Stephen Colbert blasted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) decision to grant Fox News host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to surveillance footage of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
Carson, a self-confessed liar, has publicly defended the mob trying to overturn the election results and keep Donald Trump in office. He spread conspiracy theories and dismissed the attack as “a minor epidemic to be forgotten”.
“Yeah, no big deal,” Colbert replied. “I think we’ll always remember watching TV and thinking, ‘This is forgettable.’
Carlson has a history of misleading editing.
“But hey, if he can do it, so can we,” Colbert said, then shared a 13-second clip heavily edited to “reveal the truth about Tucker Carlson.”
Watch him in his Tuesday night monologue:
Colbert also turned Carlson’s Jan. 6 show into a new song:
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