{"id":558585,"date":"2023-03-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-plot-effort-to-counter-tucker-carlson-on-jan-6-narrative\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T11:00:00","slug":"democrats-plot-effort-to-counter-tucker-carlson-on-jan-6-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-plot-effort-to-counter-tucker-carlson-on-jan-6-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats plot effort to counter Tucker Carlson on Jan. 6 narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a253599a83e2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a253599a83e2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-plot-effort-to-counter-tucker-carlson-on-jan-6-narrative\/#Democrats_plot_effort_to_counter_Tucker_Carlson_on_Jan_6_narrative\" >Democrats plot effort to counter Tucker Carlson on Jan. 6 narrative<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Democrats_plot_effort_to_counter_Tucker_Carlson_on_Jan_6_narrative\"><\/span>Democrats plot effort to counter Tucker Carlson on Jan. 6 narrative<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/mccarthykevin_jeffrieshakeem_030123gn_split_mccarthy.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Democrats are shaping a strategy to push back against the public broadcast of Jan. 6 surveillance footage recently provided by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> host Tucker Carlson, who is promising to air clips on his popular prime-time program in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The process is in its early stages, and \u201cnothing formal\u201d has been finalized, according to a Democratic source familiar with the deliberations.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But Democrats of all s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>es say they have no faith that Carlson, who has promoted conspiracy theories surrounding the Capitol rampage of Jan. 6, 2021, will use the exclusive footage to present an impartial account of the events of that day. And House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said this week that he\u2019s in discussions with fellow Democrats about a plan to counter, if necessary, the narrative that emerges from Carlson\u2019s segments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two lawmakers in particular \u2014\u00a0Reps. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), who headed the House select committee that investigated the Capitol riot in the last Congress, and Joe Morelle (N.Y.), senior Democrat on the House Administration Committee \u2014\u00a0will play a central role in the response, Jeffries said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all should have a formal <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> plan as it relates to this very serious and sober issue of the security and the well-being of people who work on the Capitol complex,\u201d Jeffries said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What form the strategy takes is yet to be clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thompson was among the first Democrats to respond last week after\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/20\/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-riot-footage\">Axios broke the news<\/a>\u00a0that McCarthy had granted Carlson access to more than 40,000 hours of previously unreleased surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attack, warning of \u201cpotential security risks\u201d if the footage is used \u201cirresponsibly.\u201d And Democratic leaders say Thompson and the other remaining members of the Jan. 6 select committee \u2014 whose investigation spanned countless hours over 18 months \u2014 are best situated to respond to Carlson\u2019s eventual broadcasts for the simple reason that they\u2019re the most familiar with the details of the riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJ-6 members will be in a good position to respond once they see what Tucker Carlson produces,\u201d said Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.), vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The response could feature formal statements, press conferences, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> blasts and references to the Jan. 6 committee\u2019s depositions and other findings that might serve as a form of counterweight against Carlson\u2019s potential claims. Other media outlets will also be able to fact-check Carlson, Lieu noted, once the footage is released more broadly, as McCarthy has promised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts are the facts,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cI don\u2019t see anything, from my vantage point, that could really discredit the work of our committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson had initially boasted of having \u201cunfettered access\u201d to the Jan. 6 footage, but McCarthy and other Republicans\u00a0stepped in this week\u00a0to clarify that, while Fox producers are welcome to view the full video library, no footage will be released for broadcast without being screened to ensure it won\u2019t compromise the security of the Capitol complex.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Thompson, however, said it\u2019s too early to praise those steps until GOP leaders compose formal guidelines governing the security protocols, to include screenings by the Capitol Police and password protected access to the footage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they don\u2019t have anything in writing \u2026 then I say it\u2019s a bad idea,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cIf it mirrors the process we had in place, no problem at all.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, said his panel is working to draft those protocols, though the timeline of their release remains uncertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats on the Administration Committee are protesting the move to grant Carlson any access to the Jan. 6 footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full committee\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/HA\/HA00\/20230228\/115339\/HMTG-118-HA00-20230228-SD002.pdf\">issued a document on Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0outlining its oversight goals for the current term \u2014 a bipartisan plan that included a lengthy \u201cminority views\u201d section in which Democrats broke sharply from the Republican majority in detailing their distrust in Carlson\u2019s commitment to objectivity based on his history of covering Jan. 6. Among his contentious claims, Carlson has downplayed the violence at the Capitol that day and promoted the idea that the riot was a \u201cfalse flag\u201d operation orchestrated by the political enemies of former President Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Carlson has a lengthy record of lying and spreading disinformation about the January 6, 2021, attack on his television show in an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent attempt to rewrite history,\u201d the Democrats wrote. \u201cAny attempts by defenders of these actions to create a false equivalence with the work of the [Jan. 6 select committee] should be dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A spokesperson for Fox News did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, in the immediate wake of the Capitol attack, had supported the idea of a bipartisan investigation into its cause, but reversed course after Trump voiced his opposition. As House minority leader, McCarthy declined to participate in the select committee\u2019s investigation, calling it a partisan witch hunt against the former president. He is now defending his decision to lend Carlson first access to the unreleased surveillance footage by suggesting it will provide a kind of counterpoint to the narrative steered solely by the Trump critics on the select committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know CNN would get knowledge of subpoenas before people were given subpoenas. I know CNN was given tapes that the Jan. 6 [committee] would pick and choose, so I know they\u2019ve had a lot of exclusives around that,\u201d McCarthy told reporters Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI want to make sure we don\u2019t play politics like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker\u2019s decision came as he\u2019s scrambling to secure support from Republicans wary of his voting record and concerned that he won\u2019t represent conservative priorities in the coming policy fights with President Biden, particularly when it comes to federal spending. Carlson has been among those right-wing critics, and observers in both parties say McCarthy chose Carlson to get the first shot at the Jan. 6 footage to curry favor with the wildly popular pundit and his millions of loyal followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin McCarthy seems to be somebody who is burdened neither by shame nor principle,\u201d said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.). \u201cAnd he\u2019s damaging the institution \u2014 and damaging the country \u2014 all at the altar of his personal ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Beyond political considerations, critics say there may also be personal factors driving McCarthy\u2019s decision. The Jan. 6 select committee had, in a public hearing, aired video from within McCarthy\u2019s office during the siege, showing his staffers racing to flee the pro-Trump mob \u2014 a humiliating episode for the Republican leader, who, after blaming Trump for the rampage, quickly shifted gears to downplay the violence and bash Democrats for investigating it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, in recent days, has characterized that footage as its own security threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] concerning to me that [the committee] put out \u2014\u00a0and CNN would play it \u2013 the exit from my office,\u201d he said. \u201cNever did they talk to me or the people on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Complicating the Republicans\u2019 defense of Carlson have been a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of new revelations surrounding Fox News\u2019s coverage of the 2020 elections, which have emerged in recent days as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. The disclosures have revealed that Carlson was furious after Fox correctly called Arizona for Biden, suggesting the network should have withheld the truth from its viewers for the sake of ratings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox already admits that Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity and other hosts on their national prime-time network are not journalists. They\u2019re entertainment hosts,\u201d Lieu said. \u201cSo Speaker McCarthy actually didn\u2019t give the tapes to a journalist, he gave them to an entertainment host. And we\u2019ll see what they produce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013Mychael Schnell contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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