Fox News personality Tucker Carlson blasted US lawmakers s “sociopaths” for criticizing him for downplaying the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The right-wing host also accused attorney general Merrick Garland of lying about the number of police officers killed during the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
“The sociopaths turned out to be both Democrats and Republicans,” Carlson said during a broadcast on Wednesday, singling out GOP senators Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham as “weak men” for their criticisms of the January 6 video segments.
Elsewhere in his monologue, Carlson accused Democratic officials including Attorney General Garland of lying about January 6 because of their statements that five Washington DC and Capitol officers died because of the riots.
“Joe Biden’s attorney general is a liar,” Carlson said, adding, “They don’t want any detail. They just want a slogan. They’re counting Brian Sicknick. That’s a lie.”
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It’s the latest headline-grabbing moment after the Fox News host caused controversy throughout this week by airing selectively chosen clips to claim the riots at the Capitol in 2021 weren’t violent.
Legislators from both parties have accused Carlson of distorting the facts about January 6 in recent episodes.
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said this week that despite Carlson’s effort to distort reality, the American people “saw what happened on January 6”.
“They’ve seen the people that got injured, they saw the damage to the building. You can’t hide the truth by selectively picking a few minutes out of tapes and saying this is what went on. It’s so absurd. It’s nonsense,” he added.
