During a segment that he claimed “demolished” the narratives surrounding the January 6th Insurrection, Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick died of causes unrelated to his role in the riot. The claim received pushback from many pundits, but conservative radio host Mike Gallagher believes Carlson did the Sicknick family a favor.
During The Mike Gallagher Show, the host pondered why Carlson wouldn’t discuss Sicknick appearing to usher those who had broken into the Capitol. He questioned if Carlson was doing the family a favor.
“It is hard to admit that not only was Brian Sicknick — the officer that they all claimed was killed by the protestors — not only was he up and appeared healthy and walking around the Capitol, he was enthusiastically directing people protestors through the Capitol. Tucker didn’t even mention that for some reason,” Gallagher said, “but your eyes can see it. Maybe Tucker didn’t want to disrespect the family. I don’t know why he didn’t just say it. Maybe he thought you can see it with your own eyes and it was just too painful to say it.
“This is supposedly after the time where he was assaulted with some kind of spray whether bear spray or mace. The New York Times falsely claimed that he was bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher. Anderson Cooper on CNN repeated that bald-faced lie. It turned out to be completely false. He died of a stroke the day after the riot. The medical examiner ruled that it was a death by natural causes.”
Sicknick’s family does not view the encapsulation by Carlson as a friendly one. In a statement released Monday evening, the family claimed it was “outraged at the ongoing attack on our family by the unscrupulous and outright sleazy so called ‘news’ network of Fox News who will do the bidding of Trump or any of his sycophant followers, no matter what damage is done to the families of the fallen.”
“Carlson’s ‘truth’ is to pick and choose footage that supports his delusional views that the Jan 6th Insurrection was peaceful,” the statement continued.
“Leave us the hell alone and instead of spreading more lies f rom Supreme Leader Trump, why don’t you focus on real news?” the statement concluded.
