Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked former Vice President Mike Pence multiple questions about how he would describe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.
Mr. Carlson, who departed Fox News in late April, opened his line of questioning of Mr. Pence at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa by asking him if he believed the incident was an “insurrection,” a narrative that has been repeated often by legacy news outlets and Democrat officials.
“All I know for sure, having lived through it at the Capitol, is that it was a tragic day,” said Mr. Pence, who oversaw the Joint Sessions of Congress before protesters entered the Capitol building. “I’ve never used the word insurrection, Tucker, over the past two years, but it was a riot that took place at the Capitol that day.”…