Carlson And Pence Bicker Over Carlson’s False Ukraine Claims: “Tucker, I Have Heard That Routine From You”

July 14, 2023 Republicans, Ukraine

As you saw in the previous post, Tucker Carlson is holding a forum with GOP presidential candidates at an event put on by an Iowa anti-LGBTQ hate group, the Family Leader. In his interview with Mike Pence, Carlson claimed that Ukraine is persecuting Christians and is therefore unworthy of US support. Pence wasn’t having it.

A partial transcript:

Pence: I did raise the issue when we were there. And I raised it with the leader of the Orthodox Church when I was visiting Kyiv. And asked him about concerns about religious liberty. He assured me that the Zelensky government in Ukraine was respecting religious liberty, even while recognizing that there were very small elements of the Russian Orthodox Church that were being utilized for the purpose of advancing the Russian cause in Ukraine, and that they were they were taking steps to hold them to account. But the leader of the church at St Michael’s in Kyiv told me personally that he believed that the Zelensky government was respecting religious liberty.

Carlson: I’m confused on this question. It’s very clear that the Zelensky government has arrested priests for having views they disagree with. That’s not consistent with religious liberty. It’s an attack on it, and we’re funding it. I don’t mean to be disrespectful at all, but I sincerely wonder how a Christian leader could support the arrest of Christians for having different views.

Pence: Well, what I can tell you is I asked the Christian leader in Kyiv if that was, in fact, happening, and he assured me that it was not. People were not being persecuted for their religious beliefs. I mean, the the truth is what I saw was not just evidence of war, but I saw evil.

And I believe that it is in the interest of the United States of America to continue to give the Ukrainian military the resources that they need to repel the Russian invasion and restore their sovereignty.

The problem is you don’t accept my answer! I just told you that I asked the religious leader in Kyiv if it was happening. You asked me if I raised the issue, and I did! I also raised it with the Ukrainians. And I was told that there are there are religious leaders who have been working with the Russian military that is murdering people by the thousands.

Tucker, I’ve heard that routine from you before. Anybody that says we can’t be the leader of the free world and solve our problems at home has a pretty small view of the greatest nation on Earth.

The cult is raging.



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