fight like hell. well it is language that they have use, that republicans have used, big deal. it shows nothing. there is a word for what we just saw angelo, it s gaslighting. and not thanks to these texts, we have the evidence, the clear evidence for that gaslighting. that s right. and on january six itself, the same day that they were sending these text messages, all three of these individuals, laura ingraham, sean hannity, brian killing. went on fox news and while they were telling donald trump that he needed to call on his supporters, they were telling fox news viewers, and the rest of the american public by extension, that the people who are actually attacking the capitol were not donald trump supporters but actually secretly antifa or black life matters. laure ingraham called in, and did a show that night. brian killmeade did the same thing. they recognized, in realtime that this was actually trump supporters and yet they spent an enormous amount of effort, that very day,
donald trump jr. texted again and again. urging action by the president. quote, we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand, end quote. but hours passed without necessary action by the president. i for 1 am shocked that fox news host was saying things in private different to what they say in public, shocked. angelo carosone is the president of media matters and he joins me now. angelo, the fox news host that liz cheney quoted, a very pro trump i think it s fair to say. but even they were worried, in private, about what was happening on january the six. that is a big deal, is it not? that they were in contact with the white house chief of staff. asking him to get trump to call off the mob? yes, it is, and it s a big deal because for two reasons. one, this is a stunning illustration, and it s rare to use the word stunning in relation to something fox does. but this is a stunning illustration of the trump fox feedback
blaming this on antifa and black lives matter. so, i want everyone to carry on watching on msnbc tonight as they will. i know your organization monitors fox news and watches the shows. i m going to ask you a question, angelo. tonight at 9:00, is sean hannity going to address his role in all of this? is laura ingraham going to address her role in all of this? i am not holding my breath. no, they are not. just like how they didn t cover liz cheney s remarks to the january six committee s vote in realtime, they are not going to respond to this tonight. they are going to wait until they have a chance to deflected and attack. and if they can t find an effective deflection than they are just going to ignore it and direct their audiences eyes to something else. and that is actually the part about this that is so scary it s that not only does it illustrate the brazenness to which they re willing to lie, to deceive people. it s one thing to happen after the fact that they re going to rewrit
because it shows that in realtime, on january six, they knew that there was a problem. they tried to protect and advise trump to address that problem in realtime. and then after january six, they ran cover for him, and then to this day continued to rewrite history. and the second reason is that we actually have their words that they were saying on air ok. at the same time they were sending these messages. angelo, i m going to jump in because you said we have their words on air. and now brilliant producers here at all in, they are going to show you what the fox guys were saying. have a watch. now the democrat s case rests on two incredibly flawed and extremely weak arguments. now the first, the president said fight like hell. and those words are unacceptable and they incited an insurrection on january six. the core claim of democrat impeachment article is that trump s speech incited the january six riot, his speech on january six.