Reaction & Commentary
BECOME A KIND OF SECRET POLICE FORCE THAT ACTS ON BEHALF OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THINK WE ARE OVERSTATING THAT? WE ARE NOT. MEMBERS OF THE CAPITOL HILL POLICE HAVE BEEN SURVEILLING ELECTED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THEIR STAFF, AND VISITORS TO THEIR OFFICES. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN OF TEXAS SAID THE CAPITOL HILL POLICE OFFICERS ENTERED HIS
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE LAST YEAR WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE AND THEN PHOTOGRAPHED CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS WITHIN THE OFFICE. IF YOU HAVE NOT WORKED ON CAPITOL HILL OR AROUND IT, IT IS HARD TO OVERSTATE HOW COMPLETELY OUT-OF-BOUNDS THAT IS. IN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION UNDER ANY OTHER SPEAKER, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A COMPLETE OUTRAGE.
NOW IT IS JUST PAR FOR THE COURSE. PLAINCLOTHES CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER FROM THE DEPARTMENT’S “INTELLIGENCE DIVISION” SUBSEQUENTLY QUESTION ONE OF THE CONGRESSMAN’S AIDES ABOUT WHAT WAS ON A WHITEBOARD WITHIN HIS OFFICE. ON TWITTER, THE CONGRESSMAN WROTE “OH WHY IS THE CAPITOL POLICE LEADERSHIP MALICIOUSLY INVESTIGATING ME IN
AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY ME AND MY CHARACTER.” CONGRESSMAN JOINS US NOW. CONGRESSMAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. IT IS HARD TO OVERSTATE HOW SHOCKING THIS STORY IS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAID TO PROTECT YOU AND THEY ARE SPYING ON YOU, AN ELECTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SPEAKING OF AN
ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY. TELL US WHY YOU THINK THIS HAPPENED, WHY WERE THEY IN YOUR OFFICE? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME COME AND I THINK IT IS VERY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, LEADER McCARTHY SELECTED ME TO BE ONE OF THE FIVE TO BE ON THE SELECT COMMITTEE, LOOKING INTO
JANUARY 6, AND I HAVE BEEN A VERY VOCAL CRITIC OF JANUARY 6TH, SPECIFICALLY THE CAPITOL POLICE, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CAPITOL POLICE, THE INTELLIGENT SECTION, HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT IT. ALL OF THE INTELLIGENCE WAS THERE, IT WAS GLARING TO THEM AND IN THEIR FACE THAT WE KNEW
THE CAPITAL WAS THE TARGET FOR JANUARY 6TH. WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE MAPS THAT WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY ABOUT THE TUNNELS ON JANUARY 6TH, SO ALL THE INTELLIGENCE WAS THERE. THEY KNEW THE EXTREMIST GROUPS WERE GOING TO BE THERE, AND THEY DID NOTHING WITH IT.
SO I’VE EXPOSED THIS AND I HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT IT, I HAVE BEEN VOCAL EVEN ON YOUR PROGRAM A FEW MONTHS BACK ABOUT THE DEATH OF ASHLI BABBITT AND QUESTIONING WHY LIEUTENANT BYRD’S INVESTIGATION DID NOT GO TO A GRAND JURY. THIS REALLY DOES NOT SURPRISE ME, QUITE HONESTLY.
I AM BEING TARGETED RIGHT NOW, AND I BELIEVE THAT NANCY PELOSI IS WEAPONIZING THE U.S. CAPITOL POLICE TO INVESTIGATE ME TO TRY TO SILENCE ME, INTIMIDATE ME, AND QUITE HONESTLY, TO DESTROY ME. >> Tucker: THIS IS TOTALLY THIRD WORLD AND CRAZY, AND IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS HAPPENING
IN THE CAPITAL CITY. BY THE WAY, I SHOULD NOTE, THEIR CLAIM THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT YOU, BUT OF COURSE THEY NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT IT. THERE WAS A THREAT, THEY SHOULD OF COURSE ALERT YOU, YOU ARE A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. HOW CAN YOU HAVE NANCY PELOSI’S SECRET POLICE FORCE IN YOUR
OFFICE AND NO ONE SHUTS THEM DOWN. >> THE CLAIM IS THEY DISCOVERED ONE OF MY OFFICE DOORS WIDE OPEN ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE OFFICER ENTERED MY OFFICE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, TO CHECK TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS THERE THAT SHOULDN’T BE THERE AND SAW SUSPICIOUS WRITINGS ON MY
WHITEBOARD, WHERE IS WHERE I DROPPED MY LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. A COUPLE DAYS LATER, I HAVE THESE SECRET AGENTS, SECRET AGENTS FROM THE CAPITOL POLICE KNOCKING ON MY OFFICE DOOR, QUESTIONING MY STAFF, ONE OF MY STAFFERS, AS TO THE LANGUAGE ON THAT BOARD. WHY WAS THERE BODY WRITTEN ON YOUR BOARD? INTERROGATING THE STAFFER,
QUESTIONS RELATED TO A HANDKNIT HANDWRITTEN MAP OF A BUILDING FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WITH AN X ON IT. ABSOLUTELY SILLY, ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS. WHY WERE THE CAPITOL POLICE INSIDE MY OFFICE, INVESTIGATING ME. AND I WAS UNDER A CRIMINAL. THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS DOWNPLAYING THIS BUT I’M TELLING YOU, THEY ARE COMING AFTER
ANYONE WHO HAS A DISSENTING POINT OF VIEW. ANYONE THAT DOESN’T AGREE WITH THEM. IT HAPPENED TO ME. SARAH, I BELIEVE THE NSA, HAPPEN TO YOU, LOOKING AT YOUR EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES. OBAMA USED THE FBI TO GO AFTER DONALD TRUMP, RUSSIA COLLUSION, AND WE KNOW HOW THAT TURNED OUT, SO THEY ARE WEAPONIZING THESE
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. >> Tucker: THIS IS MAKING MY HEART BEAT FASTER. THIS IS THE REDLINE, YOU CAN’T TOLERATE IN A FREE SOCIETY. YOU CANNOT USE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO BLOCK YOUR POLITICAL ENEMIES. IT’S WHAT THEY DO IN AFRICA, WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT HERE.
I HOPE YOU GET EVERY ONE OF THESE CRETINS FIRED. I NEEDED. >> THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WAS IN MY OFFICE LAST WEEK. HE HAS AGREED TO DO A STUDY AND AN INVESTIGATION, INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. WE’RE GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
