tucker carlson Russian Telegram channel Mash reported that he was spotted hanging out in Moscow over the weekend, leading to speculation that the former Fox News host was visiting the Russian capital for an interview with the president. evoked. Vladimir Putin.
Carlson maintains close ties with former president donald trump The rumored potential vice-presidential candidate arrived in Moscow on Thursday and was photographed at the famous Bolshoi Theater, where he reportedly watched the ballet “Spartacus.”
Already on Sunday, the news was a hot topic among US politicians.Georgia state representative marjorie taylor greenAfter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, she was featured on Russian state television due to the generally pro-Russian line she took. I have written On X (formerly Twitter): “Democrats and media propagandists are shuddering at the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing President Putin.
“They feel entitled to a position of gatekeeper and believe they are the ones telling them what to think and believe,” Green added. “We have a free press in this country, and it’s people like Tucker Carlson we rely on to tell the truth!”
Former Illinois House of Representatives Adam KinzingerCarlson frequently mocked him on his Fox News show. answered In response to the news on X (formerly Twitter), he called Carlson a “traitor.” Kinzinger previously described Carlson’s show as “absolutely evil” and “full of Russian propaganda.”
It was not immediately clear why Karlsson was visiting Moscow, but the news host has long been a vocal defender of President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime. He consistently defended the Russian president after the invasion of Ukraine, and subsequently became one of the most high-profile critics of U.S. involvement in the war.he called the president of ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky “Sweaty and rat-like” and described Ukraine as “a pure client state of the U.S. State Department.”
His consistent pro-Putin and anti-Ukrainian rhetoric has garnered him attention on Russian state television, where he is often featured on commentary. In 2022, when Carlson still held the prime-time slot on Fox News, mother jones The magazine reported on a memo the Kremlin sent to Russian state news agencies, urging them to “use snippets of popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s broadcasts whenever possible.” When Carlson was fired from Fox News in April 2023, Russian news outlets defended him with headlines like “Carlson fired for fearless Ukraine reporting.” washington post It was reported at the time.
Last September, Russia’s top state-run news channel began promoting news programs with Karlsson as host. Carlson denied any knowledge of the plan, calling it “Russia-related bullshit.” “I have never heard of this or the channel,” he said. financial times. “Of course, I’m not hosting a show on Russian TV. That’s absurd.”
But in the same month, Karlsson expressed interest in an interview with Putin, telling a Swiss magazine: Di Weltocce that the U.S. government prevented him from doing so. “No one defended me,” Carlson said at the time. “I don’t think anyone in the press said, ‘Wait a minute.'” I may not like this guy, but he has the right to interview whomever he wants, and we has the right to listen to President Putin’s opinion. ”