A wave of Republican attacks against two Muslim Democrats has ended with one of the most prominent right-wing commentators in the country endorsing Abdul El-Sayed for Senate.
Tucker Carlson wrote in his newsletter on Friday that El-Sayed’s opponent, Mike Rogers, was unfit for office and defended him over his past criticism of the war on terror.
The Michigan Democrat emerged from this past week after a wave of attacks were hurled at him and Zohran Mamdani, the first elected Muslim mayor of New York, around the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Both men were the subject of intense focus from media organizations on the right and even some mainstream outlets as the two faced differing but related accusations of anti-American sentiment impossible to separate from their Muslim faith.
If you’ve been following rightwing media watch for a minute, this should be obvious to you.
And to the three comments yeeting the baby, just stfu.
This move from Tucker is about Tucker. You may, and rightfully should, despise Tucker Carlson. But you should not underestimate Tucker Carlson. Tucker Carlson has always, and I do mean always (for practical purposes) has one of the best reads of the direction of travel in national politics. He was one of the first to get on the America First wagon, and saw the potential Trump represented in national politics in 2015. They understood this because they had the ability to read the room with regard to the latent frustration people had with both Republicans and Democrats in that time period.
Tucker sees where the motion is and anyone who isn’t a totally ley read of politics has known that Mike Rodgers is an extremely poor opponent to be going up against El Sayed. Tucker doesn’t want to be on the wrong side of a losing election. Simple as.
This gives Tucker access and to be on the side of motion. America First and MAGA are shifting. Myself and others have been making this point for a while. Hogs don’t lead. Pay attention to the first movers. Trump’s base will move on to where the first movers go. Owens, Carlson, Fuentes, pay attention to where these actors go and you’ll know where things are heading.
This is Tucker setting up for a 2028 run. It has almost nothing to do with El Sayed other than not being tethered to a floundering brand. They’re setting themselves up to be the savior of MAGA in 2028.
Has their ever been a journalist elected president before? Seems like an odd career change.
Is Tucker a journalist? I suppose he is. I guess I kinda forget that. I guess to me he’s less of a journalist in my mind, and more of a political operative. Sure, they nominally do journalism, but ultimately they are and always have been a political agent. Their motives are rhetorical, not explicitly and certainly not solely to educate, but to convince.
That’s just what you call a “bad journalist”
Exactly, all of the current “issues” have gone rotten for the republicans. Support for israel, the Iran war, the economy, and even ICE/immigration have all become losing issues for them. This is Carlsen trying to launder his image and move away from the “MAGA brand,” to either run in 2028 or so he can lend his support to Vance.
☝️ this.
He’s going to pull a “no true Scotsman” America First thing. Whatever this administration did, that wasn’t America First™. Whatever it is Tucker is offering is real America First™, and mark it, as Ive instructed many a hater to do: Candice Owens will be his running mate.
JD Vance is a political wet fart and everyone has known it for all of time. Fucking Jeb Bush has more motion than JD Vance does. Establishment Republicans see this as an opportunity to reassert control of the party, but that too will fail.
In the 80s, it was called “family values”. In the 90s, they were against “political correctness”. In the 00s, “national security”. 10s, “Tea Party”. Now? Fucking everything. Now they’re throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.
Does this mean that most people aren’t falling for it anymore, or does it just mean that something will stick, lather rinse repeat?
There’s always something that will stick. Unfortunately, the things that seem to always stick are anti-LGBTQIA+ and anti-foreigner. The 80s were very anti-gay with the AIDS scare and (lack of) response, crackdowns, anti-sodomy laws, etc. The 90s continued that, and added on some extra anti-black since they were becoming quite prominent in sports and popular culture. The 00’s added on a nice thick layer of anti-muslim because I guess all brown people were responsible for 9/11 or something? Then the 10’s got some more anti-black with Obama and George Floyd, and the 20’s with queer/trans people.
Going back we had more cycles like this:
See how insane it is. Someone like Tucker understand it but many establishment democrats don’t
Good read on Carlson. He’s politically very powerful just due to his political compass being so accurate about the current direction things are moving.
He’s fake as fuck and will go the direction the wind is blowing.
Well maybe we could agree that the shit pigeon has improved his political compass substantially over time.
I mean the guy used to wear a bowtie on live TV. But this goes to support your second statement:
Absolutely. But nothing about being a fake as fuck fraud stops them in their pursuit of power.
Tucker Carlson has a documented history of downplaying Russian aggression, echoing Kremlin talking points, and securing a high-profile interview with Vladimir Putin.
Key Milestones
Everyone reading this should remember the account names promoting this candidate as they are likely Russian bots
If you read the comment as promoting Tucker Carlson, you lack the ability to read. Choosing to not understand your opponent leaves you vulnerable to them. You represent a vulnerability to our collective ability to stop fascism.
This logic is how Trump (the previous Kremlin choice) was elected.
I agree. By refusing to, and failing to understand Trump, and why what Trump was doing was working (or to even acknowledge it was working), Liberals, and Democrats more broadly, set us up for this era of fascism we’re in. Its the fault of those who refused to understand their opponents that these easily beatable buffoons have become pillars of the modern political landscape.
Trump won because of election interference from Russia.
Key Evidence and Methods of Russian election interference:
Official Findings
AI sloppo.
And also “Democrats can never be failures, they can only be failed”.
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Yes yes yes. Every one who doesn’t agree with with you is a Russian op.
We shouldn’t try to understand our opponents or why their messages seem to resonate with audiences. No, we instead require “Trump bad” as the first test to ensure loyalty to the brand, then ensure the counter party is pure enough in their support for Israel and blue no matter who.
Surely simply demanding loyalty to a brand which has been objectively disloyal to its voters won’t, yet again blow up in Democrats faces.
This is an honestly insane take and your bullet pointy bolded formatting and word choice makes me wonder a few things.
Insane how? Tucker is a Russian asset. He gave Putin a platform and parroted Kremlin talking points.
He has always been a support of other Russian assets like Trump.
It is insane to pretend he isn’t a Russian asset
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No you were right