McCarthy, GOP pump brakes on release of Jan. 6 footage to Tucker Carlson - TheHill

[GGoss]

McCarthy, GOP pump brakes on release of Jan. 6 footage to Tucker Carlson - TheHill

House Republicans are pumping the brakes on the release of Jan. 6 surveillance footage they’ve offered to Fox News host Tucker Carlson and going on offense against Democrats who have spent the past week slamming the move.

Republican leaders are emphasizing that no clips will be broadcast without prior security clearance while accusing Democrats of neglecting the same precautions during the investigation by the House select committee last year — a charge the Democrats quickly rejected.

Carlson, Fox’s wildly popular conservative pundit, said last week that he would begin airing footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot this week, after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered him what Carlson described as “unfettered” exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of unreleased surveillance tape starting earlier in the month.

Yet McCarthy and other Republicans, following days of silence on the topic, made clear Tuesday that no information would be released to Carlson’s team — let alone broadcast publicly — before the footage is screened to ensure it doesn’t compromise the security of the Capitol complex.

Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3878242-mccarthy-gop-pump-brakes-on-release-of-jan-6-footage-to-tucker-carlson/

[KPN]

1. Can we just do away with Republicans? nt

[yaesu]

6. Good idea, just a presidential order barring Russian agents from holding office should do it. nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Release it to all media outlets, Kev.

Just to keep Fox honest on re-editing the tapes. Unless that was your intent. If you don't release to all, no one, outside the Fox Bubblesphere will believe the content that they republish.

Jesus, Kev, you just aren't that bright if you didn't anticipate the reaction by the majority of Americans who thought this was another Republican stunt.

[Grins]

3. Lemme see...

1.
“No clips will be broadcast without prior security clearance“

2.
“Carlson…said last week that he would begin airing footage…this week.”

Why do I not believe “Republican leaders?”

[yaesu]

7. They will probably give Santos another fabricated job title as video security

specialist and let him decide what footage to send

[brush]

4. McCarthy already known for not having much spine...

now is viewed as not having much brain power either. I mean with deep fake technology available now, Carlson could have those tapes manipulated/edited to say anything he wants to put Democrats in a bad light.

I can't imagine a worst move by a Speaker.

[ShazzieB]

5. I've been calling him a spineless jellyfish, but I don't think I got it quite right.

He's not just a spineless jellyfish. He's a spineless, brainless jellyfish!

[Eyeball_Kid]

8. IMO, a huge contributing factor:

Dominion's lawsuit exposed FNC's role as a propaganda arm of the GOP and Russia. The outrage from GOP moderates and the Dems was intense and real. McCarthy stood down. Fox took a hit.

[GGoss]

9. That's What I Think Happened Too