MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow offered up a vigorous defense of her former colleague and Fox News superstar Tucker Carlson.
Maddow, one of President Trump’s staunchest critics, told Mediaite in an interview that Tucker has always held the same beliefs, opposed to his critics who speculate that he made a calculated decision to adopt a new persona to profit off of the rise of Trump.
Rachel Maddow dismissed a common criticism of Tucker Carlson: That he has changed his beliefs.
“He is not faking it,” she told Mediaite’s @aidnmclaughlin on the latest episode of The Interview https://t.co/H1ZWv5HHkW pic.twitter.com/9m8XWX7I9o
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 18, 2020
The Daily Caller has more:
“I think the thing that Tucker gets a knock for — that he doesn’t deserve — is this idea that he’s evolved and changed in some radical new direction,” Maddow explained. “Tucker has always been that guy. He is legitimately that guy. He is not faking it. He comes by his beliefs and his convictions and even his tone of voice quite naturally. He is not putting it on.”
Maddow went on to argue that Carlson often took a similar position to the one held by President Donald Trump — he was simply able to express that position in a way that was less likely to drive people away.
She added that someone with Tucker’s rhetorical abilities automatically becomes “a very powerful political force.”
I like someone who cuts to the chase and is honest about it. Doesn’t straddle the fence. No guessing with Tucker. Even though I don’t watch Fox anymore, I do follow Tucker, Hannity, and Laura. Rest have made their stance very clear. No thanks to them
I absolutely agree. Those three are the only ones worth watching plus Jeanine!!All the others are all fence sitters.
Mark Levin
Mark Levin is moving to Parler, very soon. Check it out.
I forgot to say, he’s leaving FaceBook.
As EVERYONE should do for SURE!
Jesse waters and Dana Pterino are both very good and truly try there best for our President. its Greg Gutfield also . ! but Geraldo and brat Baier, McCollum are Climbers so they just latch onto Biden hoping he will Favor them . And Cavuto who no one can understand a worthless little Fat guy . FIRE GERALDO THE PIECE OF SHIT SEND HIM HOME TO HIS NOW HOME CLEVELND THEY DESERVE HIM
I LIVE IN CLEVELAND.. WE HAVE DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE HIM.
I agree with you Mary..but check out Hannity very carefully..he goes off the rails sometime. I noticed that he seems to talk over his guests,and more so with the conservatives.I find myself more and more tuning into Newsmax.
Me too! Tired of Hannity (and Laura) rudely talking OVER their guests!! Newsmax doesn’t allow it! All SO respectful of their guests!!
MARIS IS AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS…DONT FORGET HER….. AND EVEN JESSE, WHO HAS MERCIFULLY MATURED, HIAS STRONG TRUE CONSERVATIVE VALUES
MARIA………
I also like Jesse Waters…and Judge Jeanine, they both call it as it is and stands with and for our great Pres. Trump especially Judge Jeanine…She should be a Supreme Court Judge…. President Trump has proven and demonstrated by making the “Impossible”, “Possible”, , achieving more than any president even with all the hatred. lies, attempts to impeachment him daily for over 4 years…a natural born leader/President also of the world…”We The People” will always stand and defend him and will always be our President…President Trump 2020. 👍❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
Who care what Rachael Maddow thinks, says or does!!! I don’t!!
you betcha!
check out Jimmy Dore on You Tube, Maddow is one of his favorite targets, and he has a good aim.
Tucker is one of the main reasons I watch Fox News! He leaves, I and many others leave!
I left along time ago…THE FOX WAS SHOT MONTHS AGO when their MANAGEMENT CHANGED TO A SOCIALIST APPROVED DOCTRINE STRAIGHT FROM THE LEFTISTS AND DETRACTORS OF “TRUMP!” THAT’S WHEN I FLUSHED FOX DOWN THE TOILET ALONG WITH THIER TALKING HEAD TURDS….
you are right and everyday they regret it But I will never go back to FOX
I wish Tucker would go to the pundit
I HAVE LEFT BUT RETURN FOR TUCKER, OCCASIONALLY LAURA, AND MARIA!
Trump is the same way and has never changed his views or ways. it’s just been the MSM that misunderstands what he says.
MISREPRESENTS, DISTORTS AND LIES…..ALLINTENTIONALLY
I like Tucker but i don’t believe a word Rachael says, so i am confused.
How’d you guys like Fox’s choice of Chris Matthews to block Trump’s known ability to win the first debate? that was a kill move. Overt and blatant. i think Fox’s audience has grown so much, by no means all conservatives but just people who are numbed out by CNN/MSNBC, who still want 24/7 news related stuff, so their market share is massive and if they want to keep this market share, maybe they are playing around editorially to avoid driving those people away. They are a huge market, maybe Fox has calculated that they have more to gain by keeping more of them. just pondering…
FPX has lost about 40% of their viewers. Don’t you think they are hurting. They hurt themselves
CHRIS MATTHEWS IS A WIMPY PIECE OF RINO TURD
I can’t understand why people still watch this propaganda station sometimes ya have to leave the good with the bad. I cut Fox’s out when i realized how far left the were going. Try “Greg Kelley ” on Newsmax .
GREAT GREG! AND SEVERAL OTHER LEADING LIGHTS ON NEWSMAX!
I would like to see Tucker and a few others move over to OAN where they can speak their mind and be appreciated for it. FOX is dead to me. They belong in a pig trough with the rest of the main stream media.
Rachel Madness is a political hack activist and will say ANYTHING for ratings period. To listen to her/his/it’s blather completely void of facts, quite possibly makes someone dumber after an hour with her/his/it! I really think her carpet dives may have been too long, and her lack of oxygen from her fat gal pal’s gigantic legs may have left her void of oxygen. It is the only explanation I can think of why she is so blatantly offensive and stupid!
Her explanation of Tucker plain and simple is not complimentary at all, she/him is just jealous!
for once I agree with her.