McConnell said that the way Fox News host Tucker Carlson 'depicted' footage from the Capitol on January 6 was a 'mistake.'
The airing of the footage prompted Trump to demand that those imprisoned for crimes related to the attempted insurrection be released, while many of his supporters celebrated Carlson's footage as a refutation of other footage that clearly shows violence from the rioters.
McConnell took a different stance when asked about the footage, backing a statement from U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger, who said the"outrageous" presentation had"conveniently cherry-picked from the calmer moments" of the riot to reach"offensive and misleading conclusions." "Clearly the chief of the Capitol Police, in my view, correctly described what most of us witnessed firsthand on January 6," McConnell told reporters while holding up a copy of Manger's statement.
"It was a mistake, in my view, for Fox News to depict this in a way that's completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks," he continued. Supporters of former President Donald Trump are pictured during a protest of his loss to President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 2020. The inset image features Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. McConnell on Tuesday said Fox News personality Tucker Carlson made a"mistake" by framing January 6 rioters as"peaceful" while airing clips from surveillance footage.
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