Political commentator Keith Olbermann has called for the arrests of both President Trump and Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
“It is necessary to remove, and arrest, the president of the United States,” Olbermann tweeted Wednesday night. “Tonight.”
It is necessary to remove, and arrest, the president of the United States. Tonight.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 6, 2020
Later in the night, Olbermann called for the arrest of Carlson before deleting the tweet.
“Again, this is an overt and unmistakable call for widespread violence and requires the arrest of @TuckerCarlson,” he tweeted in response to a tweet suggesting that Carlson had incited violence.
Olbermann added later that the president must be removed “tonight.”
TRUMP HAS LOST HIS MIND AND MUST BE REMOVED, TONIGHT. The coup attempt, we can survive. A mentally incompetent president, we may not. Instead, he will stay, and when he concedes he will simultaneously begin a campaign for 2024.
Full video: https://t.co/pCaCgZdkbr
Brief version: pic.twitter.com/dMD49byfZn— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 6, 2020
Olbermann’s call for the arrest of Trump and Carlson comes days after deleting and apologizing for a tweet likening the president to an African slave.
A winner has not been declared in Tuesday’s presidential election as votes are still being counted and contested in key battleground states, including Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
Trump has pledged to keep fighting for election “transparency” as former Vice President Joe Biden sits on the cusp of the 270-vote threshold in the Electoral College needed to win the presidency.
‘This is no longer about any single election…’ New, less combative, statement from President Trump: pic.twitter.com/2RyRvdLXQs
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 6, 2020
