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Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in a documentary film:

Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens.

By Samantha Putterman• November 4, 2021

Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge":

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”

By Bill McCarthy• November 2, 2021

Tucker Carlson stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV segment:

“Maybe (the COVID-19 vaccine) doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 15, 2021

Social Media stated on September 21, 2024 in a video:

Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.”

By Samantha Putterman• September 22, 2024

Tucker Carlson stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment:

“Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”

By Samantha Putterman• June 13, 2022

Tucker Carlson stated on May 05, 2021 in a TV segment:

“Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.”

By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2021

Bloggers stated on May 13, 2017 in Internet posts:

"Fox star Tucker Carlson in critical condition (then died) after head on collision driving home."

By Joshua Gillin• May 15, 2017

Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment:

"There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 23, 2021

Tucker Carlson stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment:

According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”

By Bill McCarthy• October 15, 2020

Tucker Carlson stated on July 14, 2021 in a TV segment:

“It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.”

By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2021

Sean Duffy stated on December 01, 2016 in an interview:

Wisconsin has only one county, Dane, "that's hand counting the votes" in the 2016 presidential recount.

By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2016

Tucker Carlson stated on November 02, 2021 in a documentary film:

“DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.”

By Samantha Putterman• November 2, 2021

Tucker Carlson stated on February 08, 2018 in a tweet:

"There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time."

By Miriam Valverde• February 13, 2018

Tucker Carlson stated on November 02, 2020 in a Fox News broadcast:

“When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.”

By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2020

Instagram posts stated on January 09, 2024 in a post:

Suggests there have been 17 million deaths from the COVID-19 vaccines.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 17, 2024

Instagram posts stated on February 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:

President Joe Biden had a gaffe “in a rally in Michigan on Saturday.”

By Loreben Tuquero• March 8, 2024

Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2023 in a video:

"Trump has selected his pick for running mate (and the) news stuns Republican Party.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 28, 2023

X posts stated on April 04, 2022 in a tweet:

Says Tucker Carlson said, “What if these bodies of tortured, dead civilians were staged? What if they’re fake? What if the Ukrainian military killed them & then blamed Russia? I’m not saying any of this is true, I’m just asking the questions. Why can’t we ask these questions?”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 7, 2022

Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2020 in a screenshot:

A screenshot shows Tucker Carlson announcing he’ll “be starting at NewsMax next month.”

By Daniel Funke• November 16, 2020

Tucker Carlson stated on January 17, 2024 in a video:

“In August 2023, illegal immigration outpaced American births.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 25, 2024

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