Far-right Fox News host Tucker Carlson broadcasts conservative disinformation and conspiracy theories to millions of viewers each night.
Most recently, he's fixated on the deadly failed insurrection against the United States that occurred on January 6, carried out by extremist supporters of former President Donald Trump who believed the fantasy that the 2020 election was stolen from him—a fantasy Carlson helped craft by promoting election lies on a near-nightly basis.
In the months since the insurrection, Carlson has leapt to dismiss its severity and to formulate deranged conspiracy theories to absolve Trump, conservatives, and himself of any responsibility.
He recently released a trailer for a new series of his, which takes the delusional stance that the January 6 insurrection was actually a false flag carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He promoted the series in his Monday night broadcast, and made sure to vilify two prominent anti-Trump Republicans for daring to decry it.
Watch below.
Moments in history can be revealing. In this moment, @Liz_Cheney and @LindseyGrahamSC are showing us who they really are.\n\nWatch the first 5 minutes of Patriot Purge: Part 1 right now on https://TuckerCarlson.com\u00a0 \u2014 plus get 90 days free access there to all Tucker Carlson Originalspic.twitter.com/ukVVVBLrik— Tucker Carlson (@Tucker Carlson) 1635815344
Carlson highlighted Wyoming Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney's opposition to the series. The Congresswoman became a pariah within the GOP after announcing she'd vote to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection in a blistering statement.
The far-right Fox News anchor then highlighted a picture of Cheney with The View cohost and CNN contributor Ana Navarro, another anti-Trump Republican, saying:
"Ana Navarro is way more radical and much more bigoted than anyone who was arrested on January 6. She is much farther from the mainstream of American thought than, say, Ashli Babbitt. Ana Navarro believes openly that people should be treated differently based on the color of their skin. ... Navarro told CNN viewers that she's disgusted by the sight of white people."
That last claim is false, as Carlson's own clip showed, Navarro commented that she was happy to be surrounded by fellow immigrants at a Biden rally.
To be clear, Carlson is saying Ana Navarro is more radical than any of the hundreds of rioters arrested for shattering windows to infiltrate the Capitol, beat and traumatize police officers, ransack congressional offices, and call for the execution of any politician they perceived as disloyal to Trump. He said Navarro was more radical than Ashli Babbitt, the conspiracy theorist who was shot and killed while attempting to lead a mob into the Speakers' Gallery through a shattered window, despite verbal warnings.
Sadly, targeting those who debunk him—especially women of color like Black MSNBC anchor Joy Reid [whom Carlson has dubbed "the Race Lady"] and, now, Navarro—is nothing new for Carlson. His on-air diatribes assigning Deep State roles to his opposition sends harassment to his targets from millions of viewers.
But Ana Navarro punched back at the diatribe.
It\u2019s a badge of honor to be attacked by hate-peddler, liar-for-hire Tucker Carlson.\n\nProud to be on opposite side of those defending insurrectionists who breached our Capitol and threatened our democracy. \n\nOh, and thanks for looking at my Twitter posts, Fuc\u2026oops, I mean Tucker.https://twitter.com/tuckercarlson/status/1455341153922998276\u00a0\u2026— Ana Navarro-C\u00e1rdenas (@Ana Navarro-C\u00e1rdenas) 1635817154
Navarro said it was a "badge of honor" to be attacked by "hate-peddler, liar-for-hire" Tucker Carlson, and that she was proud to be on the opposite side of a racist defending insurrectionists.
People applauded her response.
Good job, Ana.https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1455348745818841092\u00a0\u2026— Debsi (@Debsi) 1635851446
He does not know who he\u2019s dealing with\u2026@ananavarrohttps://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1455348745818841092\u00a0\u2026— GMS (@GMS) 1635845668
YOU GO ANA... GET THAT LIL COWARD.https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1455348745818841092\u00a0\u2026— insurrectionistssuck! (@insurrectionistssuck!) 1635830632
You go Boo!!!https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1455348745818841092\u00a0\u2026— Sam Franklin (@Sam Franklin) 1635817197
But for all too many, Carlson is somehow considered a voice of truth, and his viewers got their orders for whom to target.
.@ananavarro The evil that controls you, will eventually destroy you. You have no grip on reality because you surround yourself with similar disillusioned, indoctrinated communists. You are not capable of thinking clearly.https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1455348745818841092\u00a0\u2026— Chicago guy (@Chicago guy) 1635860998
It's a badge of honor because you're too ignorant to know otherwise. https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1455348745818841092\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/zexleWKdsn— Sharon Shepard (@Sharon Shepard) 1635823347
Ana Navarro, you are, understandably, very envious of Tucker Carlson, but attempt to down shift with your rhetoric, it makes you look very \u201csmall\u201d . Then again, looking small would be significant improvement for U.https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/1455348745818841092\u00a0\u2026— jp (@jp) 1635821850
@TuckerCarlson thank you for exposing the true #Radicals in our country! https://twitter.com/tuckercarlson/status/1455341153922998276\u00a0\u2026— Mr Abundance (@Mr Abundance) 1635854728
Its never been a secret.\n\nWe know they're swamp ass.https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1455341153922998276\u00a0\u2026— Mrs Gladys Kravitz (@Mrs Gladys Kravitz) 1635854264
Irresponsible, to say the least.
