Joe Biden on Wednesday (March 8) lambasted Republican opposition members who seek to '
downplay
' the assault on the Capitol led by Donald Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, after a Fox News broadcast appeared to tone down the seriousness of the facts.
“
More than 140 police officers were injured on January 6.
I've said it before: how can anyone dare to minimize or deny the hell they've been through?
“, launched the American president on Twitter, showing his support for the Capitol police.
The Democrat was bouncing off a tweet quoting a letter from Capitol Police Chief Bryan Manger accusing Fox News host Tucker Carlson of drawing 'hurtful and misleading
conclusions
' about the Jan. 6 attack on his show.
2021. "
I hope Republicans in the House of Representatives feel shame for what has been done to undermine our law enforcement
," Joe Biden tweeted.
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Critics of the Democrats
Host Tucker Carlson, one of the main figures of the favorite channel of conservatives in the United States, had obtained exclusive access from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, to broadcast images of the attack against the Capitol, featuring a vast majority of peaceful people against a "
small percentage
" of vandals.
The Republican tenor's decision, made in the name of transparency according to him, drew strong criticism, mainly from Democrats.
Within his own camp, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, the influential Mitch McConnell, felt that Fox News had made a "
mistake
" by showing the assault on the Capitol "
in a way that is completely different from what the Capitol's Chief of Law Enforcement thinks
," relying on Bryan Manger's letter.