Kevin McCarthy keeps concocting new defenses for giving Tucker Carlson exclusive access to Jan. 6 footage — and he keeps coming up short. (via MaddowBlog)
This week, however, lawmakers returned to work, creating a new opportunity to get a straight answer from the House speaker. NBC NewsHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday defended his decision to hand over tens of thousands of hours of security video from the Jan. 6 insurrection to Fox News host Tucker Carlson. ... “So [Carlson will] have an exclusive, then I’ll give it out to the entire country,” McCarthy said.
By any fair measure, the GOP leader has had plenty of time to prepare a defense, and he’s apparently come up with a variety of talking points. The trouble is, he hasn’t yet come up with anything persuasive. Let’s take McCarthy’s latest arguments one at a time.was apparently to emphasize that the House speaker’s office didn’t literally hand over recordings to the controversial television personality.
is more accurately described as disappointment and bewilderment at a congressional leader’s careless indifference.Giving Carlson exclusive access to sensitive security footage
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