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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo just how deep into the coup was Kevin McCarthy?
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Bennie Thompson rips McCarthy for giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 footage
Its hard to overstate the potential security risks if this material were to be used irresponsibly, Thompson said in a
statement. McCarthys 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] Putins 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.
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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

Mad_Machine76
(24,821 posts)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)Liz Cheney told Jordan, "Get away from me. You fucking did this," as House members were evacuating.
Mad_Machine76
(24,821 posts)wnylib
(25,183 posts)rubbersole
(9,144 posts)calimary
(85,145 posts)Beyond that, he has no clue about ANYTHING.
panader0
(25,816 posts)gab13by13
(26,308 posts)should send a stern letter to McCarthy.
jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)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.
Zorro
(16,804 posts)Joinfortmill
(17,149 posts)May he reap what he has sown.
wnylib
(25,183 posts)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)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)which to derail this corrupt, anti-democratic, insurrectionist stunt. The insurrection is obviously still on-going.
The Wizard
(13,046 posts)in coup d'etat
louis-t
(23,956 posts)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."
ancianita
(39,557 posts)pazzyanne
(6,648 posts)Our country is being run by traitors -
KPN
(16,347 posts)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?
spanone
(138,129 posts)Harker
(15,501 posts)Next time they'll be better armed and better coordinated.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)hadEnuf
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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.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)hadEnuf
(2,947 posts)Wide open sedition in my opinion.
Martin68
(24,918 posts)are responsible for that perception.
republianmushroom
(18,702 posts)25 months and counting
Escurumbele
(3,708 posts)He is a traitor who seems to be kompromised up to his neck.
hadEnuf
(2,947 posts)They are not going to just fade away.
thatcrowwoman
(1,230 posts)Up to his neck in alligators is my best guess.
Hope theyre hangry.
Tick tock.
🐊thatcrowwoman
Meowmee
(6,964 posts)But will we ever know?