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

Social media companies have taken a series of measure following attack on Capitol

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.”

Meyers escalated into a monologue involving more imagined slights, such as “you can’t wear sandals to [chain restaurant] Houlihan’s” and “you can’t go to Red Lobster and stuff buffet shrimp in your pockets”.

Visibly frustrated, Meyers mused: “My God, are these people whiny, hysterical lunatics who never miss an opportunity to make themselves the victims, even after a deadly insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.”

In the wake of the insurrection, the House of Representatives is preparing to impeach Donald Trump for the second time. This would make him the only US president to get impeached twice.

The House’s article of impeachment charges Trump with incitement of insurrection.