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Tucker Carlson’s Firing Sparks Outrage Amongst MAGA Supporters

Right-wingers accuse FNC of ‘going woke,’ claim pundit axed by big pharma

Manny Otiko
5 min readApr 27, 2023
Kari Lake still backs Tucker Carlson. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

There’s something majorly wrong with the right wing. They continued to follow former president Donald Trump, who was a terrible president. Trump is a liar, a conman, corrupt and has been accused multiple times of sex assault and rape. As president, he was in over his head and didn’t know what he was doing. His ignorance caused the death of thousands of Americans. And to add a financial point, during his presidency, the debt increased every year. His presidency was a disaster.

But don’t tell right-wingers that. They still live in MAGA fantasy world and have convinced themselves Trump was the best president in recent memory. They have a habit of following awful men because the same thing is going on in the wake of former FOX “News” Channel (FNC) commentator Tucker Carlson’s firing.

Carlson is a documented racist, sexist, conspiracy theorist and hypocrite. Carlson will do and say anything, no matter how foul, for the ratings. He helped mainstream conspiracy theories that came straight from the pages of white supremacist websites. And his anti-America screeds were so popular in Russia, state TV regularly featured his material. He’s been offered a gig on Russia Today…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

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

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