(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/29/2021) – The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Fox Nation not to air Tucker Carlson’s “docuseries” promoting “dangerous anti-democracy lies” about the January 6 attempted coup in Washington, D.C.
A trailer for the three-part “Patriot Purge” scheduled to air Nov. 1 insinuates that the Capitol insurrection was a “false flag” and falsely claims leftists are “hunting the right” and “sticking them in Guantanamo Bay.”
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/media/geraldo-rivera-tucker-carlson-fox-series/index.html
SEE: Tucker Carlson releases trailer for docuseries about January 6 riot: Former Army captain says it might have been a ‘false flag’ designed to lie to Americans in ‘new war on terror’ by the left
In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said:
“Tucker Carlson has the right to spew his white supremacist, racist and conspiratorial views, but he should not be provided an opportunity to promote such dangerous anti-democracy lies on a national television network. Fox executives should drop the program and Tucker Carlson, and end the network’s radical, extremist programming.”
Hooper added that last month, CAIR renewed its call for Carlson’s firing after he openly promoted the white supremacist “great replacement” conspiracy theory on his show. Carlson said President Biden is trying “to change the racial mix of the country.”
SEE: CAIR Renews Call for Firing of Fox Host Tucker Carlson After His Promotion of White Supremacist ‘Great Replacement’ Conspiracy Theory
He noted that CAIR has previously called on Fox News to fire Carlson and for advertisers to withdraw from his show over his anti-immigrant statements.
CAIR Action Alert: Tell Fox News, Advertisers to Drop Tucker Carlson Over Anti-Immigrant Attack
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com