it’s bullsh*t." Reporters recently caught up with GOP Senior Senator Tillis as he was en route to the Senate chamber via the underground access corridor to ask what he thought about Carlson's portrayal of January 6. They were sightseers.”ĭue to the pandemic, the Capitol was closed to sightseers on January 6, 2021. You’ve seen their pictures again and again." "But the overwhelming majority weren’t. A small percentage of them were hooligans. ![]() On the Fox program, Tucker claimed: “Taken as a whole, the video record does not support the claim that January 6 was an insurrection." “In fact, it demolishes that claim.”Īs the violent mob stormed the Capitol riled by Trump's spurious claim the election was stolen, not every hallway was constantly chaotic.Ĭarlson used clips from those few quieter moments to support his lies. “Virtually no one in Washington, Republican or Democrat, wanted to see this tape released tonight.” - Tucker Carlson Carlson) To push his false narrative, the conspiracy theorist shared carefully selected cuts of surveillance footage taken from the Capitol building provided to him by fellow insurrection denier, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Monday night, Carlson attacked the media coverage of the Capitol riot. The riot also caused over 100 injuries to law enforcement and millions of dollars in damages including smashed doors and windows, stolen property and feces and urine smeared on walls and floors by rioters. North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis called "bullsh*t" on Fox News host Tucker Carlson downplaying the events of January 6, 2021, at the United States Capitol.Ī strong majority of conservative MAGA adherents continue either minimizing the Capitol insurrection or refusing to acknowledge the riot incited by former Republican President Donald Trump was a violent act of domestic terrorism.Ĭarlson is one of many rightwingers who routinely minimizes the insurrection that ultimately led to the deaths of almost ten people–including some who died in the aftermath. ![]()
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