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“I didn’t talk about the things that every other American media outlet talks about. Because those are covered and because I have spent my life talking to people who run countries – in various countries – and have concluded the following: that every leader kills people, including my leader.
“Every leader kills people, some kill more than others. Leadership requires killing people, sorry, that’s why I wouldn’t want to be a leader.
“Press restriction is universal in the United States, I know because I’ve lived it. Ask my former – I’ve had a lot of jobs.” – Tucker Carlson, responding to the bipartisan backlash over his softball interview with Vladimir Putin.
My God, Tucker’s response: “Every leader kills people, including my leader. Some kill more than others. Leadership requires killing people.” https://t.co/Di9wg5QhU3
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) February 16, 2024
Putin lured Carlson to Moscow for a softball interview, mocked his questions after the fact, and then, shortly after, the country’s most prominent Putin critic died in state custody. https://t.co/pBYUDCGm55
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) February 16, 2024
In which Tucker Carlson says “press restriction is universal in the US.. ask my former employer”
As though him losing a multi-million dollar job at Fox News for lying is the same as Russia JAILING & killing journalists from reporting critically on the Kremlin. https://t.co/CbdjDEEg6G
— Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) February 16, 2024
This is an exact quote.
For so many people on today’s American right, “America First” is a fig leaf for their view that our country is no better than Russia. https://t.co/5dWOwufTXt
— Will Saletan (wsaletan on Threads) (@saletan) February 16, 2024
I have been press for a very long time. Hostile press. I have been restricted in many ways. But no one has poisoned my tea and tossed me into a gulag.
Could just be me, though. https://t.co/UiP1hq4guV
— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) February 16, 2024
.@TuckerCarlson is a clear and present danger to USA and humanity, trying to clean the image of Putin actions… https://t.co/6EY9t5C9Y8
— José Andrés 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇺🇦 (@chefjoseandres) February 16, 2024
Yes, leaders kill people. But who they kill is deeply important. This sort of moral relativism is something we tend to get from the left, where Tucker seems to be more and more. Also, yes, undoubtedly, much of the press self-censors in this country, but Tucker does not have to… https://t.co/H5VKM5Io8g
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) February 16, 2024