Tucker Carlson leads rightwing charge to blame everyone but Putin

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) As Russian troops encircled Ukraine, politicians and media pundits in the US were largely united in their condemnation of Vladimir Putin’s imminent attack.

Tucker Carlson, however, took a different approach. Hours before Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine, Fox News’ biggest star was still praising the Russian president.

Putin’s bellicose threats towards Ukraine and assembling of up to 190,000 troops on the country’s border, was, Carlson said, a mere “border dispute”. Carlson, who played into Kremlin talking points by declaring that Ukraine was “not a democracy”, launched an apparent attempt to humanize Putin.

“Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? Has he shipped every middle-class job in my town to Russia?” Carlson said as he then recited a right-wing tip sheet of pet causes. .................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/25/tucker-carlson-fox-news-russia-putin

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Putin's Employee of The Month.....

Perhaps people should gather outside of FOX's NYC headquarters with signs showing Tucker Carlson as Putin's #2 puppet. TRAITOR. Ukraine flags, etc. Put pressure on the Murdoch's.Boycott their advertisers.