Democrat says Tucker Carlson viewers telling his office US should side with Russia
A House Democrat asserted Monday that people have called his office claiming to be Fox News viewers and telling him the U.S. should be “siding with Russia” as tensions between Russia and Ukraine intensify.
“My office is now getting calls from folks who say they watch Tucker Carlson and are upset that we’re not siding with Russia in its threats to invade Ukraine, and who want me to support Russia’s ‘reasonable’ positions,” Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) said in a tweet on Monday afternoon.
During an interview with The Hill on Monday evening, Malinowski said the feedback, which he said came in a flurry of calls to his staff earlier in the day, is an example of the growing partisan divide in America and the media’s role in it.
“People get their opinions by watching the news, that’s nothing new,” he said. “What is new is we have at least one talk show host with a huge captive audience that is not exposed to any counter-programming elsewhere … I find that very concerning.”
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Democrat says Tucker Carlson viewers telling his office US should side with Russia https://t.co/oriXVaMP76 pic.twitter.com/oTWaqqJIBQ
— The Hill (@thehill) January 25, 2022
The United Russia party is close to falling into second place, not behind the Nationalists or Communists, but behind the Republicans! https://t.co/cwNmRAXreG
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 25, 2022
To amplify this a bit, as I did today talking to @MartyLenz_KOA
If Americans let Putin have a veto over "who's a real country and which organizations they can join," they will soon regret finding themselves living in a world whose rules are defined by their enemies. https://t.co/UmF9vSArXq
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 24, 2022
Carlson & the rest of the Fox News “personalities” are a danger to America. I wonder how much they are paid to spread disinformation about COVID and the vaccines and who is behind their support for our enemy Russia.
🚨 @TuckerCarlson tells @jonathanvswan : “I just want to go on the record and say I could care less if they call me a pawn of Putin..I really hope that [GOP] primary voters are ruthless about this…” https://t.co/wAVt0DbUj3
— Jim VandeHei (@JimVandeHei) January 27, 2022
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