At 8 pm on Wednesday, Tucker Carlson filled in his former time slot from Fox News by taking to Twitter with a message to the public.
“One of the first things you realize, when you step outside the noise for a few days, is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country and decent people who really care about what’s true,” Carlson said, adding that “the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are.”
“They’re completely irrelevant,” he continued. “They mean nothing. In five years we won’t even remember that we had them. Trust me, as someone who’s participated.”
Carlson added that the major political parties in the United States and their donors collude to shut down discussion on “undeniably big topics” that “will define our future,” such as war, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, and natural resources.
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“This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue, so it won’t,” he said. “When honest people say what’s true calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. At the same time, the liars who’ve been trying to silence them shrink, and they become weaker.”
Carlson said there aren’t many places where American can speak honestly and said he will see his fans soon.
“Where can you still find Americans saying true things?” he said. “There aren’t many places left, but there are some, and that’s enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope. See you soon.”
Carlson’s last his prime-time show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was Friday, April 21, Fox said in a statement Monday. An interim show, consisting of rotating Fox News personalities, will fill the 8 ET time slot until a new host is named.
“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” Fox said.
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