"Fox-itis" and The Big Lie; McCarthy's Big Tent

<p>Chris had accused Capitol rioter Anthony Antonio on <a href="https://twitter.com/CuomoPrimeTime/status/1391927520740659203?s=20" target="_blank"><i>Cuomo Prime Time</i>  </a>last night- not to litigate his case but to have him explain what his lawyer called a case of ‘Fox-itis”: the idea that he truly believed the 2020 election was stolen from Trump and that he needed to go to the Capitol to fight. </p><p>Whether he is credible is up to you, but Antonio's belief that he was fed a steady diet of mis-information about a stolen election, from what he saw as credible news sources and the President himself, is something none of us should sleep on. </p><p>This, as House Leader McCarthy announces a vote Wednesday to strip Rep. Liz Cheney of her leadership position in the House for continually countering "The Big Lie"<i>. </i>In the same breath, in a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/politics/mccarthy-house-conference-letter/index.html" target="_blank">letter to his members</a>, he argues that their party has a big tent and is a haven for "free thought and debate." Tell that to your number three.</p>