Even Republicans are bashing Tucker Carlson for lying about Jan. 6 violence — 'I think it's bullshit.'
as part of an effort to cast the rioters as “orderly and meek” sightseers, as he put it Monday night. McCarthy and Carlson’s shameless campaign to rewrite history has since been criticized throughout Congress, including by several prominent Republicans.
“I think it’s bullshit,” Sen. Thom Tillis told reporters on Tuesday. “I was here. I was down there and I saw maybe a few tourists, a few people who got caught up in things. But when you see police barricades breached, when you see police officers assaulted, all of that … if you were just a tourist you should’ve probably lined up at the visitors’ center and came in on an orderly basis.”
“I think that breaking through glass windows and doors to get into the United States Capitol against the borders of police is a crime,” added Sen. Kevin Cramer . “I think particularly when you come into the chambers, when you start opening the members’ desks, when you stand up in their balcony — to somehow put that in the same category as, you know, permitted peaceful protest is just a lie.”
“It was an attack on the Capitol,” said Sen. Jon Thune . “What happened that day shouldn’t have happened,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley . “There was violence on Jan. 6,” said Sen. Mike Rounds . “You can’t hide the truth by selectively picking a few minutes out of tapes and saying this is what went on,” added Sen. Mitt Romney . “It’s so absurd. It’s nonsense.”Thune : “It was an attack on the Capitol.”Grassley : “What happened that day shouldn’t have happened.
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