Republicans push back on Tucker Carlson’s claims about Jan. 6 assault: “Just a lie” (CBS News)

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    Republicans push back on Tucker Carlson’s claims about Jan. 6 assault: “Just a lie” – By Melissa Quinn (CBS News) / Mar 7, 2023

    Washington — Senate Republicans on Tuesday refuted Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s portrayal of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying his characterization of the events as “mostly peaceful” is at odds with the reality they experienced as a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters breached the building.

    During the Monday night broadcast of his primetime show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the Fox News host aired selected snippets from of 41,000 hours of footage from the Capitol that day.

    Carlson claimed surveillance video from the scene showed “mostly peaceful chaos” inside the Capitol. While a “small percentage” of the rioters were “hooligans” who committed vandalism, he said, most were “orderly and meek,” and he equated them with “sightseers.”

    But some Senate Republicans pushed back on Carlson’s depiction. Members of the House and Senate were evacuated from their respective chambers when the rioters forced their way into the building, knocking over barricades and forcing their way past police in an attempt to stop the counting of state electoral votes.

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