Seems to me Tucker

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Seems to me Tucker Carlson should apologize to Rep. Alcee Hastings.

On Crossfire tonight he quoted Hastings saying …


I think they should release the memo. I think they should be more forthcoming with a lot of information …This is just the tip of the iceberg regarding information that is in their hands that is being held close to vest, and I think it’s a mistake to do that for the American people …He’s the President. The buck stops with him and somewhere along the line he has to answer these questions. Otherwise, I think he serves his administration poorly.

Carlson then tried to tie what Hastings had said to what Cynthia McKinney said last month about 9/11 and possible presidential foreknowledge. (I’m going to stick with the ambiguous verb ‘tie’ because I don’t have the transcript yet and don’t remember the precise words. But it made my skin crawl.)

Looking at the quotes, what McKinney and Hastings said didn’t sound too similar. Is it just that they’re both outspoken black Democrats?

It was a quick exchange so perhaps I’m overstating. But watch it tonight on the rerun and if you think it’s as sketchy as I did, write in to CNN and tell them what you think.

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