‘They Were Threatening Me And My Family.’ - Carlson
"Carlson said the protesters had blocked off both ends of his street and carried signs that listed his home address. The group called Carlson a 'racist scumbag' and demanded that he 'leave town,' according to posts on Twitter. A woman was also overheard in one of the deleted videos saying she wanted to 'bring a pipe bomb' to his house, he said.
It wasn’t a protest. It was a threat,' said Carlson, who is often denounced by critics, particularly liberal ones, for his rhetoric about immigrants and minorities on his Fox News show.
'They weren’t protesting anything specific that I had said. They weren’t asking me to change anything. They weren’t protesting a policy or advocating for legislation. ... They were threatening me and my family and telling me to leave my own neighborhood in the city that I grew up in.'
He added that he still does not know who was behind the protest, but plans to find out.
On Twitter, Smash Racism D.C. accused Carlson of spreading 'fear into our homes' every night, taking particular issue with his comments about the migrant caravan.
'Tonight you’re reminded that we have a voice,' a now-deleted tweet read. 'Tonight, we remind you that you are not safe either.'” - WashingtonPost |