“Forever grateful to officers like Harry Dunn. He put his body between lawmakers and an armed mob. You know who else Officer Dunn protected…Tucker Carlson’s son, a House staffer,' Rep. Eric Swalwell tweeted
Carlson’s dog-whistle language in his talk about Harry Dunn didn’t go unnoticed by viewers and others.went on a rant about a Capitol Police officer who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. On his show Wednesday night, Carlson assailed the character of, a Black law enforcement veteran who is expected to testify during the select committee hearings to investigate that fateful day.will call a Capitol Police officer called Harry Dunn.
The Fox News host referred to a tweet from Dunn’s account, in which he opined: “Racism is so American, that when you protest it, people think you are protesting America!” The tweet was posted in July 2019 on the day after former Presidentat a North Carolina rally, where he whipped his supporters into chants of “Send her back!”U.S.
“Forever grateful to officers like Harry Dunn. He put his body between lawmakers and an armed mob. You know who else Officer Dunn protected…Tucker Carlson’s son, a House staffer. RT if you stand with Harry and against white supremacy,” wrote California Rep.
Dunn has remained vocal about what he experienced as a police officer that deadly day, saying that he was called racial slurs when attacked by Trump supporters. In an interview earlier this year with ABC News correspondent, he detailed how he found himself gasping for air from the bear mace and pepper spray with which the insurrectionists were armed.“I got called a [N-word] a couple dozen times today protecting this building,” Dunn said he told a fellow officer in disbelief.
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