Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds up a letter from the Capitol Police chief at a press conference on March 7, 2023.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds up a letter from the Capitol Police chief at a press conference on March 7, 2023.
  • Mitch McConnell slammed Fox News for airing Tucker Carlson's misleading portrayal of January 6.
  • He held up a letter from the Capitol Police chief calling the depiction "offensive and misleading."
  • But he notably declined to fault House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for handing over the footage.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday issued a rare rebuke to Fox News for airing selectively edited footage of the January 6 assault on the Capitol on Tucker Carlson's show on Monday night.