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evidence should be presented to the public. in free countries, governments do not lie about protests as a pretext to gain more power for themselves. they don t collectively edit videos for propaganda services and lie about them in fake hearings and show trials but that s exactly what happened. and every member of congress should ask why that happened. but democrats in the senate the democratic leader in the senate, chuck schumer, is not asking why. instead, chuck schumer went on the senate floor today to explode and to say that showing that video, evidence of wrongdoing by the federal government including the security forces, the police department, the nanci pelosi personally controlled, letting the public see any of that is a threat to democracy. watch. last night, millions of americans tuned into one of the most shameful hours we have ever seen on cable television. fox news host tucker carlson ran
ran a lengthy segment last night arguing the january six capital attack was not a violent insurrection. i don t think i ve ever seen a prime time cable news anchor manipulate his viewers the way mr. carlson did last night. i don t think i ve ever seen an anchor treat the american people and american democracy with such disdain. there s nothing that shameful that is ever appeared on american television ine hist the history of the medium. tha, and so on the basis of that, the the self-evident outrage showing the public video thatto it paid for and has a right see to see chuck schumer called for the censorship of that video, any information, and he did notp dispute that it was accurate. the damages storyline his party constructed and used must be squelched. point. and schumer s explicit on that point because that video videocontradicted lies told bye