Tucker Carlson Blasted by Republican Senators for 'B.S.' January 6 Take

Fox News host Tucker Carlson is receiving pushback from Republican senators after saying the January 6 riot was "mostly peaceful."

Carlson downplaying the January 6 insurrection as "mostly peaceful" even after obtaining footage of the incident from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, received widespread condemnation from a handful of Senate Republicans and even Democrats on Tuesday, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell saying that the Fox News host's portrayal of the events of that day was a "mistake."

However, the most scathing rebuke came from Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who stated that Carlson's claim that the January 6 riot was "peaceful chaos" is "bulls***."

Tillis was among the people hiding from the pro-Trump rioters as they breached the Capitol, NBC News reported.

"I was here. I was down there, and I saw maybe a few tourists, a few people who got caught up in things," the senator said. "But when you see police barricades breached when you see police officers assaulted, all of that... if you were just a tourist you should've probably lined up at the visitors' center and came in on an orderly basis."

Capitol Police Chief Says Tucker Carlson's Depiction of January 6 Is Offensive

On Monday, Tucker Carlson aired select never-seen-before clips from the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. He downplayed the insurrection that insulted many public servants who happened to be inside the Capitol when the riot occurred.

These Capitol officials include Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger, who wrote a letter to his officers, stating that Carlson's show was "filled with offensive and misleading conclusions about the January 6th attack."

Manger wrote that Carlson's program cherry-picked "the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video." He added that Carlson's commentary failed to give context about the chaos and violence that really happened during the January 6 riot.

He then concluded that the depiction was "false" and "disturbing." According to USA Today, McConnell agreed with Manger, saying, "Clearly, the Chief of the Capitol Police in my view correctly describes what most of us witnessed firsthand on January 6."

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Agreed With Mitch McConnell in Blasting Tucker Carlson

In a rare example of bipartisan agreement, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in their rebuke of Tucker Carlson, according to The Hill.

"Last night, Fox News with Speaker McCarthy as a willing, capable, and powerful accomplice, aired one of the most shameful hours we have ever seen in the entire history of cable television," Schumer said. "What has happened to any standards of honor, of honesty, of decency in America when this happens?"

Carlson's credibility has already come into question following leaked text messages he had with other Fox News hosts, executives, and producers.

These texts revealed that while Carlson helped push former President Donald Trump's already-debunked election fraud claims on air, he did not believe them in private.

Fox News and Fox Corp. are facing a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, which claims that the conservative network defamed the company by repeatedly claiming, without evidence, election fraud claims involving their voting machines.

The company has since provided shocking evidence, including a sworn admission from Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch that Fox News hosts knowingly pushed false information about the 2020 elections.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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