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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graig Graziosi

Anderson Cooper says Tucker Carlson would have been ‘wetting his pants’ if he was in Capitol riot mob

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CNN's Anderson Cooper laid into Fox News' Tucker Carlson during a recent segment, suggesting the TV personality would have been "wetting his pants" if he had been at the Capitol riot.

Cooper spoke with former DC Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fannone, who was assaulted during the riot. The pair discussed Carlson's recent insistence that the rioters who attacked the Capitol and its police on 6 January 2021 in attempt to keep Donald Trump in power were simply "sightseers."

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