The Daily Beast

Tucker Carlson Tries Out a New Name for the Capitol Riot

Fox NewsTucker Carlson on Monday sought to gloss over the deadly Capitol insurrection spurred by a would-be authoritarian’s election lies by calling it an “election justice protest.”The conspiracy-friendly, rioter-defending host’s diatribe fell in line with his past inflammatory commentary on the topic, with him claiming members of the GOP didn’t put up enough of a resistance following Jan. 6.“This is a full-blown political purge,” Carlson complained after detailing the Department of Justice’s e