Tucker Carlson Announces 'Long-Planned Vacation' After Addressing Racist Writer's Resignation

[George II]

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Source: Daily Beast

Fox News host Tucker Carlson addressed Monday night the resignation of his former top writer Blake Neff, who resigned late last week after CNN reported on his lengthy past history of pseudonymously posting racist and bigoted remarks on an online forum that openly trafficked in racist content. Carlson then announced he was taking a “long-planned vacation.”

It came across as a both-sides argument, in which he said that while what Neff wrote was wrong, those in the media should be careful with their “self-righteousness.”

“First, what Blake wrote anonymously was wrong,” Carlson said. “We don’t endorse those words. They have no connection to the show. It is wrong to attack people for qualities they cannot control. In this country, we judge people for what they do, not for how they were born.”

“We often say that because we mean it,” he continued. “We will continue to defend that principle, often alone among national news programs because it is essential, nothing is more important.”

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This is how it goes for Fox people - a "long planned vacation", never to return.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Bill O'Reilly must have given Tucker his vacation brochures.

"Bill O’Reilly signed off The O'Reilly Factor on Tuesday night, telling viewers that he is about to take a pre-planned vacation.

The Fox News host assured viewers that his trip was planned long ago, as he takes a vacation “often around this time of year," in order to dispel any notion that it was a forced suspension."

[paleotn]

2. Bye Tucker!

About damn time.

[a kennedy]

4. Ya took the words right outta my mouth.

[soothsayer]

3. "We often say that because we mean it,"

...is different than “We say that often because we mean it.”

[Marie Marie]

5. Funny about the timing of these "vacations".

Some lay low until the next scandal makes everyone forget or they never return. Here's hoping for the latter.

[slumcamper]

6. Out of material Tucker???? Okay, so we understand that it's "vacation" time!!! ROFLMAO!

[Scurrilous]

31. LOL

He's off to find himself a new script Nazi.

[captain queeg]

7. Those Fox guys always have secret vacation plans that they've never mentioned

Then suddenly it’s time to go. Almost makes one suspicious. I think him going after Sen. Duckworth probably blew up in his face.

[rpannier]

17. His new best bud Rep Crankshow... Crenshaw is there for Carlson

That Duckworth was the first person to come out to support Crenshaw obviously means zilch to him

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. Didn't Lil Tucker Fauntleroy lose many of his big advertisers?

He'll be spending more time with his family. (I *almost* feel sorry for them)

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[flibbitygiblets]

9. Where will he be "vacationing"? We know it's not Europe! So that leaves...

Croatia, Serbia, Cambodia, Tanzania, UAE and Mexico (haha, Mexico probably has a special exclusion just for people named "Tucker" )

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Maybe they'll refer to him as Tucker the fu....

[lagomorph777]

33. Mar A Guano

[Pisces]

10. His apology is disgusting. " how people were born" can be heard in many different ways. He didn't

Say we do not endorse racism. He’s saying we don’t judge lesser beings for how they were born.

I hope it is a permanent vacation!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. Holy shit! I hadn't picked up on that part. Which is probably due to

my "pre-existing condition" of "brownness". Hopefully one day a "cure" will be found and people like me can be like Swanson..... errr I mean Carlson.

[Alliepoo]

11. Little Tuck is a complete jackass.

I hope his vacation is permanent.

[MurrayDelph]

26. "Complete Jackass"?

As in "ass whole"?

[Zambero]

13. Now that his lead writer is out the door

Poor Tucker, out of "fresh material".

[Upthevibe]

14. I'll actually be surprised if they cut ties with

him. They've (the right-wingers) all been crowing all summer about how he has the highest ratings, they've been singing his praises, on and on. He's probably just saying he's going on vacation but I bet what he's REALLY doing is getting ready to take over that Vice Presidential spot (from Pence)..... just like that elder statesman David Duke advised him to do....I don't know:

Trump/Carlson

[Major Nikon]

15. As we all know, Tucker isn't racist

In fact, whenever some calls him racist he just laughs it off.

The really funny part is for a non-racist, he sure as shit has a lot of no-shit racists on the payroll.

Scott Greer, Jason Kessler, Peter Brimelow, and Ilana Mercer all wrote for Tucker at one time or another and all of which are unapologetic white nationalists.

So yeah, Tucker isn’t a racist himself, he just likes things no-shit racists write enough to pay for it.

[rpannier]

16. often alone among national news programs because it is essential,

What national new program are you talking about Tucker?

[TexasTowelie]

18. I expect that nearly all of the people involved with political news and opinion shows will taking

vacation between now and Labor Day. Congress will only be in session briefly before going on their August vacations and then the campaign season begins in earnest after Labor Day.

[The Jungle 1]

19. I hope he is done.

He does great harm to this nation

[onetexan]

23. yup, him & the likes of limbaugh & coulter. These people must drink vinegar for breakfast.

[drray23]

20. It will be interesting to say of that "long planned vacation" morphs into a "planned long vacation".

Bill O'Reilly's style.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

22. "Planned"

[jmowreader]

24. Umm..."long-planned vacation"

That sounds a little like telling your kid you sent his dog to "live on a farm."

[Grokenstein]

25. Bye! So long! Adios! Arrivederci! Don't come back!

(If video doesn't autojump, go to 5:57--or just enjoy the whole thing)

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[Raine]

27. He's only going to be gone four days

he's returning to his show next Monday.

[Scarsdale]

28. Unlike many others in his age group,

he does not have problems worrying about paying his mortgage. Mommy takes care of his financial concerns. I am sure she will find him another job to keep him busy once he is thrown out of this one. Maybe he could find employment in the WH as speech writer to tRump? That pudgy face of his is SO punchable. That could apply to either of them, tRump or Fu - er - Tucker.

[marble falls]

29. Long planned but announced at the last moment. Everything was long planned but the announcement.

[Paladin]

30. Take trump's advice, fucker:

After that "long-planned vacation," immediately "find something new."

Being a lobbyist would require a lot more work than you're used to---see if Goya foods has something open.....

[lagomorph777]

32. Bye, Fucker. Why don't you take 40 years or so? First stop: Mar A Guano.

[louis-t]

34. It's funny how these 'vacations' are all 'long-planned', isn't it?

They have to get in front of the criticism before it starts.

[George II]

35. They're "long planned" but unmentioned until seconds before they begin.

[Omaha Steve]

36. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

Fox News anchor drama, not LBN-importance-level news.

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