Kevin McCarthy was once horrified by the Jan. 6 rioters. Now he's helping Tucker Carlson try to exonerate them.

• Kevin McCarthy provided footage of the Jan. 6 Capital riot to Tucker Carlson.
• The Fox News host is using it in a bid to portray the violent protest as peaceful.
• At the time of the riot, McCarthy appealed to Donald Trump to call off the mob.

As rioters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, then House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pleaded with Donald Trump to call his supporters off. 

According to accounts of the conversation, McCarthy was furious at Trump and shocked by the unfolding violence, at one point exclaiming: "They're trying to fucking kill me!"