NCS political pundit and resident MAGA fan Scott Jennings skewered Tucker Carlson on Tuesday for apologizing to his followers for endorsing President Donald Trump in the course of the 2024 election, with Jennings saying Carlson appeared like a “moron.”
Carlson — whereas interviewing his brother Buckley Carlson on his present on Monday — mentioned he felt “terrible” for “misleading” his viewers and backing Trump.
The former Fox News star has been complaining about Trump putting Iran for the final month. He referred to as the warfare “disgusting and evil” on February 28 — the identical day joint U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He additionally mentioned the warfare is being “waged” strictly on behalf of Israel.
Trump has bashed Carlson a number of occasions not too long ago for his criticism, calling him and different warfare skeptics like Megyn Kelly “NUT JOBS”; the president additionally mentioned Carlson suffers from “LOW IQ.”
Jennings defended the president on Tuesday, saying Carlson is a stooge if he believes Trump betrayed his MAGA base by attacking Iran.
“I mean, is he now claiming he had no idea that Donald Trump held the position that he would never permit Iran to have nuclear weapons?” Jennings mentioned. “If that’s what he’s saying today, he’s kind of a moron. I mean, I don’t know how else to put it, or he’s willfully misleading people.”
He continued, “The president was clear he’ll never let them have nuclear weapons” throughout his first time period and through his 2024 marketing campaign. There have been a quantity of decades-old clips circulating on social media of Trump saying he’d assault Iran because the warfare began, too.
Jennings mentioned a second earlier it will shock a lot of folks if Carlson truly wished now that Kamala Harris had crushed Trump.
“That will come as a surprise to, I’m sure, a lot of people who used to view Tucker Carlson as a conservative,” Jennings mentioned.
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