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Watch Rep. Swalwell Leave Tucker Carlson Speechless: ‘You’re Peddling The Putin Narrative’ With Nunes Memo

Posted by Ellen -7849.80pc on February 04, 2018 · Flag

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Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell not only ruined Fox host Tucker Carlson’s efforts to smear the left as “hysterical” over the release of the so-called Nunes memo, Swalwell managed to make Carlson look like the hysterical one as he repeatedly tied Carlson to Republican efforts to undermine the rule of law.  

Swalwell, a member of the House Intelligence Committee (whose Democrats vehemently opposed the memo's release), did what all Democrats and liberals on Fox should do: he reframed the discussion, went on offense and stayed there. Even better, he highlighted how Carlson, in tandem with Republicans, was serving Russian interests in supporting the release of the disputed Nunes memo.

It started with Carlson’s attempt to put Swalwell on defense with the claim that the release of the memo, also over the objections of the FBI, was no biggie because “There’s nothing in this that was classified” and “There’s no obvious reason this was classified in the first place. So why would they tell us that when they knew it wasn’t true?”

Swalwell’s response answered the question and reframed the subject to make it about Carlson’s role in the story. All without seeming obnoxious or aggressive.

SWALWELL: Good evening, Tucker. You should be concerned about this, too. It does reveal sources. You should read the memo. Just because you knew the sources beforehand because they were reported on doesn’t mean we acknowledge them in ongoing investigations.

Swalwell’s tactic worked and he continued using it successfully throughout the interview:

CARLSON: So please be precise about how it jeopardizes our national security because a lot of us are concerned about doing that and I would never want to play any role in doing that. And that’s why it’s such a serious charge…

SWALWELL: You’re playing a role in doing that right now … because we don’t acknowledge sources in ongoing [investigations] … The memo goes into Papadopoulos and Page and others that you only knew about because they were reported on…[Nunes and his GOP cohorts] gave the White House evidence in the Russia investigation. The White House are subjects of the Russia [investigation] -

[…]

You’re also hurting our country by not acknowledging the rule of law has been run over. They’re using the police to attack their enemies and they’re attacking the police because they’re under investigation.

I’ve said before that Carlson can’t debate. So it was not a huge surprise that instead of defending his position, he attacked Swalwell for not answering questions (which he had). “I gave you a bunch of answers, Tucker. You don’t like the answer, that’s the problem,” Swalwell shot back.

Then, he drove home the point even more forcefully:

SWALWELL: You’re peddling a narrative that undermines the rule of law.

[….]

These are important times in our history. Either you are supporting those that are undermining the independence of the Department of Justice and the rule of law or you’re standing firm and saying this is wrong. Tucker, I wish you were on my side because I think you know better.

[...]

You continue to support the idea that we should give suspects in criminal cases the evidence against them before we ask them any questions.

Carlson began sputtering. Finally, he asked, “In the case of today’s memo, what specifically have I espoused that empowers threats to our country?”

Swalwell’s answer probably made Carlson regret that question.

SWALWELL: You’re peddling the narrative that the Trump administration is putting out which also is the Putin narrative because they’re retweeting this with their Russian bots. If you’re on the same side as Wikileaks and Putin, … you should take a step back and wonder who’s bidding are you really doing?

CARLSON (initially speechless): I don’t even know what to say. I don’t want to explode on TV so I’m just going to end this segment now.

Watch Swalwell call out how Fox is doing Russia’s bidding below, from the February 2, 2018 Tucker Carlson Tonight.


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Ellen commented 2018-02-08 01:10:52 -0500 · Flag
Faye Hamilton, I respect your overall view but Swalwell answered the questions repeatedly. I would agree that he could have been clearer in his answers but he did answer. He said that the memo revealed sources and undermined the rule of law in that it revealed to the White House evidence in the middle of an investigation.

Also, he was correct in arguing that Carlson and Fox have put themselves on the same side as Putin. They are not saying, “Let’s look at what Russia did and focus less on Trump’s role in Russia’s interference in the 2016 election,” Fox is working to undermine the entire investigation. Non-stop. With no concern for Russia’s interference.
Faye Hamilton commented 2018-02-07 08:52:19 -0500 · Flag
I saw this segment when it happened. Personally, I though Swalwell came off looking like a total asswipe. He never answered a question. He kept deflecting and then wound up calling Carlson a traitor. If you’re too stupid to answer a conservative pundit’s questions, for Gods sake, don’t go on the show.
John McKee commented 2018-02-06 15:25:32 -0500 · Flag
Be lovely if Swalwell could be made official Designated Hitter whenever Fox needs a D voice to kick around. That is the perfect way to respond to the cretins.

Love Swalwell but I do wish he and his people would stop emailing me every second day looking for contributions. I don’t want to hurt their feelings so I guess I’ll just keep on ignoring them.
Bob Roberts commented 2018-02-05 17:06:19 -0500 · Flag
Maybe Tucky should shut his yap once in a while and give the interviewee a chance to answer his inane questiions.
Kevin Koster commented 2018-02-05 13:27:45 -0500 · Flag
The world ended up with the Pence White House because 2-3 million Dems in the swing states didn’t show up to vote in 2016. Had even a tenth of them bothered to participate, we would not now be having this discussion.
John Bagnall commented 2018-02-05 10:02:57 -0500 · Flag
Every day on every network I see and listen to people (from both major parties, but more demos) who are light-years ahead of Trump in their abilities to run the executive branch of the US government. How did the world end up with that idiot?








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