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Tucker Carlson is a Racist, Con Man — and FOX News’ Top-Rated Star
He’s Symbolic of Everything Wrong With Network
If you ever needed proof that FOX News, also known as State TV, operates in its own universe, you only need to look to Tucker Carlson.
After failing his way through the major networks, Carlson landed at FOX News where he churned out the regular right-wing propaganda. But something changed over the last few years. Recently Carlson has become an open white nationalist. Maybe it correlated with the rise of Donald Trump, but some of his recent comments about America’s growing non-white population are disgusting.
The Darling of the Alt-Right
He’s said that immigrants make America dirtier, claimed that migration from South America is an invasion and even said the concept of white supremacy was “a hoax.” Right now, Michigan legislators are being told to wear body armor as gun-toting far-right activists have stormed the capital.
