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Botany

(73,139 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 09:38 AM Feb 2023

So just how deep into the coup was Kevin McCarthy?

Last edited Tue Feb 21, 2023, 10:46 AM - Edit history (1)

Bennie Thompson rips McCarthy for giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 footage

“It’s hard to overstate the potential security risks if this material were to be used irresponsibly,” Thompson said in a
statement. McCarthy’s office granted about 41,000 hours of footage of the Capitol riots to Carlson, Axios first reported.
A Fox News spokesperson confirmed the development to The Hill on Monday.

“If Speaker McCarthy has indeed granted Tucker Carlson — a Fox host who routinely spreads misinformation and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s poisonous propaganda — and his producers access to this sensitive footage, he owes the American people an explanation of why he has done so and what steps he has taken to address the significant security concerns at stake,” Thompson said.

The Mississippi Democrat headed the select House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attacks for nearly a year and a half before releasing its final report in December. The committee had interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, read through documents and reviewed troves of video footage of the riots during its investigation.

snip

In 2021 he produced “Patriot Purge,” a documentary series that purports to tell an alternative story of the Jan. 6 insurrection and features at least one subject who suggests the event may have been a “false flag” operation. Fox News staffers were reportedly angered by the series, and at least two contributors to the network resigned in protest.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3867063-bennie-thompson-rips-mccarthy-for-giving-tucker-carlson-jan-6-footage/

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I know that McCarthy voted not to uphold the 2020 election's legal vote but just how deep into the J-6 "nuts
and bolts" was he? Is McCarthy working on creating a phony cover story w/Tucker?

BTW We know that McCarthy was well aware of Trump being on Putin's payroll in 2016.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump

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So just how deep into the coup was Kevin McCarthy? (Original Post) Botany Feb 2023 OP
McCarthy initially seemed freaked out in the midst of the riot Mad_Machine76 Feb 2023 #1
He did try to put Gym Jordan on the House J-6th committee Botany Feb 2023 #3
I remember that Mad_Machine76 Feb 2023 #4
Yes, absolutely. wnylib Feb 2023 #15
Can McCarthy even spell kompromat? rubbersole Feb 2023 #2
All he can manage is "I am Speaker". And "power". calimary Feb 2023 #11
well, he knows how to count to 15 now. panader0 Feb 2023 #32
DOJ or the Capitol police gab13by13 Feb 2023 #5
The disinformation that's been piled onto the American public is nearly too big to unpack. jaxexpat Feb 2023 #6
He's leading the coverup Zorro Feb 2023 #7
His lust for power lead him down this anti-American road to fascism. Joinfortmill Feb 2023 #8
Power, yes, but I think that kompromat is the ultimate driver. wnylib Feb 2023 #18
Could the Jan 6 committee prevented this by sending all material to the senate Bev54 Feb 2023 #9
Good questions. I feel the same way. Hard to believe there are virtually no stop gaps by KPN Feb 2023 #22
Up to his elbows The Wizard Feb 2023 #10
If fox can't properly edit the footage, the public will louis-t Feb 2023 #12
Why didn't Thompson turn over the footage to the National Archive. ancianita Feb 2023 #13
No words for how angry this makes me! pazzyanne Feb 2023 #14
Right there with you. This one really pissed me off. I can't believe there is virtually no KPN Feb 2023 #23
It appears mccarthy answers to no one spanone Feb 2023 #16
The traitors want to use the captured video for training and intelligence purposes. Harker Feb 2023 #17
That's what I think, too. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #24
There is no explanation for McCarthy doing this except to help Carlson and Fox spin an alternate hadEnuf Feb 2023 #19
Sure there is: It reveals the layout and security. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #25
That too. hadEnuf Feb 2023 #27
Most Republicans don't believe it was a coup attempt. People like Tucker Carlson and Kevin McCarthy Martin68 Feb 2023 #20
more than knee deep. republianmushroom Feb 2023 #21
I don't want an explanation from traitor McCarthy, he must resign or impeached. Escurumbele Feb 2023 #26
Everybody really needs to get more serious about dragging this filth out of our government. hadEnuf Feb 2023 #28
How deep? thatcrowwoman Feb 2023 #29
Prolly pretty deep Meowmee Feb 2023 #30
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 #31

Mad_Machine76

(24,821 posts)
1. McCarthy initially seemed freaked out in the midst of the riot
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 10:12 AM
Feb 2023

but it seems like he fell in line quickly and I think he is now involved in the coverup and spinning of what happened on 1/6

Botany

(73,139 posts)
3. He did try to put Gym Jordan on the House J-6th committee
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 10:23 AM
Feb 2023

Liz Cheney told Jordan, "Get away from me. You fucking did this," as House members were evacuating.

 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
6. The disinformation that's been piled onto the American public is nearly too big to unpack.
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 10:55 AM
Feb 2023

Every day it gains in mass. Just like the result of *Sara Sylvia Cynthia Stout's aversion to taking the garbage out, it has spread across the United States, from New York to the golden gate.

A DOJ that really wanted to take the crooks to trial to expose the guilty would have been good maybe over 25 fucking months ago, but now I'm not so certain. They're more entrenched than ever and with this stunt the fact that none of them have had to face a judge and jury weighs pretty heavy on the credibility of their guilt.

Every day more people are putting 2 and 2 together and come up believing that if they were actually in on an insurrection, why aren't they prosecuted in court? The foot has been in the door for a long time. People are noticing that it is shod in jack boots as some of their neighbors, the ones they thought were the best of their acquaintances are being harassed and persecuted for telling the simple, factual, obvious truth.

Mandarin Elementary School is only about 2 miles from my home. They've an opening if somebody needs a teaching position. Spine or qualifications not an issue, though racist tendencies is considered a plus.

*Shel had this figured out 50 years ago.

wnylib

(25,183 posts)
18. Power, yes, but I think that kompromat is the ultimate driver.
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 11:47 AM
Feb 2023

He had his orders to seek the role of speaker in order to serve TFG and Putin. He is now carrying out the orders that they want him to follow as Speaker.

I have no doubt that his reason for turning over the material to Tucker is to create an alternative story as pushback when indictments come.

The alternative story will be used for gaining public support for the indicted persons and perhaps for attorneys who defend them.


Bev54

(11,976 posts)
9. Could the Jan 6 committee prevented this by sending all material to the senate
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 11:03 AM
Feb 2023

for further investigations? Or does the DOJ have this material and it is being used in current cases and they can get a court order to not have it released? It seems somebody should be able to stop this information from leaking at this time, while investigations are still ongoing.

KPN

(16,347 posts)
22. Good questions. I feel the same way. Hard to believe there are virtually no stop gaps by
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 12:36 PM
Feb 2023

which to derail this corrupt, anti-democratic, insurrectionist stunt. The insurrection is obviously still on-going.

louis-t

(23,956 posts)
12. If fox can't properly edit the footage, the public will
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 11:19 AM
Feb 2023

never see it. "Look, these were just normal tourists" will be the goal. They will scrutinize the footage with the intent of finding some small detail to beat to death. "It was Nancy Pelosi's fault."

KPN

(16,347 posts)
23. Right there with you. This one really pissed me off. I can't believe there is virtually no
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 12:40 PM
Feb 2023

ability to censor Faux Noos/F'er Carlson, etc., particularly in the face of an on-going insurrection supporting activity like this. ... Boiled down, the insurrection is still on-going in my mind. Are we really this helpless?

Harker

(15,501 posts)
17. The traitors want to use the captured video for training and intelligence purposes.
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 11:42 AM
Feb 2023

Next time they'll be better armed and better coordinated.

hadEnuf

(2,947 posts)
19. There is no explanation for McCarthy doing this except to help Carlson and Fox spin an alternate
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 11:53 AM
Feb 2023

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reality, narrative, and sequence of events for consumption by their brainwashed followers and whoever else will listen. At the very least it will detract from the official version of what happened. They will turn it into an argument of bullshit opinions, not a reading of the facts.

That is what Fox and right-wing media does. Being given 41,000 hours of footage that virtually no Americans have seen in its entirety is a gold mine for them and McCarthy knows this. This will be part of their defense for Trump. There are no other reasons for doing this. None.

Martin68

(24,918 posts)
20. Most Republicans don't believe it was a coup attempt. People like Tucker Carlson and Kevin McCarthy
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 12:05 PM
Feb 2023

are responsible for that perception.

Escurumbele

(3,708 posts)
26. I don't want an explanation from traitor McCarthy, he must resign or impeached.
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 12:42 PM
Feb 2023

He is a traitor who seems to be kompromised up to his neck.

hadEnuf

(2,947 posts)
28. Everybody really needs to get more serious about dragging this filth out of our government.
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 01:09 PM
Feb 2023

They are not going to just fade away.

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