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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he does not regret sharing footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson despite receiving bipartisan blowback, arguing that the decision was made for transparency.
“No,” McCarthy told reporters on Tuesday when asked if he regretted granting Carlson access. “I said at the very beginning, transparency. And so what I wanted to produce for everybody is exactly what I said. The people could actually look at it and see what’s gone on that day.”
McCarthy’s comments came one day after Carlson aired never-before-seen angles of footage from the Jan. 6 attack on his prime-time show, rejecting the notion that the day was a “deadly insurrection” and instead describing it as “mostly peaceful chaos.”
A number of deaths have been tied to the Capitol attack, and more than 100 law enforcement officers were injured amid the violence.
Asked on Tuesday if he agreed with Carlson’s description of Jan. 6 being “mostly peaceful chaos,” McCarthy responded, “I don’t know what Tucker Carlson said.” When pressed on if he believed the day was an insurrection, McCarthy returned to the matter of transparency.
“I continue to hold that my job here, just like I was asked long before, is to make sure all the transparency comes out. And that’s exactly what I’m doing,” McCarthy said.
