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Faf right Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson faced backlash for their coverage of the House select committee's hearing on the January 6 Capitol riot turned insurrection.
The conservative duo—who in the past called for supporting police officers and condemned protesters—responded by outright mocking the officers who dealt with violence at the hands of Trump-supporting insurrectionists.
Ingraham even made a spoof awards show to further degrade the officers giving their gut wrenching testimony of the violence they faced at the hands of QAnon devotees, White nationalists and White supremacists in the MAGA mob.
You can see the Ingraham video here:
People felt there was no depth too low for Ingraham—called a monster by her own brother—to go.
Laura Ingraham is giving out best performance awards to police officers from today’s hearing https://t.co/NyDynIN7rP— Acyn (@Acyn) 1627439356.0
@existentialfish It was never about blue lives. It was always contingent on the blue being used as an instrument to… https://t.co/iHydRu4uA7— Tim Wright (@Tim Wright) 1627440285.0
For his part Tucker Carlson, upon viewing officer Michael Fanone disclose his experience with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from the violence encountered during the riot, Carlson balked and claimed the insurrection was simply a "political protest that got out of hand."
Watch Tucker Carlson literally laugh at DC cop Michael Fanone saying he's "been left with psychological trauma and… https://t.co/BlODDFAYDn— Justin Baragona (@Justin Baragona) 1627432427.0
Officer Michael Fanone risked his life #January6th to save Congressional lawmakers including my mom and Capitol st… https://t.co/EslfUKUupZ— Christine Pelosi (@Christine Pelosi) 1627435885.0
Carlson was quick to call BLM protesters terrorists. But the Trump adherent framed an actual violent attack on the nation's Capitol building as just "out of hand".
The Fox News personalities flip flop on their unwavering support of police—especially those that kill unarmed BIPOC—did not go unnoticed.
People on both sides of the aisle were appalled by their hypocrisy.
@Acyn Keep it up, Laura. Remember Alex Jones calling Newtown massacre victims and families “crisis actors”? Yeah, i… https://t.co/rXExHI6obN— Linda NYC2NEK ⓥ🐖🐄🐓🐘🐬🦃🐑 (@Linda NYC2NEK ⓥ🐖🐄🐓🐘🐬🦃🐑) 1627439993.0
@justinbaragona I would actually LOVE to see both Tucker and TFG go through what Officer Falone went through (I nev… https://t.co/KBSFuELqxH— SLO Lisa 🇺🇸☮️✌🏻Get Vaccinated, For U, For Me! (@SLO Lisa 🇺🇸☮️✌🏻Get Vaccinated, For U, For Me!) 1627437526.0
We’ve always had a choice: We can attack those who attacked our democracy that day, or we can attack those who defe… https://t.co/UxFsuubewM— Joe Walsh (@Joe Walsh) 1627439840.0
@justinbaragona Remember when Tucker said there were no white supremacists on Jan. 6th? https://t.co/em15uk95ie— MadeinAmerica21 (@MadeinAmerica21) 1627436583.0
@ZaleskiLuke @Acyn They even had a TRUMP ARMY campaign website recruiting "patriots to fight for Trump". They were… https://t.co/HW2hRDVnhE— 4theLoveofDogs🌊 (@4theLoveofDogs🌊) 1627444068.0
@existentialfish https://t.co/WIjw3YhMgM— Chip Harbour (@Chip Harbour) 1627439721.0
@justinbaragona "as an excuse for ditching our bill of rights..." What does he even mean? How is Fanone doing that?… https://t.co/FAfkp7iRfR— Josh Black (@Josh Black) 1627435639.0
And you all gonna tell me that man in Montana confronting this jerk and telling him, he is “the worst human known t… https://t.co/wPnYPimMlu— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@Ana Navarro-Cárdenas) 1627433757.0
Hopefully the bipartisan House hearings bring justice to the victims of the attack on the United States government.
More than the rioters are responsible for this attack on democracy.