Tucker Carlson: News

“He has used his platform to push out prejudice. I think it’s disgusting and I don’t think it deserves a place on a major news network…. incredibly irresponsible to even make such a statement while we are still burying people who were gunned down by a white supremacist.”

Tucker Carlson

Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive officer and national director of the Anti-Defamation League ([Associated Press, Fox’s Carlson calls white supremacy ‘a hoax.’, David, Bauder, August 7, 2019, https://www.apnews.com/e0f9f2ea88dc435db914c8e53dcaf59e])

Thinking , Making love , People

“Fox News host Tucker Carlson can congratulate himself for the sentiment coming from the White House. Last week, Carlson apparently decided that the discussion on immigration featured an insufficient amount of racism and hate.”

Tucker Carlson

So he attacked Omar, who arrived in the United States at the age of 12, for having the temerity to point out that this country doesn’t always live up to its own lofty ideals.<p>Folks who go into the news business dream of leaving a mark....As for Carlson, he’s making his mark by inspiring racist tweets.
Erik Wemple, media critic, The Washington Post, July 15, 2019 ([You happy now, Tucker Carlson?, Erik Wemple, w:Erik Wemple, July 15, 2019, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/15/you-happy-now-tucker-carlson/])

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“We noted at the beginning of this show that Ilhan Omar is trying to take this show off the air. Shut us up. Silence us. We want to reassure you that’s not going to happen. Why? Because we work at Fox News, and they’ve got our back, and we’re thankful for that.”

Tucker Carlson

July 10, 2019 on Tucker Carlson Tonight ([Tucker Carlson Taunts Critics After Racist Rant: Fox News Has My Back, Nick, Visser, July 10, 2019, HuffPost, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar-fox-news_n_5d269326e4b0cfb596006121]; [Tucker Carlson Says Fox News Has 'Got Our Back' After Ilhan Omar Calls for Host to Be Fired, Ramsey, Touchberry, July 10, 2019, Newsweek, https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar-feud-fox-news-boycott-response-1448707])
2010s, 2019

Silence

“Now, I know that the left and all the little gatekeepers on Twitter become literally hysterical if you use the term "replacement," if you suggest that the Democratic Party is trying to replace the current electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more obedient voters from the Third World. But they become hysterical because that's what's happening, actually.”

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Tucker Carlson Tonight, Every time they import a new voter they dilute citizens power" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfWGwAxxFI, April 9, 2021
2020s, 2021

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