It’s a scandal that would have stayed confined inner establishment political circle in Washington, D.C. if not for Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Before last week’s funeral of Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., Carlson noticed that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was making deals behind the scenes.
And the conservative Fox News star torched the Kentucky Republican leader in a segment on Dec. 10, calling him an ally of the left.
“If you don’t live in D.C. you probably haven’t heard the name, but Tim Unes is a Republican event planner in Washington,” Carlson said. “For 25 years he helped organize appearances for senator Bob Dole and his wife, senator Elizabeth Dole. He was close to the family.”
“When Bob Dole died last week, Unes was the obvious choice to manage the funeral and the memorial service. He would have done… that if Mitch McConnel hadn’t gotten personally involved.”
“Technically Mitch McConnell is the Republican leader of the United States Senate,” he said in a shocking rebuke of the longtime G.O.P. dealmaker. “But in real life — everyone in Washington knows this — on the issues that matter, Mitch McConnell is an instrument of the left.”
Carlson said McConnell works more for the establishment than for Republican voters in Washington.
And because of the controversy surrounding the riot on Jan. 6, McConnell caved to Democratic Party demands and ousted Unes.
“McConnell knew that Tim Unes had helped organize Donald Trump’s political rally in Washington this January,” he said. “There is nothing illegal or immoral in doing that, if anything it is constitutionally protected behavior. It is organizing a political rally, it is why we have the Bill of Rights.”
“But the partisan lunatics on the January 6 committee don’t acknowledge the Bill of Rights and they object to this and then Mitch McConnell aggressively took their side as he has from the very beginning,” Carlson continued. “McConnell then convinced the Dole Family to cancel Unes’ contract and disinvite him from the funeral. Then McConnell made sure the story made the New York Times.”
“When he did that he knew perfectly well that a piece like this would completely destroy Tim Unes’ life. Unfortunately, it definitely will.”
“It will mean no more corporate clients, no more business, and no more income for Tim Unes. So even by Mitch McConnell’s usual standards of viciousness, in Washington he is known as the nastiest old woman in town, this was an incredibly cruel thing to do.”
“It was crushing the weak on behalf of the strong and for no real reason simply because he could and he doesn’t like Trump.”
You can watch the blistering segment below —
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