In the fourth episode of his newest production, “Tucker on Twitter,” former Fox News primetime host mocked President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator.”
Ep. 4 Wannabe Dictator pic.twitter.com/MDcs5g0gxB
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 15, 2023
During his 13-minute monologue released Thursday evening, Carlson discussed the comparisons of Biden’s presidency to those of historical dictators while also calling out the cable news media for failing to report on the apparent connections.
Carlson first began by discussing a segment aired this week by his former network, Fox News, which briefly showed a split screen of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both delivering speeches, with the lower third graphic reading, “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.”
According to Carlson, the producer for Fox News who labeled Biden as a “wannabe dictator” in the lower third banner was “scolded” by the “women who run the network” and resigned “less than 24 hours” later.
Carlson continued his monologue by calling out the media and the Biden administration for punishing those who suggest the president is a “wannabe dictator.”
“If the banner on Fox was false, why the hysteria?” Carlson stated. “Lies don’t seem to bother anyone anymore. If some cable news producer had called Joe Biden a genius or accused him of secretly being Sudanese, would anyone be yelling about it? Would Fox News have apologized for it? Probably not. But calling Biden a wannabe dictator, that stung. So you’ve got to wonder, if you’re being honest with yourself, is Joe Biden a wannabe dictator?”
Carlson then played a clip of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refusing to comment on the lower third banner aired on Fox News.
Mocking Jean-Pierre by imitating her non-answer, Carlson continued, “Of course, Joe Biden’s not a wannabe dictator. Just because he’s trying to put the other candidate in prison for the rest of his life for a crime he himself committed, doesn’t mean he has a totalitarian impulse, come on, that’s absurd. It takes a lot more than jailing your political rivals to earn the title, ‘wannabe dictator.’ That’s the consensus in Washington tonight.”
The former Fox News host continued his monologue by comparing various actions of the Biden administration to that of historical dictatorships, including the president and his family’s alleged bribery scheme, the arming of IRS agents, the lack of media coverage in regards to the president’s health, and more.
Discussing each comparison, Carlson continually joked that the Biden administration is “not a dictatorship.”
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Photo “Tucker Carlson” by Tucker Carlson.
