Tucker Carlson calls jailed insurrectionists “political prisoners”

Carlson: “At what point does it become a political prosecution?”

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From the July 8, 2021, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight

TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): I mean, if you are holding people in solitary confinement in DC jails for non-violent crimes at some point they become political prisoners. I try not to use that phrase, you know you don't want to hype anything or sensationalize. But, at what point does it become a political prosecution?