Tucker Carlson Rounds Up Friendly Guest Posse to Trash Jan. 6 Hearings While They Happen
thewrap.comnot to broadcast the Jan. 6 House committee hearings in full – complaining about the nature of proceedings going on in the background while wrangling a robust lineup of familiar guests to join the grousing about them.It was certainly a juggling act, and Carlson and his guests pulled off their first night of the much-criticized strategy without a hiccup.In a surprise, Fox News Channel presented “Tucker Carlson Tonight” without ads for the entire hour, and made a promise to “break in” to the hearings when “warranted” – but never took the chance to do so live.
Instead, Fox cherry-picked statements from the committee’s only Republicans, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, teeing up their anti-riot statements for the conga-line of guest commenters to hammer.All the while, a video feed from the primetime hearings, which were gaveled in the same minute “Tucker Carlson Tonight” kicked off at 8 p.m.
ET, were popped in and out of a window over Carlson’s shoulder. With the audio mostly muted, Carlson began rolling in some of his friendliest allies – including sports journalist Jason Whitlock, former U.S.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, American Conservative Union head Matt Schlapp and several others – each of whom trashed the committee’s big show as it unfolded.“They’re just trying to tap into fear and emotion,” Whitlock said.Each guest got the usual minute-or-so segment to unload criticisms of the Jan.
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