Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who said it's "just a lie" to put the Jan. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who called the claims "bulls**t," and Republican Sen. His portrayal earned widespread pushback, including from GOP Sen. 6 assault on the Capitol after he aired selected snippets from 41,000 hours of security footage from the day of the riots.Ĭarlson claimed surveillance video from the Capitol showed "mostly peaceful chaos" inside the building, and said most who breached the Capitol were "orderly and meek." He equated those in the Capitol during the attack to "sightseers." Recently, Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike criticized Carlson for attempting to downplay the Jan. But he also attracted controversy, including for demeaning comments about immigrants, people of color and women. Carlson stepped down from day-to-day oversight of the website after landing his show on Fox News and sold his stake in the outlet in 2020.Īt Fox, he was the network's most popular host, with his primetime show drawing more than 3 million viewers nightly. He also co-founded the conservative website The Daily Caller, which launched in 2010. Other messages showed Carlson and his fellow primetime hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham insulting Trump's lawyers, namely Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, about the unfounded claims that the election was stolen.Ĭarlson has been a fixture of cable news for decades, hosting shows on CNN, MSNBC and PBS before he joined Fox News. "He's been – especially over the last year or so – he's been terrific to me." "I think Tucker's been terrific," the former president said. He's a very good person and a very good man, and very talented as you know. Trump, upon hearing of Carlson's departure from Fox, said in an interview with Newsmax, "Well, I'm shocked. I think Trump is funny and insightful." And after Trump was arraigned, Carlson interviewed him at length on his Fox News show.
In late March, after those texts became public, Carlson said in an interview with WABC that Trump had called him, "wounded about those texts." He old the station, "I love Trump, like as a person.
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