Republicans break with Kevin McCarthy, Tucker Carlson over Jan. 6 footage

Carlson aired clips of the Capitol riots provided to him by Speaker McCarthy, resulting in outrage from some members of McCarthy's party.

and said they showed the rioters as peaceful"sightseers" and not"insurrectionists."

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is seen during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on January 9, 2020. The inset shows Fox News host Tucker Carlson speaking during an event in Esztergom, Hungary, on August 7, 2021. Carlson and McCarthy have been criticized by GOP members for how Carlson used video footage of the January 6 Capitol riot given to him by the speaker.Raju wrote that Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina used an expletive to describe Carlson's version of the events.

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