Tucker Carlson Trips Over Himself To Defend Fascism On-Air
September 27, 2022
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as posted by the channelFox News host, Tucker Carlson, makes a twisted argument to defend far-right politician, Giorgia Meloni, while condemning American schools. John Iadarola and Rayyvana break it down on The Damage Report.
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Tucker Carlson is escalating the 'semifascism' debate in a menacing way
"“What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy,” President Joe Biden said at a fundraiser last week. “It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something — it’s like semi-fascism.”
Biden's comments, while accurate in the eyes of some experts, might provide fodder for the far right to grow even more confrontational.
The right has responded with shock to Biden's new claim, with politicians and pundits demanding an apology from the president and describing it as a gesture of disdain and disrespect. But Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a key intellectual architect of the political project that Biden is warning against, is now trying to exploit the moment to push his followers even further toward extremism by implying that Biden wants to exterminate half the country. Carlson's response underscores how Biden's comments, while accurate in the eyes of some experts, might provide fodder for the far right to grow even more confrontational toward the left.
Carlson fed viewers of his Monday show a fresh helping of misinformation by distorting the president’s remarks. He said Biden believes “anyone who disagrees with Joe Biden is by definition a fascist” and suggested that the president considers all Republicans semi-fascists. Carlson then presented his haunting conclusion: Biden’s comments were “effectively a declaration of war against half the country.”"
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