from WND:
‘The Left hates all Jan. 6ers – except one, Ray Epps’
One day after the airing of a sympathetic CBS “60 Minutes” interview with controversial, videotaped, alleged Jan. 6 instigator Ray Epps — in which Epps played the victim and sought to shift blame for J6 violence to Tucker Carlson — the most popular host on Fox News was ousted by the network.
In the “60 Minutes” interview Sunday, Epps claimed Carlson is “obsessed with me,” and said, “He’s going to any means possible” to destroy his life to “shift blame [for J6] on somebody else.”
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Carlson was terminated directly by Fox owner Rupert Murdoch, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday: “Fox News announced the stunning departure of its top-rated host Monday with no explanation, but people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly said the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch with input from board members and other Fox Corp. executives.”
The newspaper reported Carlson’s ouster was linked to his coverage of Jan. 6 in which he, speaking for millions of MAGA conservatives suspicious of “Deep State” machinations, repeatedly questioned why a Biden Justice Department that had so zealously prosecuted J6 protesters for seemingly minor, non-violent offenses like entering the Capitol, had refused to prosecute the man seen clearly in videotapes emphatically urging people to occupy the very same Capitol.
“Murdoch also was said to be concerned about Carlson’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,” the Times reported. “The host has promoted the conspiracy theory that it was provoked by government agents, and Carlson has called Ray Epps — a Texas man who participated in the storming of the Capitol but did not enter the building — an FBI plant, without presenting any evidence.”
That description by the left-leaning newspaper misses the salient point of why Epps and his non-arrest by the Justice Department have drawn so much attention on the right: he is shown so clearly on film doing more than other J6 attendees who were arrested and jailed for entering the Capitol.
Moreover, Gateway Pundit, which has been at the forefront of coverage on J6 issues, reported that Epps is wrong when he claimed (in congressional testimony) that he never violated the law on Jan 6. GP reports that while several J6 protesters were prosecuted for touching a large Trump sign that was thrown at police, Epps was not, although he also is allegedly shown on video touching the sign.
Gateway Pundit’s headline for the story is: “Fake News ’60 Minutes’ Runs Entire Segment on Ray Epps Without Showing HIS CRIMINAL ASSAULT CAUGHT ON VIDEO – Eight Other Men Are Serving Years in Prison Today for Standing Next to Epps and Committing Same ‘Criminal’ Act.” It is coupled with a collage of photos of the eight J6 protesters who “are serving years in prison for ‘touching’ a giant Trump sign that was thrown at police on Jan. 6, 2021. No officers were injured in what the government ruled was an ‘assault’ on police.”
Carlson speaks for millions of conservatives
Carlson was hardly alone in his skepticism over the DOJ’s non-prosecution of Epps. In fact, the curious story of Epps, who was initially put on the FBI’s January 6 “Most Wanted” list before being removed, has been a significant factor in causing public distrust of the Biden DOJ’s politicized J6 “insurrection” narrative.
