White House Spokesman Andrew Bates said today that 53-year-old Fox News host Tucker Carlson was “not credible” for his comments about the Jan. 6, Capitol insurrection. House Democrats claim that supporters of 76-year-old Donald Trump participated in the riots, not knowing anything about the rabble-rousers vandalizing the Capitol. Carlson received hours of declassified tapes from 58-year-old House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), saying he opted for transparency over the kind of secrecy seen in the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 riots. House Democrats, led by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif). insisted that Trump planned and orchestrated the mayhem with his supporters, insisting that he was cheated out the Nov. 8, 2020 election. Whoever participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, they were not “Trump supporters.”
Carlson said on his Fox News show that many of the Jan. 6 rioters were actually peaceful demonstrators. “We agree wit the chief of the Capitol Police and the wide range of bipartisan lawmakers who have condemned the false depiction of the unprecedented, violent attack on our Constitution and the rule of law—which cost police officers their lives,” said White House Spokesman Andrew Bates. Carlson has tried to make a point on his show that only a small fraction of the Jan. 6, 2021 demonstrators actually participated in the malicious mischief on the Capitol. House Democrats originally impeached Trump with “incitement of insurrection” for his last speech before leaving office on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. the morning of Jan. 6, 2021. Trump allegedly had nearly 1 million attend his speech, with only a few hundred creating the mayhem resulting in 978 arrests and 465 convictions.
When it comes to the thousands of people protesting at the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, only a small fraction of the crowd broke the law. Carlson has made the point on his Fox News show that many of the protesters were law-abiding tourists or just looky-loos, standing around watching the unruly crowds. “They were peaceful, they were orderly and meek. They were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers,” Carlson said, trying to make the point that only a small fraction of the crowd engaged in unlawful conduct. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), one of the biggest anti-Trump members in Congress, slammed McCarthy for turning over declassified takes to Carlson. Schumer said that Fox News was spreading conspiracy theories, something Democrats did with ease, accusing Trump for years of colluding with the Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. Democrats don’t want the truth about the Capitol riots.
Democrats and the press claimed that Capitol Hill police officer Brian Sicknick, who lied in wake in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, was beaten to death Jan. 6, 2021 by Trump’s angry mob, actually died of a natural causes, a stroke. Yet the media narrative at the New York Times and Washington Post said Sicknick was killed by the angry mob. So, when it comes to lying, who’s really telling the truth? “Supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the date the Electoral College met at the Capitol to certify the presidential vote. Only one person, Arizona resident Ashli Babbitt, died of a gunshot wound by Capitol police. All other deaths were due to natural causes, including strokes and heart attacks. Not one rioter brandished or used a firearm to kill anyone. Yet the Capitol Police shot and killed Ashli Babbitt, the only one killed by a firearm.
When the White House calls Carlson “not credible,” there are plenty calling the White House doing far worse. When it comes to Ukraine, where’s the transparency when 80-year-old President Joe Biden sent the U.S. and world into hyperinflation due to his unending proxy war with the Russian Federation. For some unknown reason, Biden adopted Ukraine, handing over $100 billion in U.S. tax dollars to fund the bankrupt government and his proxy war with the Kremlin. White House officials haven’t leveled with the American public about how long Biden will give Ukraine’s 45-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky a blank check? Recent polls show that the U.S. citizens are growing skeptical of Biden’s reasons for funding Ukraine. Telling the public that Ukraine defends European democracy is preposterous with bankrupt, war-ravaged Ukraine barely able to feed-and-house its own population.
Whether or not Carlson likes Trump after losing to Biden in 2020, the two have much in common when it comes to the Democrat-controlled press. Carlson, who has the top-rated show on Fox News, eclipsing all other news hosts by a lot, is the frequent target of brazens attacks by liberal talk shows and the press. Democrats and press insisted for months the Sicknick was killed by an angry mob of Trump supporters. When the autopsy report showed months later that Sicknick died of natural causes, the media said nothing, insisting he was killed by Trump supporters. Whoever rioted on Jan. 6, 2021, it’s irrelevant whether they supported Trump or not. But if you read or listen to the Democrat-controlled press, they refer to the rabble-rousers and criminals as Trump supporters. Carlson is “not credible” to the White House because he challenges the endless flow of fake narratives.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
