To absolutely no one’s surprise, Tucker Carlson took the footage from January 6 that Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave to him and, at least so far, exclusively to him, and used it to craft an alternative narrative about the peaceful protest that happened that day. That’s the polite way of saying: it was a pack of lies. The QAnon Shaman, Carlson would have you believe, was patiently escorted through the halls of the Capitol by obliging Capitol Police officers.
PERFORMATIVE. End of discussion. Everything the GQP members do is just that. They do not have the integrity or intellect to do otherwise. A perfect example is MTG saying the Shaman should get a new trial. I am not able to go along with the idea that McConnell's statement was an example of proper behavior. Too little and way too late. He is trying to save his skin. Nothing else. I think what Carlson has done and will do with the recordings will drive everyone but MAGA to the Democratic party. Carlson may be saving the Union.
I agree with a number of news commentators to stop referring to Fox as Fox News and only as Fox. They are not a news organization and we should not give them more title than Fox.
I'm running out of adjectives to describe the Murdochs, Trump and his accomplices, Fox News and its lying performers, and most Congressional Republicans: treasonous, sniveling, spineless, incompetent, dishonest, unAmerican, anti-democratic, greedy, power-mad, criminal, ignorant, fearful, cowardly, gutless, unfit, etc. We need a new Thesaurus just to describe contemporary Republicans. Best nouns for the GOP: grifters, demagogues, and traitors. Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!
Just when you think McCarthy can’t get much worse he comes up with “everyone can make their own conclusion about Jan 6” sinks lower and lower a bottomless pit! A total embarrassment to my state of California.
Off topic shout out to our Governor for saying California will boycott Walgreens. I am along withCVS
Fox has been waging war on the truth for decades. We’re finally arriving at some form of a reckoning. This gives rise to some room for optimism. It’s called consequences, long overdue. Keep up the good work Dominion and set a very very high bar for settlement. I mean REALLY high. High enough that Rupert Murdoch feels it in the crotch of his pants.
The GOP's headache is not just about Tucker Carlson, it's also about McCarthy handing over all the tapes to him. Mind-blowing to me. Thank you as always, Joyce, for your distillation of these important events in such a clear voice.
My question is what, if anything, can be done about it? Carlson and his like hide behind the First Amendment and our courts allow them to do it. Honestly, with Carlson and his like, McCarthy, Abbott and DeSantis, for a short list, are getting away with just about everything and in some cases their actions and voices have cause harm and even death. One thing I personally take away from the past 50 years is the protections we citizens thought we had with our U. S. Constitution just is not there, if they were we wouldn't have all these dictators in some of our states. Who in the hell is protecting Floridians, Texans, and others, I don't see it, does anyone see what I don't?
I put McCarthy right up there with Mussolini and l hope his life ends the same way. I'm so angry that all those creeps got away with this garbage for so long. They should all be sent to fight for Ukraine. It's just insane that this farce hasn't been ended long ago.
I'm so sick of the mishandling of our Congress by people who are entrusted by voters to work for us. From mcconnell and gop Senators refusing to vote to remove an impeached criminal from the office of President, to mccarthy handing out the secrets of our Capitol thus potentially endangering our Representatives, our "trusted political servants" have screwed the public and raped our Constitution, not to mention turning the Supreme Court into an untrustworthy, right wing, partisan, deadly joke that is methodically stripping rights away from Americans, and helping to suppress voting rights.
The rule of law needs to be applied at the rate it would if us "commoners" were up against it.
Boy, am I glad we're in this together. We cannot right this ship alone.
Soulless, amoral, walking dead (but more dangerous to real human beings). If (as it seems) money and power are everything that matters to them, we can only hope that Dominion will deprive them of billions and that the Murdochs will lose their license to lie.
When I listen to McCarthy, I think of the term sniveling. What a horrid little man.
PERFORMATIVE. End of discussion. Everything the GQP members do is just that. They do not have the integrity or intellect to do otherwise. A perfect example is MTG saying the Shaman should get a new trial. I am not able to go along with the idea that McConnell's statement was an example of proper behavior. Too little and way too late. He is trying to save his skin. Nothing else. I think what Carlson has done and will do with the recordings will drive everyone but MAGA to the Democratic party. Carlson may be saving the Union.
I agree with a number of news commentators to stop referring to Fox as Fox News and only as Fox. They are not a news organization and we should not give them more title than Fox.
I'm running out of adjectives to describe the Murdochs, Trump and his accomplices, Fox News and its lying performers, and most Congressional Republicans: treasonous, sniveling, spineless, incompetent, dishonest, unAmerican, anti-democratic, greedy, power-mad, criminal, ignorant, fearful, cowardly, gutless, unfit, etc. We need a new Thesaurus just to describe contemporary Republicans. Best nouns for the GOP: grifters, demagogues, and traitors. Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!
Just when you think McCarthy can’t get much worse he comes up with “everyone can make their own conclusion about Jan 6” sinks lower and lower a bottomless pit! A total embarrassment to my state of California.
Off topic shout out to our Governor for saying California will boycott Walgreens. I am along withCVS
Fox has been waging war on the truth for decades. We’re finally arriving at some form of a reckoning. This gives rise to some room for optimism. It’s called consequences, long overdue. Keep up the good work Dominion and set a very very high bar for settlement. I mean REALLY high. High enough that Rupert Murdoch feels it in the crotch of his pants.
The GOP's headache is not just about Tucker Carlson, it's also about McCarthy handing over all the tapes to him. Mind-blowing to me. Thank you as always, Joyce, for your distillation of these important events in such a clear voice.
I hope this terrible injustice blows up in Carlson’s face and in turn slams McCarthy to the dirt. RETRIBUTION is warranted 🔥
Maybe it’s time to take McCarthy down also.
The only thing that I here is the sound effects of the shark from the movie Jaws🤣🤣🤣
As always, thanks Joyce for the update😎
My question is what, if anything, can be done about it? Carlson and his like hide behind the First Amendment and our courts allow them to do it. Honestly, with Carlson and his like, McCarthy, Abbott and DeSantis, for a short list, are getting away with just about everything and in some cases their actions and voices have cause harm and even death. One thing I personally take away from the past 50 years is the protections we citizens thought we had with our U. S. Constitution just is not there, if they were we wouldn't have all these dictators in some of our states. Who in the hell is protecting Floridians, Texans, and others, I don't see it, does anyone see what I don't?
Indeed, “...now we know for certain that Carlson knew his emperor had no clothes, no matter what he told his viewers.” via: Joyce Vance
I put McCarthy right up there with Mussolini and l hope his life ends the same way. I'm so angry that all those creeps got away with this garbage for so long. They should all be sent to fight for Ukraine. It's just insane that this farce hasn't been ended long ago.
I'm so sick of the mishandling of our Congress by people who are entrusted by voters to work for us. From mcconnell and gop Senators refusing to vote to remove an impeached criminal from the office of President, to mccarthy handing out the secrets of our Capitol thus potentially endangering our Representatives, our "trusted political servants" have screwed the public and raped our Constitution, not to mention turning the Supreme Court into an untrustworthy, right wing, partisan, deadly joke that is methodically stripping rights away from Americans, and helping to suppress voting rights.
The rule of law needs to be applied at the rate it would if us "commoners" were up against it.
Boy, am I glad we're in this together. We cannot right this ship alone.
Nice article, Joyce.
Soulless, amoral, walking dead (but more dangerous to real human beings). If (as it seems) money and power are everything that matters to them, we can only hope that Dominion will deprive them of billions and that the Murdochs will lose their license to lie.