Joe Biden on Wednesday, March 8, lambasted Republican opposition members who seek to “downplay” the assault on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, after Fox News aired a program seeming to lessen the seriousness of the facts. “More than 140 police officers were injured on January 6. I’ve said it before: how dare anyone minimize or deny the hell they’ve been through? “, launched the American president on Twitter, showing his support for the Capitol police.
The Democrat was bouncing off a tweet quoting a letter from Capitol Police Chief Bryan Manger accusing Fox News host Tucker Carlson of drawing “hurtful and misleading conclusions” about the Jan. 6 attack on his show. 2021. “I hope Republicans in the House of Representatives feel shame for what has been done to undermine our law enforcement,” Joe Biden tweeted.
More than 140 officers were injured on Jan 6. I’ve said before: How dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through? I stand with the @CapitolPolice. I hope House Republicans feel ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement. https://t.co/pES1zApH9Y
Host Tucker Carlson, one of the main figures of the favorite channel of conservatives in the United States, had obtained exclusive access from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, to broadcast images of the attack against the Capitol, featuring a vast majority of peaceful people against a “small percentage” of vandals. The Republican tenor’s decision, made in the name of transparency according to him, drew strong criticism, mainly from Democrats.
Within his own camp, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, the influential Mitch McConnell, felt that Fox News had made a “mistake” by showing the assault on the Capitol in a “way that is completely different from what the Capitol’s Chief of Law Enforcement thinks,” relying on Bryan Manger’s letter.
