Article 695EQ January 6 insurrection has proved an obsession for Fox News’s Tucker Carlson

January 6 insurrection has proved an obsession for Fox News’s Tucker Carlson

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Adam Gabbatt
from US news | The Guardian on (#695EQ)

Whatever the TV host claims the footage from Kevin McCarthy shows will be worth taking with a generous pinch of salt

In the two years since the US Capitol attack, Tucker Carlson has described the violent assault on American democracy connected to the deaths of nine people as vandalism" and a forgettably minor" outbreak of mob violence".

The Fox News host has said the attack on Congress by supporters of Donald Trump, which has prompted more than 900 arrests, was a false flag" operation, part of alleged persecution of conservatives by shady government forces. Carlson even devoted much of a conspiracy-laden TV series to undermining the severity of the attack.

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