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catbyte

(34,374 posts)
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:31 AM Nov 2019

Tucker Carlson Says He Is Rooting for Russia in Conflict Against Ukraine 🤮

BY TODD NEIKIRK November 26, 2019

In October, it was revealed that Donald Trump had a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky that prompted some in his administration to blow the whistle on. Since then, US ally, the Ukraine has become more of an enemy for conservatives in and out of the White House.

There was clear evidence of anti-Ukraine sentiment this weekend when Louisiana senator John Kennedy claimed that it may have been Ukraine, rather than Russia, who meddled in the 2016 election. On Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson took anti-Ukrainian sentiment a step further by admitting that he was “rooting” for Russia in its conflict against the Ukraine.

The Fox News host made the statement while interviewing Richard Goodstein, a former adviser to Bill Clinton.

Carlson asked his guest, “I know Hunter Biden. I actually like Hunter Biden. But that’s totally corrupt and you know it. Why is it worse to ask about it then it is to do it?”

Goodstein replied by saying, “Because people are actually dying on the front lines. You think this is a joke.”

As Goodstein continued talking, he was interrupted by the host, who said, “Why do I care? Why do I care what’s going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? And why shouldn’t I root for Russia, which I am.”

https://hillreporter.com/watch-tucker-carlson-says-he-is-rooting-for-russia-in-conflict-against-ukraine-52061
















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Tucker Carlson Says He Is Rooting for Russia in Conflict Against Ukraine 🤮 (Original Post) catbyte Nov 2019 OP
Fucking traitor Poiuyt Nov 2019 #1
Commie-sympathizers are back. NCLefty Nov 2019 #2
Tucker would be a great journalist in Moscow. JohnnyRingo Nov 2019 #3
Move to Moscow and take your hard earned rubles with you... dchill Nov 2019 #4
Carlson is a right wing carnival snake oil salesman DFW Nov 2019 #5
Yup. His bow-tie routine to be the next-generation George Will flopped... JHB Nov 2019 #8
Money isn't always the end goal for well-off ideologues DFW Nov 2019 #11
Nope. Can't copy&paste at the moment, but his dad was someone else. JHB Nov 2019 #12
Russian loving traitor. roamer65 Nov 2019 #6
Conservatives HATE Ukraine Recursion Nov 2019 #7
Nazi traitor. Repug. Mc Mike Nov 2019 #9
clearly rupert is a traitor too. pansypoo53219 Nov 2019 #10

JohnnyRingo

(18,625 posts)
3. Tucker would be a great journalist in Moscow.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:39 AM
Nov 2019

He'd probably even get a nice apartment and a shiny new Gaz to drive around town.
Too bad he's here.

DFW

(54,358 posts)
5. Carlson is a right wing carnival snake oil salesman
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 03:28 AM
Nov 2019

Paid to say anything, no matter how ridiculous, to get people to buy his boss's worthless product.

And so he does, because it's either Fox Noise or a personal blog with 15,000 hard core followers and about 250,000 fictitious ones to make it look like he's popular, and try to drum up enough advertising to pay for the upkeep on his car.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
8. Yup. His bow-tie routine to be the next-generation George Will flopped...
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 06:18 AM
Nov 2019

...so he's using Newt Gingrich's tactics now. For shits and giggles, apparently, because he doesn't need the money.

DFW

(54,358 posts)
11. Money isn't always the end goal for well-off ideologues
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 12:01 PM
Nov 2019

Some have an addiction to seeing themselves on TV and having their names in the headlines (hmmm, sounds like someone I know of already, come to think of it). If they lack the talent to be the next Robert DiNiro, then they aspire to be the next William Buckley. They fail at that, too, but at least they get the tube time and the headlines.

I wonder if he's any relation to Clint Carlson, the Dallas billionaire hedge fund manager? If so, it's not one happy family, as Clint despises the Republicans.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
7. Conservatives HATE Ukraine
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 03:46 AM
Nov 2019

They absolutely despise that a country would have the audacity to stand up to Russia.

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