Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour” that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is engaging in “distorted and deranged” politics by giving Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to video from the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Anchor Stephanie Ruhle said, “Let’s get into this Tucker Carlson thing. Speaker McCarthy saying the public wants these things when he was asked about it in the press. He’s not giving these tapes to the public. He’s giving them to one specific news host, a host who we have seen is willing to spread lies about the election while privately calling the election deniers liars.”
Raskin said, “Can you imagine if the January 6 Select Committee had done this? Given materials to one network, much less one host like Stephanie Ruhle or Rachel Maddow. There would have rightfully been a scandal about. So when Kevin…
