Fox News host Tucker Carlson devoted his opening monologue Wednesday night to applauding different facets of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) economic plan, saying she “sounds like Donald Trump at his best.”
“So no, a Republican did not say that, sadly,” he said after reeling off points of her plan. “Instead, the words you just heard are from, and brace yourself here, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. It’s true.”
“Yesterday, Warren released what she calls her plan for economic patriotism,” he continued. “Amazingly, that is what it is, economic patriotism. There’s not a word about identity politics in the document…Even more remarkable, many of Warren’s policy prescriptions make obvious sense.”
He also called her a “race-hustling, gun-grabbing, abortion extremist” and that he wouldn’t vote for her because of her stance on social issues.
Nevertheless, his endorsement of any part of a Democratic presidential contender’s platform is notable, especially as his network hews ever closer to Trump. Warren has also not at all been fishing for support from Carlson and his ilk, most recently calling Fox News a “hate-for-profit racket.”
Carlson on Elizabeth Warren’s economics: “She sounds like Donald Trump at his best” pic.twitter.com/TexHQVvjYa
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) June 6, 2019
Before you feel some amount of respect to Mr. Carlson for making a reasonable point, watch the full clip in which he speaks of Warren as a “race hustling, gun grabbing, abortion extremist” Tucker: Warren’s plan for US workers sounds like ‘Trump at his best’
Why is Little Tucker still on the air? Tuck and Hannity are both like dirt that didn’t get swept away with the pile,
Either he’s trolling her, knowing that his endorsement could only hurt her, or he’s trying to drum up support for her because he believes she’s unelectable in the general election. I’m not sure which, but I can’t imagine his praise for her is genuine.
The Trust-Fund Baby Speaks…
and psychs himself out.
“She sounds like Donald Trump at his best”. Hmmm, pretty obvious this is Tucker Carlson at his smarmy, little, ass-licking best. Such a man, such a man.