One liberal reporter suspected he sent a private message to secure his ends called after “Earth-shaking scoop”. Tucker Carlson, a potential monopoly, happily responded to the reporter’s fantasies, but only for a moment.
Matthias Schwartza senior correspondent for the New York-based Insider contacted the former FOX News host on Tuesday night and asked, “Are you going to run for president?”
Carlson, who has been urged before and asked about running, said, “Yes. We will announce it in New Hampshire on Friday.”
Given Carlson’s popularity and the unpopularity of some of the current leading candidates, the news could come as a shock.
“May I call you?” Schwartz replied enthusiastically. “I want to be the first in this.”
When Carlson didn’t answer, Schwartz excitedly continued. “But one email is not enough.”
“Let me know. A voice call would help,” Schwartz added.
Rather than leave Schwartz hanging, Carlson texted him, “Just kidding. I’m sorry.”
Schwartz admitted, “You got me.”
“You can never control yourself,” Carlson wrote.
Carlson said not only was he not a candidate for president, but he was “basically an asshole. I’m sorry.”
later liberal journalist claimed On Twitter, “Based on the transcript above, I think his hope was that we would be printed accordingly, based on that one text. But we don’t know.”
It’s unclear from the text alone whether Schwartz took the joke well, but his subsequent postings suggest he probably didn’t.
Schwartz dirty Carlson, who has been described as a “white supremacist,” “a seditious autodidact,” and a “bastard” in an article about trading insiders, cannibalized a hit that was originally meant to be an election-related mega-scoop. can be read as if center of it.
The liberal reporter focused on the “indignant racist nationalism that propelled Donald Trump into the White House,” with Carlson fostering “the conspiracy theories and insatiable rage of the Trump movement.” accused of being
Schwartz shows 34% of Tucker-Carlson viewers are non-white and highlights former Fox News host’s criticism of U.S. aid to Ukraine and illegal immigration before Carlson runs for senior office defended previous allegations that
“Speculation about a possible Republican primary run has followed Carlson for years. One poll found that 59 percent of Americans had a favorable view of Carlson, according to Fox News. too expensive,” he wrote.
Politico joined these speculations in late April, detail “Key to the Hypothetical Tucker Carlson 2024 Campaign”.
Veteran Iowa Republican strategist Dave Kochel told liberal media, “His audience was 3.5 million. is probably familiar to 20 million people, but it’s known to everyone.” ”
Dave Carney, a New Hampshire Republican strategist, told Politico: “I don’t think he’s going to be afraid of him following Trump’s heels and taking over some of that support and stripping it away. The votes he got. will all come out of Trump’s skin and really have a dramatic effect on the race.”
Ed Kilgore of New York Magazine recently proposed “It would be foolish to rule out Mr. Carlson as a presidential candidate,” he said, suggesting that 2024 is not the time for Mr. Carlson.
Back in 2021, Grant Leher, professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Civil Rights and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, said: Said “Mr Carlson has focused intensely on the supposed failures and absurdities of the Democratic elite. in a better position than,” had a special appeal beyond the standard Republican brand. ”
Leonie Huddy, a political science professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, agreed, saying, “Carlson is a real candidate for the Republican nomination.”
recent newsweek report British betting company Betfair puts Carlson’s odds of winning outright in the 2024 presidential election at 80-to-1, the odds of him becoming the Republican nominee at 50-to-1, and the odds of Trump appointing Carlson as vice president. It is said that it is 6 to 1.
Jokes and speculation aside, Carlson recently provided insight As he keynotes a fundraiser for adults with disabilities in Oxford, Alabama, he ponders why he’s not running.
Carlson said, “I love this country with all my heart, and I want it to get better. … How can we all make this country better, little by little, in small ways?” ?” he said.
The audience yelled, “Run for president!”
The audience cheered.
Carlson suggested, “If you run for president, they will assassinate your person.”
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