January 6th Committee Members Blast Kevin McCarthy's Move To Give Tucker Carlson Access To Capitol

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Surveillance Footage

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly has given Tucker Carlson exclusive access to tens of thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the attack on the Capitol, a move that is drawing concerns among former members of the January 6th Committee that the video will be misused.

Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans who sat on the committee, said on CNN that a fear is that clips will be taken out of context or even manipulated to bolster false claims. He said that the concern is that producers will be “cutting little bits of this and saying something it isn’t.” Kinzinger suggested that McCarthy gave Carlson access as a way to win his favor, given the Fox News host’s influence on the right.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who chaired the committee, said that “it’s hard to overstate the potential security risks if this material were to be used irresponsibly.”

“If Speaker McCarthy has indeed granted Tucker Carlson — a Fox host who routinely spreads misinformation and Putin’s poisonous propaganda — and his producers access to this sensitive footage, he owes the American people an explanation of why he has done so and what steps he has taken to address the significant security concerns at stake,” he said.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/january-6th-committee-members-blast-203946872.html

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1. Well, all of the exit routs are now in the hands of those who would want to do harm

Hope we never need to execute another evacuation like 1/6 as the bad guys have the training films.

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2. I Hope Slithering Kev gets Serious

BACKFIRE Accountability for this Stupidity.

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3. Chairman Bennie Thompson weighs in:

'A dereliction of duty of the speaker': Thompson calls out McCarthy on Fox security risk - Alex Wagner
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017807489

Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chaired the January 6th Committee, talks with Alex Wagner about the irresponsibility of Kevin McCarthy in granting access to Capitol security video from January 6th to propagandist Tucker Carlson without looping in Capitol security officials. - Aired on 02/22/2023.

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4. They should request a new vote for Speaker

All they need is like 5 Republicans to vote with Democrats and they could replace McCarthy.

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5. Is Kremlin-Kevin McCarthy working for Putin?

Tucker Carlson is a hit on Russian state tv. Is this why McCarthy is sucking up to him?

https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-praised-russian-tv-criticized-zelensky-clothes-congress-1769147

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-carlson-russian-television/

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/14/kremlin-memos-russian-media-tucker-carlson-fox-news-mother-jones

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/leaked-memo-tucker-carlson-russia-1320583/

https://theintercept.com/2022/02/24/russian-tv-uses-tucker-carlson-tulsi-gabbard-sell-putins-war/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/02/21/raskin_giving_january_6_tapes_to_pro-putin_propagandist_tucker_carlson_is_really_out_of_putins_playbook.html