Yahoo Finance Tucker Carlson Takes Jan. 6 Denial To Chilling Level With ‘Patriot Purge’ Trailer
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Wednesday teased his upcoming series about the U.S. Capitol riot that includes a suggestion that the pro-Donald Trump mob’s violence was a “false flag.”
The trailer for “Patriot Purge” takes Carlson’s previous reality-denying spin on the Trump-incited Jan. 6 insurrection to a chilling level.
The promo spot shows people warning that “the domestic war on terror is here” and “it’s coming after half of the country,” “the left is hunting the right,” and “false flags have happened in this country” and “one of which may have been Jan. 6th.”
November 1 pic.twitter.com/5yCRlkZlzM
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 28, 2021
The series will air on the Fox Nation streaming service starting Monday.
Carlson, like many right-wing media personalities and GOP politicians, has repeatedly downplayed the riot, once claiming it was just “a mob of older people from unfashionable zip codes.”
Hundreds of Trump fans have been charged in the violence, which led to the deaths of several rioters and police officers.
Carlson said Wednesday he was “proud” of the series, calling it “the best thing we’ve ever done.”
Critics likened it to Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory-spewing InfoWars.
i don't normally rt this stuff anymore but this is just...idk i feel like it's important to see what arguably the most popular cable news personality in america is putting out...and it's basically just...infowars https://t.co/kejGePIYET
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) October 28, 2021
We kept telling you they were going to become a radicalized, weaponized, death cult. Here it is. In defense of a coup and a violent insurrection. Republicans will only get worse. This is Fox News, not OAN or Newsmax. We've lost a third of this country for my lifetime. Gone. https://t.co/KGL042rZRQ
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) October 28, 2021
It is seriously difficult at this point to see much daylight between Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones. https://t.co/Y0qdmO6R3S
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 28, 2021
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
