Seth Meyers mocks Tucker Carlson’s ‘hysterical’ rant following Capitol riot

Seth Meyers has taken Tucker Carlson to task after the Fox News host complained about social media companies’ responses to the US Capitol insurrection.

Meyers played a brief clip from Carlson’s show on his own programme, Late Night With Seth Meyers, on Tuesday night. That same day, Carlson was among several conservative commentators who decried a series of measures taken by various social media platforms following the violent storming of the Capitol on 6 January.

On his own show, Meyers played an excerpt in which Carlson told viewers, among other grievances: “Imagine that. You wake up and you’re suddenly unpopular with the wrong person, and you can’t communicate.”

Mimicking Carlson’s tone, Meyers added: “Imagine that. You take part in one little insurrection to overthrow the United States government, and suddenly you can’t communicate.”