Tucker Carlson Asked ‘Thug Nasty’ About Ukraine, It Went Downhill From There

Interview with MMA fighter is proof network keeps people uninformed

Manny Otiko
4 min readMar 12, 2022
Tucker Carlson and Bryce Mitchell (YouTube screengrab)

If you ever needed proof that watching FOX News Channel makes you dumber, then I present Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with MMA fighter Bryce Mitchell as an exhibit.

Mitchell, whose nickname is “Thug Nasty,” was inexplicably interviewed about the war in Ukraine, and it went downhill from there. Mitchell launched into a diatribe involving several conspiracies about the Biden family. He also insisted that he won’t fight in Ukraine, ranted about the government wasting money. and “elites.”

The most illuminating thing he said was, “I don’t exactly know what their agenda is.”

I watched the interview and just said “why?” I could literally feel myself getting dumber by listening to Mitchell, who comes across as an uneducated redneck, rant about geopolitics that he clearly knew nothing about.

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Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.