Biden Scolds Republicans Over Tucker Carlson Airing January 6 Tapes

House Republicans were condemned Wednesday by President Joe Biden for permitting Tucker Carlson, Fox News host, to be hosted. access and air previously unseen Video security cameras January 6 The video shows police officers standing passively while people pour into the U.S. Capitol.

In response to an internal memo, the president rebuked. U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger which criticized “Tucker Carlson Tonight” His claim that some video and comments were offensive or misleading was broadcast.

“More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6,” Biden stated this in a Tweet “I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through? I stand with the [Capitol Police]. I hope House Republicans feel ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement.”

January 6 saw more than 140 police officers get hurt.

It’s been said many times before that: Who dares to minimize the pain they have endured?

Ich stand behind the @CapitolPolice.

House Republicans should be ashamed of what they did to our law enforcement. https://t.co/pES1zApH9Y

— President Biden (@POTUS) March 8, 2023

Carlson and his staff were granted exclusive access to over 40,000 hours security camera footage in a deal with Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House Speaker (R-CA). McCarthy said that he chose disclosure because it was the best for him. sake of transparency And to counter the “politicization” He believes that the Jan 6 Committee and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), were responsible for his belief.

Some Republicans support the speaker. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R.GA) thanked McCarthy. may help some of the January 6 defendants They will be able to prove their claims.

Still, Democrats as well as other Republicans expressed dismay at the deal and Fox News’ depiction of events on January 6, 2021. That was the date when a large crowd entered the U.S. Capitol and disrupted lawmakers meeting to confirm Biden’s victory in 2020.

“It was a mistake, in my view, for Fox News to depict this in a way that’s completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-KY). told reporters on Tuesday.

The officials have stated that about 140 police officers police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol were attacked in clashes on January 6. Four police officers also defended Capitol that day. later committed suicide. Only those who participated in the crowd were allowed to vote. died On the day of breach, Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot by Capitol Police officers.

Carlson showed some of his familiar scenes from Monday’s show, including images showing people breaking windows and getting into fights with the police. He said that he was only speaking for himself. “small percentage” A large number of people were there “hooligans” He insists that his team have seen the footage “demolishes” The claim of an attempted rebellion.

This tape will be released tonight by virtually no Washington Republican or Democrat. pic.twitter.com/YfpvaIZTbn

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) March 7, 2023

He shared video footage, which he stated made it clear that the majority of people in the room were not there. “peaceful,” “orderly,” “meek.” These “sightseers,” Carlson said they appeared to venerate the U.S. Capitol and filed in orderly. They were also present because of concerns about fraud in 2020’s election. He said that Democrats and journalists had suppressed images of the event. “a pretext for a federal crackdown on opponents of the uni party in Washington.”

McCarthy assured reporters Capitol Police was part of Carlson’s sharing of clips. “taken care of.” Still, Capitol Police told The Hill on Monday That the agency required “that any clips be shown to us first for a security review” But it was so far “only been given the ability to preview a single clip out of the multiple clips that aired.”

Manger, in a memo he sent Tuesday to employees, accused Carlson’s Program of cherry-picking calmer Moments from January 6th and claimed the Commentary “fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.” Manger said that his department was also included in the statement. “stands by the officers in the video” That was also shown. It stated that the officers had been outnumbered by January 6, and that they tried to calm things down.

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