In Defense of Tucker Carlson

The narrative out there is that Tucker Carlson, recently canned by Fox News, has been badly exposed by the disclosures from the lawsuits. He says one thing in private — that he hates Trump passionately — and he’s never said anything like that on-air. Charles Krauthammer used to say, “You’re betraying your whole life if you don’t say what you think — and you don’t say it honestly and bluntly.” Tucker is a hypocrite, condescending to his audiences.

This is just fantastically wrong. Tucker’s real views on Trump have been out there in the public the whole time, dating back to January 2016 when he published them in an arresting feature, “Donald Trump Is Shocking, Vulgar and Right.”