Tucker Carlson asked several current and potential Republican presidential candidates and leading Republicans to answer six questions about U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine. Given the prominence of Carlson’s show among Republican voters, he got responses from Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Tim Scott, Kristi Noem, Chris Christie, and Vivek Ramaswamy. Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, Chris Sununu, and Asa Hutchinson all declined to answer Carlson directly, but Haley released her own statement.
Carlson’s questions are serious ones, albeit loaded in favor of his preferred position, which is against American aid to Ukraine. His queries drew answers of varying seriousness and responsiveness. Trump, as usual, rambled like a crazy man, with lots of exclamation points, all-caps phrases, repetition, and braggadocio. Ramaswamy’s response had some punchy lines but dragged on at Castro-esque length. Abbott, Scott, and Christie were much terser, with Abbott characteristically focusing on how the Biden administration is ignoring the border with Mexico. If anything, Abbott’s Texas-centric response underlined that he is unlikely to enter the presidential race.
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