On Wednesday evening, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson made his first public appearance since his abrupt exit from the network on Monday, posting a video on Twitter that appeared to hint at his future plans.
“Good Evening, it’s Tucker Carlson. One of the first things you realize when you step outside the noise for a few days is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country, kind and decent people, people who really care about what’s true and a bunch of hilarious people, also, a lot of those. It [has to] be the majority of the population, even now. So that’s heartening,” Carlson said. “The other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. They’re completely irrelevant. They mean nothing. In five years, we won’t even remember that we had them, trust me as someone who’s participated.”
“And yet at the same time, and this is the amazing thing, the undeniably big topics, the ones that will define our future, get virtually no discussion at all: war, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources,” he continued. “When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues? It’s been a long time. Debates like that are not permitted in American media. Both political parties and their donors have reached consensus on what benefits them, and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it.”
Carlson said it’s “depressing” to realize that the United States has become “very much like a one-party state,” but noted that it’s “not permanent.”
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“Our current orthodoxies won’t last, they’re brain dead, nobody actually believes them,” Carlson continued. “Hardly anyone’s life is improved by them. This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue. And so it won’t. The people in charge know this. That’s why they’re hysterical and aggressive. They’re afraid. They’ve given up persuasion, they’re resorting to force, but it won’t work.”
“When honest people say what’s true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful,” he added. “At the same time, the liars who’ve been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker. That’s the iron law of the universe. True things prevail. Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren’t many places left, but there are some and that’s enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope. See you soon.”
This was a breaking news story. The details were periodically updated as more information became available.
