[191][12] Separately, he criticized the party's eventual nominee, Pat Buchanan. "The Tucker Carlson Originals" host noted that MS-13 controls "entire neighborhoods" within the country, extorting citizens in order to remain in business. [312] Neoconservative pundit Bill Kristol described Carlson's commentaries in 2018 as "close now to racism" and "ethno-nationalism of some kind, let's call it". [310] Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center has said that "Carlson probably has been the No. [19][66] In the same year, he called Democratic primary contenders cowards for not pledging to legalize same sex marriage and stated that he would support that. Fox Nation's latest installment of 'Tucker Carlson Originals' sees the host traveling to Sal Salvador, El Salvador, to learn all he can about the 'death cult.'. [41], Carlson's 2003 interview with Britney Spears, wherein he asked if she opposed the ongoing Iraq War and she responded, "[W]e should just trust our president in every decision he makes",[80] was featured in the 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11, for which she won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress at the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards. [53], Carlson has said he especially targets the "moral preening" of people he sees as having a sensibility of "I'm a really good person, and you're not. [422], After Fauci announced plans to retire in August 2022, Carlson made additional false claims that Fauci "helped create that [COVID-19] virus in the first place" by funding gain-of-function research at "various labs, including one owned by the Chinese government, a lot of biolabs in Ukraine" and then "lied in order to sell more vaccines which weren't even actually vaccines, but they did hurt a lot of people, tens of thousands." [423] After Joe Biden won the election in November, Carlson raised false allegations of fraud in the election. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, [214][215], Carlson has opposed gun control and the assault weapons ban. Floyd had drugs in his system when he died, but medical professionals determined this did not cause his death. "[263] In 2004, Carlson wrote a commentary in Esquire accusing Bush of weakness after the September 11 attacks and in the invasion of Iraq. "[107] Carlson was the first contestant eliminated, on September 13, 2006. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. [472][473] On that night's program, Carlson said that he had contacted people about interviewing Putin, but did not mention it to anyone because he did not want to "rattle the Russians, and make the interview less likely to happen". [41][490] They met at St. George's School, where she was the daughter of the school's headmaster and priest. [14][413][488][182][489] Carlson responded by saying that he has not read "American Nationalist" and does not plan to. [43][50][51], In 1976, Carlson's parents divorced after the nine-year marriage reportedly "turned sour". [355][356][357], After jurors found Chauvin guilty of murder, Carlson argued that they were intimidated into doing so by Black Lives Matter protests rather than being swayed by witness testimony or video of the killing of Floyd. [441], In February 2021, after attorney general nominee Merrick Garland pledged at his confirmation hearing to supervise the prosecution of "white supremacists and others" involved in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Carlson alleged, "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on January 6.