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In an interview a month before the show began, he lamented that he would miss classes during a two-week-long MSNBC assignment in Lebanon, saying, "It's hard for me to remember the moves. [267] This assertion was disputed by journalist Philip Bump, who wrote that the number of Mexicans in the U.S. had decreased since 2009 and asked rhetorically: "What good has it done Mexico to have a number of its citizens move to the United States and gain the right to vote? [138][139] Neff had also previously been a writer on The Daily Caller. [423] After Joe Biden won the election in November, Carlson raised false allegations of fraud in the election. [194] Carlson told Salon in 2003 that some Washington conservatives suspected he was "secretly liberal" because he liked John McCain. [197], He expressed his disappointment with the Republican nominee for the 2012 election, Mitt Romney, and the healthcare reform he signed in 2006 as governor of Massachusetts, which contained an individual mandate, saying, "out of 315 million Americans, the Republican Party managed to find the one guy who couldn't run on Obamacare". 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[175], Carlson has been described in the media as a conservative[90][176] or paleoconservative. 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After Heated Clash on Guns: 'Don't Demagogue it With Me', "Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Claims Australia Has 'No Freedom' During Gun Control Discussion [Video]", "Tucker Carlson hits Trump due process comments: Obama would've been called a dictator for that", "Tucker Carlson Shreds Trump Over Gun Control: If 'Obama Had Said That,' We'd Be 'Talking Impeachment', "Will the G.O.P. In this country, we judge people for what they do, not for how they were born". Carlson later said in an interview that his South Africa segment made "an argument against tribalism". Bush claimed that "Mr. Carlson misread, mischaracterized me. I don't approve of it". [335][333], In May 2022, after the 2022 Buffalo shooting, in which the shooter's manifesto (like those of some previous mass shooters) cited the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, Carlson claimed he was unfamiliar with the conspiracy theory, even though he had previously mentioned it by name on his show, and had alleged the idea of forced demographic change by Democrats over 400 times on his show. [177][178] [b] In 2021, Time magazine said Carlson "may be the most powerful conservative in America". "[107] Carlson was the first contestant eliminated, on September 13, 2006. Get 30 days FREE at checkout with promo code ORIGINALS [4], During remote interviews, Carlson's producers will keep his face close-up onscreen so viewers can watch him react, often in disbelief. [56][39] In 1984, his father unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Republican Mayor Roger Hedgecock in the San Diego mayoral race. So we made it official". [411][412] In May 2022, Carlson described himself as against "the vax". [41], Carlson had cameo appearances as himself in the Season1 episode "Hard Ball" of 30Rock and in a Season9 episode of The King of Queens. [56] His father owned property in Nevada, Vermont, and islands in Maine and Nova Scotia. Although Fox News said Carlson was referring to Democratic leaders and not protesters, Carlson's comments on Black Lives Matter were met with rebuke. [432][433] Carlson later brought on Mike Lindell on January 26, 2021, whose company My Pillow was the largest advertiser on Tucker Carlson Tonight, to criticize Dominion Voting Systems and claim it had "hired hit groups and bots and trolls" to target him following his Twitter account's permanent suspension for promoting unfounded fraud claims. [443][444] Philip Bump of The Washington Post wrote in an analysis that Carlson was blurring the lines between "being involved" and "being responsible for" to create a strawman in an effort to "undercut the public understanding of what happened and, by extension, to soften the implications for Trump and his supporters". [337][338][339][340][341] CBS News, Associated Press, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal described Carlson's segment (with guest Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute) as false or misleading, because violence against farmers had reached an all-time low and the reforms had yet to pass and were primarily aimed at land that had fallen into disuse. [192] In his 2018 book, Ship of Fools, Carlson wrote that he had adopted some of Buchanan's views. ", "The Playboy Interview With Tucker Carlson", "The Bearable Lightness of Being Tucker Carlson", "Bow tie-free Tucker Carlson steps into prime time on Fox News Channel", "Tucker Carlson Calls Journalists 'Animals.' [237] In 2019 on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Carlson said America's "ruling class" are, in effect, the "mercenaries" behind the decline of the American middle class, and "any economic system that weakens and destroys families is not worth having. [5] He has written three books: Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites (2003), Ship of Fools (2018), and The Long Slide (2021). Stream full episodes of Tucker Carlson Originals only on Fox Nation. [95] Carlson wanted to focus on his new MSNBC show Tucker and said that although PBS was one of the "least bad" instances of government spending he disagreed with, it was still "problematic". That's news to Ron Paul", "Tucker Carlson: The Bow-Tied Bard of Populism", "Tucker Carlson Goes to War Against the Neocons", "Tucker Carlson faces calls to resign after promoting white supremacist 'replacement' theory", "Talking With Tucker Carlson, the Most Powerful Conservative in America", "Tucker Carlson falsely claims Anthony S. 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[464], On June 28, 2021, Carlson said on his program that "a whistleblower within the U.S. government" informed him that the National Security Agency (NSA) was "monitoring our electronic communications and is planning to leak them in an attempt to take this show off the air", adding, "The Biden administration is spying on us. According to Fox News, the advertisers only moved their ad buys to other programs. [30][50][330][331] In an open letter to Fox News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the network to fire Carlson, arguing that the talk about demographic replacement "was not just a dog whistle to racists it was a bullhorn". In an illuminating new episode of "Tucker Carlson Originals," Tucker and his Fox Nation documentary team dive deep into the psychology and science of transgender people, highlighting the. Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson [4] (born May 16, 1969) is an American television host, conservative political commentator and writer who has hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016. 1 In Total Viewers", "Tucker Carlson suggested immigrants make the U.S. 'dirtier' and it cost Fox News an advertiser", "Tucker Carlson thinks libertarians run the economy. E4 All episodes Cast & crew IMDbPro All topics Cattle Mutilations Episode aired Aug 11, 2022 IMDb RATING 8.0 /10 9 YOUR RATING Rate Documentary Short For centuries, farmers and ranchers have found animals mysteriously gutted and mutilated on their property. Fox News host Tucker Carlson looks back on President Biden's gaffes on 'Tucker Carlson Originals' Christmas special. Watch it on The Roku Channel or Fox Nation on your Roku device. He was a frequent guest panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld, made frequent appearances on the All-Star Panel segment of Special Report with Bret Baier, was a substitute host of Hannity in Sean Hannity's absence, and produced and hosted a special entitled Fighting for Our Children's Minds in September 2010. [96] Rachel Maddow and Jay Severin featured as guests on a rotating panel. [445] Carlson has also inaccurately stated that "[n]ot a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. He also criticized "lunatic Muslims who are behaving like animals", and said that any presidential candidate who vowed to "kill as many of them as [they] can" would be "elected king". [358], In February 2022, Carlson criticized President Joe Biden's nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, calling her "ignorant of the law", in contrast to most legal analysts who have described Jackson as highly qualified. He was a CNN commentator from 2000 to 2005 and a co-host of the network's prime-time news debate program Crossfire from 2001 to 2005. [349] The Daily Beast commented that Carlson had devoted numerous segments to criticizing Omar, and that largely due to "right-wing attacks that have then been amplified by members of Congress and the president", Omar had been receiving death threats since her election to Congress. [264] In May 2019, after Robert Mueller gave a statement saying the Special Counsel investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 election did not exonerate President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, Carlson called Mueller "sleazy and dishonest". [41], Carlson's 2003 interview with Britney Spears, wherein he asked if she opposed the ongoing Iraq War and she responded, "[W]e should just trust our president in every decision he makes",[80] was featured in the 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11, for which she won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress at the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards. What the fuck? Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Trump retweeted a clip of Carlson's segment. Market data provided by Factset. Nikolas Lanum is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. [431] Carlson said "what Powell was describing would amount to the single greatest crime in American history", but that Powell became "angry and told us to stop contacting her" when he asked for evidence of widespread voter fraud. ", "Why is the far right so against US intervention in Syria? "[37] In October 2022, Carlson interviewed Kanye West, with the latter's statement that he had received the COVID-19 vaccine being omitted from two days of segments. [469] Carlson responded on-air that the NSA did not deny reading his emails. [118], On November 14, 2016, Carlson began hosting Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News. [421] In July 2022, Carlson stated that "it's looking likely that the vaccine might suppress the immune system," citing a widely-criticized review of VAERS data in Food and Chemical Toxicology and a misrepresented data table from a study in The Lancet; the lead author of the latter study, Dr. Peter Nordstrm, clarified that the paper did not show any of what Carlson claimed. Carlson broadcast a trailer that suggested the January 6 attack was a government false flag operation to implicate the right wing, with one speaker asserting that "the left is hunting the right". Tucker Carlson Originals (2021- ) Episode List Current Episode (aired 15 Feb. 2023) The Death of Comedy? "[483] Bump argued in 2022 that compared with other television anchors, Carlson is loath to acknowledge factual errors in his commentary. Become a member today for exclusive content & more! [9] Carlson also met with Jared Kushner at the White House and demanded clemency for Stone. [72][73][74] Carlson's 2003 Esquire profile on his journey to Liberia alongside Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil and political rights activists would garner a nomination at the National Magazine Awards. In other comments, Carlson argued that the unrest following Floyd's killing stemmed from a desire for ideological domination, rather than genuine opposition to police brutality. [60] He attained his secondary education at St. George's School, a boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he started dating his future wife, Susan Andrews, the headmaster's daughter. [287][288] In November 2019, Carlson repeated this claim and queried whether the attack had happened at all. Revolver has been promoted by Trump and his administration. [53][494] Carlson is a Deadhead (a fan of the rock band Grateful Dead); he has attended more than fifty Dead concerts[495] and the title of his 2018 book Ship of Fools was inspired by the Grateful Dead song of the same name. Tucker Carlson: We're being told to shut up about this. [256] In late February 2022, on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Carlson described the preceding crisis as a "border dispute" and said it was "not treason, it is not un-American" to support Putin, "it's the whole point of America." 'Tucker Carlson Originals': A look back at Biden's greatest gaffes [275][276], As Russia threatened a military incursion into Ukraine in December 2021, Russian state television broadcast remarks Carlson had made on his program in which he asserted "NATO exists primarily to torment Vladimir Putin", that the United States fomented the 2014 overthrow of the pro-Russia Ukrainian government and that President Joe Biden sought "a hot war with Russia". "The Tucker Carlson Originals" host noted that MS-13 controls "entire neighborhoods" within the country, extorting citizens in order to remain in business. [12][13][14][15] He is known for circulating far-right ideas into mainstream politics and discourse. [41][53], When Carlson was in first grade, his father moved Tucker and his brother to the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, and raised them there. His go-to weaponsthe smirky sarcasm, the barbed comebacks, the vicious politenessseem uniquely designed to drive his sparring partners nuts, frequently making for terrific television". He's not just a pig, he's stupid! "Gangs are only 1% of our population herebut they control a lot of territories," Bukele told Carlson. 23-year-old woman to Tucker: I regret transitioning as a teen [4][26] In 2004, he renounced his initial support for the Iraq War,[27][28] and has since been skeptical of U.S. foreign interventions. Carlson accused President Joe Biden of "eugenics" and changing "the racial mix of the country", and said, "this policy is sometimes called the Great Replacement the replacement of legacy Americans, with more obedient people from faraway countries". [378] Carlson has strongly criticized the transgender rights movement,[379] including saying hospitals that provide gender-affirming healthcare to minors are criminals who harm children, and that they should not be surprised to receive threatening phone calls. It's one of the worst things that's happened in our lifetimes. [364][bettersourceneeded], In July 2020, after Tucker Carlson Tonight writer Blake Neff resigned after he was revealed to have posted several racist blogs, Carlson condemned the blog posts on his show saying "It is wrong to attack people for qualities they cannot control. "How long were you in the United States?" [154], On January 11, 2010, Carlson and Neil Patel (a former aide to Dick Cheney, and former college roommate of Carlson)[5] launched a political news website titled The Daily Caller. "[391] Sources in the White House said Carlson's statements caused Trump to reconsider his position. [216][217][218][219] He has debated several Democrats on gun control. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. "[446], In June 2021, Carlson promoted a conspiracy theory alleging that the Capitol storming was a "false flag" FBI operation intended to "suppress political dissent". Most people don't care and don't want to get involved in it. [461][462][463] Carlson did not say what these documents contained. [437][438][439] The following February, Dominion's legal team released texts and other products of discovery against Fox, revealing that Carslon privately doubted the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and mocked Trump advisors, including Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell. Carlson and his team recently launched the two flagship programs on the network's streaming service, Fox Nation, in 2021. or redistributed. Tucker Carlson Originals - streaming online - JustWatch One gang member, who is serving a 25-year sentence, agreed to sit down with Carlson for an interview. He also denied allegations from the Times about obsessing over ratings, saying that "I've never read the ratings a single day in my life. [81][82], In October 2004, comedian and The Daily Show host Jon Stewart appeared on Crossfire, ostensibly to promote America (The Book), but he instead launched into a critique of Crossfire, saying the show was harmful to political discourse in the U.S.[41][83] Carlson was singled out by Stewart for criticism, with Carlson in turn criticizing Stewart for being biased toward the left. Tucker Carlson seems to be projecting a bit in this segment about. [183] In July 2021, Carlson told Time magazine that the Republican Party is "inept and bad at governing" and "much more effective as an oppositional force than it is as a governing party". Fox Nation's latest installment of 'Tucker Carlson Originals' sees the host traveling to Sal Salvador, El Salvador, to learn all he can about the 'death cult.'. [362] Ben Samuels of Haaretz wrote that the episode "brings Carlsons history of providing a platform for antisemitism further into focus". [339], The evening after the segment, Carlson acknowledged that the proposed amendment was still being debated and added that no farms had yet been expropriated, though he did not admit to having made errors. I don't even know how. "[385], In 2021, Carlson ran segments that misrepresented the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and asserted that U.S. officials were "lying" about them. 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All rights reserved. [53][200][201] Carlson criticized the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, ordered by Trump in January 2020[202] and said in June 2020 that Trump had let Black Lives Matter protests go too far. Tucker Carlson Originals - Season 2 - IMDb "[17] Terry Smith, a law professor at St. Thomas University, has called Carlson's rhetoric an example of white identity politics. "[4] Carlson presents his perceived opponents "as endlessly cynical and duplicitous", and agitates his audience against them by cherry-picking and misinterpreting information, according to Philip Bump of The Washington Post. [449][34] Legal experts said Carlson's claim was unfounded because prosecutors cannot describe an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator. Streaming only @foxnation Get free account: http://TuckerCarlson.com Media PersonalityJoined March 2022 3Following 73.2KFollowers Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes Tucker Carlson Originals's Tweets [256][257], In 2019 Carlson criticized Mitt Romney for supporting, in Carlson's words, "an internationalist style" of foreign policy. Carlson traveled in an armored SUV with a convoy of Salvadorian politicians in order to move safely through the city and evade MS-13. [41][58] Though Patricia remained a beneficiary of the family fortune, the Swansons had sold the brand to the Campbell Soup Company in 1955 and did not own it by the time of Carlson's father's marriage. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. [38] Carlson is of English, German and one sixteenth Swiss-Italian ancestry. [183][184][185] He was previously registered as a Democrat in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2020. Im actually shocked It needs to stop immediately, like tonight. [392][393][394][395][396][397] He questioned why the CDC was advising vaccinated people to continue mask-wearing and distancing in April 2021, saying, "maybe [the vaccine] doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that". "[268], In May 2019, Carlson defended Trump's decision to place tariffs on Mexico unless Mexico stopped illegal immigration to the United States. [223][224] In March 2018 he criticized Donald Trump for comments supporting gun control after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Michael Jensen, a senior researcher at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, called it "political propaganda that is meant to rally a support base that has shown a willingness to mobilize on the basis of disinformation and lies. Ask anyone at Fox." Why should I sit back and take that?" "[264] According to The New York Times, Carlson played an influential role in dissuading Trump from launching military strikes against Iran in response to the shooting down of an American drone in June 2019. [188][189], In public correspondence in Slate with Texas Monthly's Evan Smith on November 29, 1999, Carlson agreed with Smith's low opinion of Donald Trump,[190] who was then running for president with the Reform Party. [170] It received favorable reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Washingtonian, who both complimented the book for its humor. Meanwhile, a remarkable number of the companies are now bankrupt or extinct. [27][28], Carlson was reportedly floated as a potential candidate for the Libertarian nomination in the 2008 presidential election. [239][third-party source needed], In August 2021, Carlson traveled to Hungary, broadcasting from Budapest. 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[34][450][452] Carlson's guest, Darren Beattie of Revolver News,[d] whose writing the segment was primarily based on, had been fired as a Trump speechwriter in 2018 after CNN asked the White House about his attendance at a gathering of white nationalists. "Anyone who resists the gang is killed," Carlson added. I caught her. "[202], Carlson supported Trump's expansion of the MexicoUnited States barrier, saying a wall was needed to "restore sovereignty" to the border. As an example, Alter wrote that Carlson did not endorse Sidney Powell's specific claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, but he did say, "The people now telling us to stop asking questions about voting machines are the same ones who claim that our phones weren't listening to us". We can trade intimate details. Derek Reimer, pastor at Mission 7 Ministries in Calgary, was arrested and charged on Thursday for mischief and causing a disturbance after he was . [46][39][47][48] Carlson's father was adopted at the age of two by upper-middle-class New Englanders, the Carlsons, an executive at the Winslow Brothers & Smith Tannery of Norwood (the oldest tannery in America) and his wife. While in the nations capital, San Salvador, Carlson took part in a ride-along with the citys police, toured a Salvadorian prison housing members of the MS-13 gang, and snagged an exclusive interview with the countrys new president - whos cracking down on the "death cult.". [419][420] Public health officials rejected the claims; CDC Director Rochelle Walensky responded that vaccinated and boosted individuals are 68 times less likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated people. "Tucker Carlson's new book topples Woodward from No. "[263] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. [61][491] They were married on August 10, 1991, in the school chapel. [86] The Atlantic suggested that Stewart's appearance was a turning point leading to how Carlson remade himself. "[397][409] Carlson refused to say whether he has been vaccinated, responding to a reporter, "When was the last time you had sex with your wife and in what position? [127] The show had lost at least 26 advertisers. "Tucker Carlson Originals" Patriot Purge: Part 1 (TV Episode 2021 Tucker Carlson Originals, a news series is available to stream now. [261] The Open Society Foundations, a group founded by Soros, called the film "anti-American propaganda," and its Vice President Laura Silber stated that "Carlson appears to prefer authoritarian rule, state capture of media and the courts, crony corruption and rigged elections. For example, because Trump and Biden ballots were sorted into separate piles during the hand recount, tally sheets with votes exclusively for either candidate are not indicative of fraud. [132][133] At the close of 2019, Carlson's Nielsen ratings among all viewers 2554 placed him second only to Fox's The Sean Hannity Show among cable news shows. [75][76][77], In his early television career Carlson wore bow ties, a habit from boarding school he continued on air until 2006. [41], Charlotte Alter of Time wrote in July 2021 that Carlson sometimes tells "outright falsehoods", but generally "avoids assertions that are factually disprovable, instead sticking to innuendo".