In the seventh episode of his newest production, “Tucker on Twitter,” former Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson discussed the irony surrounding the topic of “democracy” regarding the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.
Ep. 7 Irony Alert: the war for democracy enables dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/tk7aOZ4H6n
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 28, 2023
During his 12-minute monologue released Tuesday evening, Carlson asserted that “wars for democracy always cancel democracy in the process,” citing the current military conflict between Ukraine and Russia as an example.
After playing several clips of politicians saying that supporting Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelensky against Russia is about upholding “democracy,” Carlson explained, “As Pelosi puts it, the Ukrainian people are fighting the fight for their democracy, and for ours as well. That’s right – for ours as well. Without Ukrainian democracy, in other words, we can have no democracy here.”
“If the Ukrainians aren’t free, neither are we. We must make sure they can vote in Kyiv. So we can continue to vote in Kansas City,” Carlson added, before showing a recent clip of Ukraine’s Zelensky announcing that elections would only be held in the country if it won the war against Russia.
The former Fox News host then played a clip of President Joe Biden voicing his administration’s support for “Ukraine’s defense, sovereignty, and its territorial integrity.”
“So to recap, we are currently fighting a war for democracy on behalf of a leader who just casually announced he’s happy to end democracy, and our democracy-supporting leaders have no problem with that; in fact, they’re strongly for it,” Carlson explained. “Shocked? You shouldn’t be, of course, there for it. You should have seen this coming. Wars For Democracy always cancel democracy in the process. That’s why our leaders love them.”
“When normal people see war, they see death and destruction, sadness and suffering. But that’s not what demagogues see. They understand that differently. They know that war means power, mostly for them. During wartime, everything they do can be justified,” Carlson added.
As of press time, the latest installment of Carlson’s video podcast, posted at 7:52 p.m. Central Standard Time on Tuesday, had 10.4 million views. The seven episodes have been seen 371.2 million times on Twitter.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Photo “Tucker Carlson” by Tucker Carlson.
