(Article continued): He cites a long list of those whose primary offense was objecting to Democratic agenda points who have been arrested, charged, and even jailed.
One person, in fact, faced arrest for creating memes that criticized Hillary Clinton.
Another for telling a crowd to express their displeasure to members of Congress.
Carlson noted the case against Douglass Mackey "for creating internet memes that made fun of Hillary Clinton." He was accused of depriving people of their constitutional right to vote.
And the cases against Russell Taylor and Alan Hostetter, who organized a permitted, lawful rally.
And the attack on former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, whose phone – and private information – was confiscated.
And George Dixon, whose crime was working on a documentary about Joe and Hunter Biden and their business schemes.
Then there were Owen Shroyer of Infowars and the journalists at Project Veritas.
Then it was Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who Nancy Pelosi demanded go to jail for citing executive privilege when her partisan Jan. 6 investigation committee demanded he testify.
Carlson explained that's why Democrats have insisted on calling what was a riot by a few hundred people an "insurrection."
"In other words, we don't arrest people for ignoring congressional subpoenas, particularly when they cite executive privilege, a principle that has a long history in American history. We've never done that. But we can do it now because it was, 'an insurrection,' an insurrection that wasn't armed, wasn't planned, and didn't actually insurrect anything, but it was still an insurrection. Now you're beginning to see why it's been so important from the very first day for the media to describe what happened on January 6, not as a riot, but as an insurrection, because if it's an insurrection, they can violate your civil rights, and they have and they continue to," he said.
Carlson continues with his list that includes Sherrona Biship, Tina Peters and Peter Navarro, a trade aide to Trump who was "arrested at Washington National Airport and put in leg irons and put in jail."
