A few days ago Tucker Carlson revealed that his producers have been busy going through some 44,000 hours worth of US Capitol closed circuit video recordings from January 6th, 2021. Carlson said it’s clear so far that some of the footage is going to make some Democrat narratives collapse and he’ll start sharing some of the clips on his show next week:
Tucker Carlson Announces That His Show Has Been Granted Access To 44k Hours Of Footage From January 6th
"We believe that access is unfettered. We believe we have secured the right to see whatever we want to see."
"We're going to spend the rest of this week taking a look at it,… https://t.co/sK7691S0n8 pic.twitter.com/GnPvtbENg5
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) February 21, 2023
The Democrats must take comfort in knowing that the Associated Press will always take an angle that’s helpful to their arguments and this issue was no different:
Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the attack on the U.S. Capitol are being made available to Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The stunning level of access granted by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is raising alarms about safety and security. https://t.co/pcmY0D6HtL
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 22, 2023
“Raising alarms about safety and security.” The Associated Press later makes it clear those “alarms” are coming from Democrats and Republicans like former Rep. Adam Kinzinger:
Many critics warn that Capitol security could be endangered if Carlson airs security footage that details how the rioters accessed the building and the routes lawmakers used to flee to safety. And a sharply partisan retelling of the Capitol attack could accelerate a dangerous rewriting of the history of what happened Jan. 6, when Trump encouraged a mob of supporters to head to the Capitol to overturn Joe Biden’s election.
“It is not lost on anyone that the one person that the speaker decides to give hours and hours of sensitive secret surveillance footage is the person who peddled a bogus documentary trying to debunk responsibility for the Jan. 6 riot from Donald Trump onto others,” Goldman said.
“Kevin McCarthy has turned over the security of the Capitol to Tucker Carlson and that’s a scary thought,” he added.
I have a very big hunch that the issue of “how the rioters accessed the building” is what has the Dems in such a panic over, and not in the way they want everybody to think.
It's totally fine when the Deep State leaks to the NYT or the WaPo on a weekly basis, but transparently giving tapes to Fox News is very concerning. https://t.co/29HGFw5eTo
— john jackson (@pvtjokerus) February 22, 2023
Every day, US Govt officials (CIA/FBI/DOJ/Congress) handpick large media corporation to whom they give non-public info because they know they'll tell the story they want told: NYT, WPost, NBC, CNN, etc.
I want all this footage public but that this is unusual is laughable: https://t.co/PXUoWh5UpC
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 22, 2023
Right? The AP doesn’t usually “raise alarms” when this kind of thing happens with material that could be damaging to a Republican narrative.
LOL. Y’all are just mad that the footage that was hidden from the public is about to destroy the narrative.
— Scotty Potty 🇺🇸🏴 (@HTX_Con) February 22, 2023
Pelosi had her own personal camera man lmao https://t.co/n9wq6h7Bhi
— Tate Weismandel (@_T8n_) February 22, 2023
One thing’s for sure, and it’s that Adam Schiff and the rest of the Democrats seem pretty nervous knowing all the footage from that day is in the hands of Tucker Carlson. And it’s NOT because they’re concerned about another “insurrection.”
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