Fox News host Tucker Carlson largely ignored Tuesdays explosive developments during the Jan. 6 House select committee hearings and instead continued his attacks on late-night host Stephen Colbert.
Colberts team was arrested at a congressional office building on Thursday, and Carlson called the antics attack on democracy.
Carlson, who said the entry was an insurrection and exactly like what happened on Jan. 6 on Friday , asked why the Late Show crew didnt see similar consequences compared to those of the rioters who attempted to overthrow the 2020 presidential election by attacking the U.S. Capitol while Congress met to certify electoral votes.
CBS, in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter last week, said the seven-person crew a group that included Robert Smigel, the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was there for authorized and pre-arranged interviews and, after a final interview, were in the halls to continue filming before their arrest.
Carlson, on an episode of his show Tuesday, claimed the crews objective was to break into, harass lawmakers and disrupt congressional business in the building, Mediaite reported .
All seven of them were charged with unlawful entry, Carlson noted.
Thats the identical charge that hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants have been prosecuted for. But, unlike Jan. 6 defendants, Colberts employees were not sent to the D.C. jail for a year and a half in solitary confinement. No, they were released after a night behind bars, and then they fled back to New York. Why is that?
Carlson also asked whether what Colberts crew did was different from what rioters did on Jan. 6, 2021.
His line of inquiry also dug into the comedic side of Colberts crew, specifically Smigel.
Carlson joked that a man who put his feet up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s desk was funnier than the voice behind the popular dog puppet.
Be honest, its not even close. The guy at Pelosis desk is hilarious compared to the guy with the talking dog, Carlson said.
Tucker: It's not even close. The guy at Pelosi's desk is hilarious compared to the guy with the talking dog and none of them is half as fun again as Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/hxRzZwdplD
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The guy at Pelosi's desk is hilarious compared to the guy with the talking dog and none of them is half as fun again as Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/hxRzZwdplD
Acyn (@Acyn) June 22, 2022
Colbert, during his Monday show, questioned people drawing comparisons between his crew and rioters.
He said comparing his staffers, including a cigar-chomping dogs actions, to the Capitol attackers is a shameful and grotesque insult to the people who died during the attack.
And it obscenely trivializes the service and the courage the Capitol Police showed on that terrible day.
You can hear Colbert discuss his crews arrest for puppetry in the first degree below.