Tucker: "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6"

[Nevilledog]

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Justin Baragona
@justinbaragona
Tucker Carlson: "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie. And contrary to what you've been hearing, there's no evidence this was a, quote, armed insurrection."

This constant lying is dangerous.

[Fullduplexxx]

1. what was said about him that no reasonable person takes him seriously

[TwilightZone]

2. Someone needs to explain "armed" to Tucker.

It doesn't mean "brought a gun". There are other things that can be - and were - used as weapons.

Or just beat him over the head with a flagpole for a while and then ask him if he thinks you're armed.

As for the white supremacist comments, once he became their de facto defender, he has to keep up the lie.

[bottomofthehill]

10. Hold the Phone

Recovered on 1/6
guns, ammunition, pipe bombs, home made napalm, chemical agents including CS ( tear gas) pepper spray, bear spray, bats, clubs, batons, cut down pipes, shields(both home made and taken from officers)

A partial list of other things seen used as weapons:
Crutches, construction materials, fire extinguishers, barbed wire, hockey sticks, flag poles, spears, bike rack, bricks, stones, spray cans of unknown types, helmets, knuckle gloves, the American flag, the blue lives matter flag, Maga flags, Trump flags.

This was an armed insurrection against the government of the United States by white supremacists (rebel flag), Nazis, oath keepers, proud boys, qanon nuts and just plain garden variety kooks.

Lock them all up! They are dangerous, unstable, unhinged seditionists.

[bottomofthehill]

11. Can I say again, a dozen bottles of home made napalm....

[bottomofthehill]

12. Fucking napalm

[bottomofthehill]

13. Unarmed, TUCKER, GO FUCK YOURSELF

[bottomofthehill]

17. They brought a Gallows

They were ready to hang the VP and or the Speaker of the House.

They were armed and using weapons. The 9/11 hi-jackers were armed with box cutters and look what they did.

[TwilightZone]

16. Oh, I know.

His idea of "unarmed" is that not every single person involved had a gun.

[onecaliberal]

3. When will we put a stop to allowing them to spew lies day into and day out?

[TwilightZone]

4. Define "we"

There's not much "we" can do about it. There's that pesky First Amendment, and it's not illegal to lie outside of limited circumstances, like inciting an insurrection.

[onecaliberal]

5. The people who live in reality?

[TwilightZone]

6. Ok, what's your solution?

Sounds like you have a simple fix. What is it?

We're not going to counter every lie Tucker tells - that would be a full-time job and would be pointless because the people who watch him 1) wouldn't hear the correction because it wasn't coming out of his mouth, and 2) would ignore it anyway.

Most people don't take him seriously in the first place. I swear that half of his ratings are liberals hate-watching him so they can complain about everything he says.

[onecaliberal]

14. Working at the local level as I have been for

a very long time. We donate, write post cards and make calls. Before COVID we would help with registration drives. I live in CA22 land of Devin Nunes. Until that piece of shot is gone, I’ve got plenty going here.
I don’t know who can watch it... I couldn’t stomach the last 2 years. I couldn’t listen to the voice even earlier on.

[TwilightZone]

21. How does that stop Tucker from lying?

It doesn't, of course. The problem is that a significant chunk of the country *wants* to be lied to, and he and a zillion others fill that role. There's no reason for him to stop - it's making him rich. At present, there's no way to stop him and if he stops himself by getting sued into oblivion, they'll just replace him with another idiot. See: Bill O'Reilly.

I haven't watched Tucker since he was on CNN with Bill Press and I lost interest about halfway through that. To me, he's irrelevant. I have no idea why anyone would want to subject themselves to him. I also don't understand why people get upset when he lies. He's getting paid to lie. It's his job. Why does that surprise anyone? Why does anyone care?

[onecaliberal]

22. Only passing laws and regulations deters republicans from destroying everything.

There is a reason we used to have regulation. If you think that shit can continue in a democracy you’re going to be horrified at what comes next.

[bottomofthehill]

18. Lock them up and when Fucker says they were not armed

Remind Fucker that a jury said differently.

[TwilightZone]

19. Lock him up for lying on TV?

Yeah, that's going to happen.

[bottomofthehill]

20. Not lock up Fucker

Lock up the Armed Insurrectionists and then once convicted remind Fucker that although he may not think they were armed, a jury would disagree. Facts matter like the Big Lie on the election, when they lie, they must be called on it.

[TwilightZone]

23. The post you responded to was about how to stop Tucker from lying.

Nothing you suggested would accomplish that.

[Solomon]

7. E

Hey, but Trayvon was armed with a sidewalk.

[bottomofthehill]

15. And a pack of skittles.

Don’t forget the skittles.

[Enter stage left]

8. Tucker Carlson...There's no evidence the nazies killed all those Jewish people...

Same-o, same-o, dumb fuck!

[Bev54]

9. No evidence when you close your ears and eyes to all the evidence!

[Efilroft Sul]

24. Shoot, Tucker gaslights himself in the morning just so he can face the day.

"I am a good American, and Trump did not incite insurrection!"

[demtenjeep]

25. little fucker tucker can kiss my ass

he has nothing truthful to say so he spews shit

[struggle4progress]

26. "Stop picking on white supremacists!"