Good Riddance to Tucker Carlson. By John Hinderaker at Powerline.
Carlson says he is leaving the Republican Party …::
“I’m out,” Carlson said on an episode of the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast … “And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people are out.” … “I would not support the Republican Party. There’s no chance I would support the Republican Party,” Carlson said, adding that the GOP has “betrayed” voters by prioritizing Israel’s national security over America’s.
Carlson apparently thinks we have no national security interest in degrading the military power of an adversary whose mantra for decades has been “death to America,” that refers to us as “the Great Satan,” that has killed hundreds if not thousands of American servicemen, that has sought for many years to acquire both nuclear weapons and ICBMs to deliver them to our shores.
Not to mention that Iran is the principal — almost the only — source of instability in the Middle East. Has any American president in the last 50 years questioned that we have a national security interest in peace in that region? …
Prediction: he’ll switch to the party of antisemitism:
Carlson said in the same interview that “he also won’t support Democrats and is unsure how he’ll vote moving forward.” I say: go ahead, Tucker, take the plunge. If anti-Semitism is the defining feature of your political philosophy, you have a natural home in the Democratic Party. “Right wing” commentator and fellow anti-Semite Nick Fuentes has already announced that he has become a Democrat. It is the natural next step. Watch for Carlson to take it before long.
Rabbi Michael Barclay at PJ Media:
Tucker has spent almost three years pushing an agenda of anti-Semitism, justifying Iran and Qatar, claiming that Qatar is safer for Christians than Israel (churches are not even allowed in Qatar), and attacking President Donald Trump, the MAGA movement, and America itself. Carlson has given platforms on his show to people who are conspiracy theory nuts, promoters of some of the worst hate in America, and those on the very outside fringe of society, such as white supremacist Nick Fuentes, Holocaust denier Darryl Cooper, and Ian Carroll, who believes that Jews are responsible for every evil in the world from 9/11 on.
Carlson has also repeatedly and increasingly demonstrated distinct signs of clinical mental illness during this time, and been disavowed and distanced by President Trump, who has called Tucker a “fool” and a “low IQ person”. …
As he has sunk into the realm of being a bad propaganda outlet, it has also become clear that Tucker’s attitudes havechanged subsequent to his interviews and visits to Iran and Qatar (where he has now bought a home).
Laura Loomer has written about Tucker being paid by Qatar, and calls him Tucker Qatarlson, a nickname picked up all over social media. Mark Levin calls him a “desperate man” who leaks and makes up stories; and that is really the best description of the current Tucker Carlson: desperate. Desperate for money, popularity, relevance, and obedience to his Islamic financiers (in addition to potential Qatari money he may currently be receiving; the Tucker Carlson Network was initially funded by an American Muslim), Tucker has become a caricature of himself and has lost credibility in the eyes of all but the most extreme in our society.
A shame. The man used to be brilliant at analyzing US political trends. As we noted several times, however, his feet turned to clay whenever he commented on things outside the US.
The left have a newfound love of Tucker now.