Three Thoughts on Tucker Carlson's January 6th Denialism

Here are three thoughts on Tucker Carlson's January 6th denialism.

First, Tucker Carlson is a phony. He no more believes the insurrectionists were sightseers than he believes Donald Trump won the 2020 election. But fidelity to the truth doesn't make one a rich man. He also loves the attention as long we spell his name right. So long as the Biden Administration is criticizing him by name then we can expect Carlson to feast on this for weeks and is happy to share scraps of red meat with his adoring audience hungry for alternate facts. 

Second, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy demeaned himself and his office when last month he gave Carlson exclusive access to surveillance footage taken at the Capitol on January 6th knowing full well that Carlson would engage in deceptive editing amplified by deceptive statements. But McCarthy is House Speaker in name only. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls the shots and when she says jump, McCarthy asks, "How high?"

Finally, we come to Republicans who have condemned Carlson's attempt to whitewash January 6th namely House Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis who bluntly called Carlson's coverage, "Bullshit!!!". Yet let us remember the events of January 6, 2021 were set into motion by defeated, former President Trump. For all of McConnell's objections, the Senate Minority Leader will still support Trump when the GOP nominates him next year no matter how many racist names he calls his wife Elaine Chao. McConnell will fall in line just like Ted Cruz after Trump insulted his wife's physical appearance not to mention accusing his father of being involved in JFK's assassination. 

Whatever anger Republican Senators might have regarding Carlson's January 6th denialism that won't stop them from supporting the man who caused the events of January 6th to happen in the first place. So long as Republicans refuse to adopt the Liz Cheney standard that Trump is unfit to hold any public office then there is a chance that Trump could return to the White House should this come to pass then Tucker Carlson's January 6th denialism will become the official view of the United States government.