Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday issued a rare rebuke of Fox News after one of its hosts downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, McConnell said his partys favorite cable network erred in its airing of Capitol security footage from that day on conservative host Tucker Carlson s program Monday night. Carlson claimed the violent attack on the Capitol was overhyped, pointing to cherry-picked footage of Donald Trump supporters calmly walking through the Capitol.

It was a mistake for Fox News to depict this in a way thats completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks, McConnell said Tuesday, holding up a letter from the head of the Capitol Police that he said correctly summed up the events.

Capitol Police Chief Tom Mangers letter to his department said the Fox News report was filled with offensive and misleading conclusions about the attack, in which more than 140 police officers were injured after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

I want to associate myself entirely with the opinion of the chief of the Capitol Police about what happened on Jan. 6, McConnell said Tuesday.