Leftist media and the DC establishment have panicked after Tucker Carlson showed a video of January 6, 2021, that they had hidden from people for over two years. The video debunks the claims that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was killed by the alleged violence on January 6.
Tucker Carlson, the star anchor of Fox News, showed clips of previously unseen footage from January 6, 2021, when protesters marched to the federal Capitol and walked inside in a mostly peaceful demonstration against the certification of the highly controversial 2020 presidential election.
One of the clips showed Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick walking around the building and looking fine while the media claimed he had died of injuries inflicted on him by alleged violence committed by the protesters. Carlson called those claims a lie in his commentary.
As Carlson commented, Officer Sicknick looked vigorous and healthy in the video and performed his duty as usual, wearing a helmet. Carlson noted about Officer Sicknick:
“He’s wearing a helmet so it’s hard to imagine he was killed by a head injury.”
Officer Sicknick died on January 7 of “natural causes,” as confirmed by the medical examiner’s report with strokes as the official cause of death. But the mainstream media and Democrats have continued to blame January 6 protesters for his death despite the media’s acknowledgment that they had wrongly reported his death to result from injuries during the “riots” on January 6.
The video footage aired on Carlson’s show drove the final nail in the coffin of the establishment narrative about Officer Sicknick’s death, blamed on the January 6 protests. But as the truth was aired, it hurt many who had taken advantage of keeping it hidden from the public view for over two years.
Many leftist news outlets threw their weight behind a statement issued by the deceased officer’s family, which expressed outrage over Carlson’s show airing the previously unseen footage. Business Insider cited the family as:
In a statement, Sicknick’s family blasted Fox News and said the footage showed he was able to valiantly “resume his duties” after being attacked by the mob.
The story reminded us that five officers died after the events of January 6 but offered no evidence that they were actually killed by the protests.
The left isn’t the only side angry over Tucker Carlson’s show sharing the hidden footage with the public. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a senior Republican that many conservatives view as an establishment asset, also rebuked Fox News for letting the show air the heretofore guarded segments of the footage. He called it “a mistake for Fox News.”
Trucker Carlson’s full show of March 6, 2023, playing other videos from the January 6 footage in addition to Officer Sicknick’s clip, is posted online on multiple video-sharing sites.
