The old saying “thou does protest too much”
Bennie Thompson rips McCarthy for giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 footage
House Homeland Security Committee ranking Democrat Bennie Thompson (Miss.) on Monday blasted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for handing over tens of thousands of hours of riot footage from Jan. 6, 2021, to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
“It’s hard to overstate the potential security risks if this material were to be used irresponsibly,” Thompson said in a statement.
By “used irresponsibly” he means “show the American people what happened. Give the American People exactly what the partisan witch hunt committee saw and tried to hide.”
- McCarthy’s office granted about 41,000 hours of footage of the Capitol riots to Carlson, Axios first reported. A Fox News spokesperson confirmed the development to The Hill on Monday.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant against secretive government.
“If Speaker McCarthy has indeed granted Tucker Carlson — a Fox host who routinely spreads misinformation and [Russian President Vladimir] 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,” Thompson said.
What’s so sensitive? It’s simply video of the riots, right? People wandering around the Capitol building, staying between the ropes? It’s not like it’s from inside the CIA building.
During a press conference last month, McCarthy said he supported the idea of more footage from Jan. 6 being made public.
“I think the public should see what has happened on that,” he said.
Yes, it should. Heck, give it to all the media outlets. Put it all on-line so We The People can see it.
