Tucker Carlson downplays January 6 as “just barely” a riot
Carlson: January 6 was “really only just a riot, maybe just barely. By recent standards it was an embarrassingly tepid effort. No one even bothered to set a fire or spray paint slogans on the walls”
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Citation From the January 6, 2022, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): The presidential election was not overturned, the Capitol was not destroyed, the government wasn't toppled no matter what you may have heard. Not a single elected official was injured, thank God. Police got shoved, unfortunately. Punches were thrown, but the only person who wound up dead from violence was an unarmed protester who was shot to death without warning by a cop. None of the so-called insurrectionists had guns. When was the last time you saw an insurrection like that?
So looking back, you'd probably call what happened on January 6 a riot. We have called it that. But really only just a riot, maybe just barely. By recent standards, it was an embarrassingly tepid effort. No one even bothered to set a fire or spray paint slogans on the walls. So the question is why are we still talking about this?