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The previous Fox Information host Tucker Carlson criticized conservative commentator Ben Shapiro for his perceived lack of patriotism and a concentrate on Israel over the USA.
Carlson, the previous Fox Information host, launched a sharpened assault in opposition to Shapiro for his concentrate on worldwide conflicts, notably these involving Israel and Ukraine.
In a current interview with “Breaking Points” host Saagar Enjeti, Carlson expressed shock on the obvious indifference of some conservatives in direction of America’s well-being. He instructed that some right-wing pundits have uncared for vital home points in favor of their issues about Israel.
“In the case of Israel and the Arab world, I’ve spent a fair amount of time in both and I like both. And I felt terrible for the people who were killed on October 7, I still do. So I had no weird motive, I was just thinking about it from an American perspective: Is this good for us, or is it not?” Carlson stated.
“And I was just amazed by the intolerance and the willingness to immediately go to invective and character assassination,” he added.
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Carlson Slams Shapiro
Carlson then shifted his commentary to expressly criticize former Breitbart Information editor-at-large Shapiro for not, in his view, sustaining an America-first platform that true conservatives embrace.
“There are people on the right who have spent the last two months every single day focused on a conflict in a foreign country as our own country becomes dangerously unstable, on the brink of financial collapse, with tens of millions of people who shouldn’t be here in the country, we don’t know their identities or the purpose of their being here,” railed Carlson.
“Like, stuff that could destroy the country for real and make it impossible for my kids to live here,” he continued. “They’ve said nothing about that, and they’re focused with laser intensity on foreign conflicts.”
Whereas that’s definitely true amongst centrist Republicans (the overwhelming majority), Carlson stunned many by going after Shapiro.
“I’m shocked by how little they care about the country and including the person you mentioned,” he stated referencing Shapiro. “And I can’t imagine how someone like that could get an audience of people who claim to care about America, because he doesn’t, obviously.”
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Shapiro Went After Carlson
Within the days following the Hamas terror assaults on Israel, Shapiro had accused Carlson of “downplaying” the occasions.
“He compared (the attacks) to drug overdose deaths in the United States,” Shapiro stated in a podcast episode. “Now, I believe we should fully care about the 100,000 drug overdose deaths that happen in the United States — these are two completely different issues.”
“To go this far afield, to link the issues, the only reason you’re doing this is because you wish to downplay the atrocity that just happened in Israel,” Shapiro charged.
Not stopping there, Shapiro then contended that Carlson equating the fentanyl disaster to the terrorist assaults was “idiocy” and “moral stupidity at the highest level.”
“Of course, we should care about what happens with fentanyl,” stated Shapiro. “Of course, we should care about — we should close our border. Have I been unclear about this?”
“Of course, America should have closed borders when it comes to this sort of stuff. I’m on the same side as Tucker on that. I just don’t understand why he’s not on my side when it comes to ‘Hamas has to be wiped off the face of the earth,’” he continued. “What exactly is the counterargument?”
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