Tucker Carlson Slams Graham for Reportedly Telling Officers to Shoot Jan. 6 Rioters
Fox News’s Tucker Carlson blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for allegedly telling Capitol Police officers to use their guns on January 6 rioters. “Shoot American citizens for the crime of trespassing? Really? This is…
Fox News’s Tucker Carlson blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for allegedly telling Capitol Police officers to use their guns on January 6 rioters.
“Shoot American citizens for the crime of trespassing? Really? This is the conservative position?” Carlson said during his show Monday night.
He continued, “Unarmed protesters show up, look, they shouldn’t have been there. We never defended that and never would. But kill them? What the hell is wrong with you, Lindsey Graham? How long before you’re ordering drone attacks on people whose politics you don’t like?”
Watch Carlson’s comments below:
The Washington Post reported Graham was “irate that senators were forced to flee their own chamber.” He reportedly “yelled at the Senate sergeant-at-arms.”
Graham said, “What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns. Use them.”
He continued, “We give you guns for a reason,” reiterating, “Use them.”
In a statement to Fox News, Graham’s communications director, Kevin Bishop, told the outlet, “Graham was quite clear on this point, noting that the backpacks and other items brought into the Capitol could have contained bombs and explosives. The damage could have been much, much worse.”