Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made an offer to go on Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s show amid their row over the Jan. 6 security footage.
Revealing that he has been invited on the show, Schumer conditioned that Carlson must fess up about “lying” to his viewers regarding the Capitol riot and 2020 elections.
SCHUMER SAYS MCCARTHY AND TUCKER CARLSON ‘JUST ASKING FOR ANOTHER JAN. 6 TO HAPPEN’
“I was invited on Tucker Carlson’s show. I will agree to go on after Tucker Carlson admits to his viewers live on air that he has been lying to them about the 2020 elections and about what happened on January 6th,” Schumer tweeted.
I was invited on Tucker Carlson’s show.
I will agree to go on after Tucker Carlson admits to his viewers live on air that he has been lying to them about the 2020 elections and about what happened on January 6th.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 8, 2023
On Monday, Carlson aired a segment showcasing snippets from a tranche of Jan. 6 security footage he obtained from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). In the segment, he raised several questions, including about where rioters injured U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick and whether officers escorted the so-called QAnon Shaman around the Capitol.
A chorus of bipartisan members of Congress slammed Carlson for the segment, contending he was downplaying the riot and showing footage out of context. Despite the backlash, McCarthy insists he has no regrets and made the move in the name of transparency.
During McCarthy’s grovel for the speaker’s gavel, Carlson publicly prodded him to agree to release all the Jan. 6 footage and documents. The soon-to-be speaker ultimately agreed.
Speaker McCarthy just spoke to a group of us about decision to release Jan. 6 footage to Tucker Carlson. Defended his decision. Said he has no regrets. Disagreed with McConnell and Capitol police chief criticism of it. And argued the move was done in the name of “transparency.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 7, 2023
Schumer fiercely condemned Carlson’s segment and suggested he cherry-picked security footage.
“Speaker McCarthy is every bit as culpable as Mr. Carlson. Mr. McCarthy’s decision to share security footage with Fox looked like a mistake from the very beginning. But after last night, it looks like a disaster,” Schumer said Tuesday on the Senate floor. “Speaker McCarthy has played a treacherous, treacherous game by catering to the hard Right.”
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Schumer’s taunt at Carlson also alluded to revelations from Dominion Voting Systems’s $1.6 billion lawsuit against the cable news giant. The suit revealed that Carlson and other pundits at the network privately dunked on the election fraud claims.
“I don’t think there is evidence of voter fraud that swung the election,” a producer texted to Carlson, according to the lawsuit.
“The software s*** is absurd,” Carlson allegedly replied, per the suit. “Half our viewers have seen the Maria clip.”
