Bill Kristol: Tucker Carlson’s show is ‘close now to racism’
Conservative commentator Bill Kristol rips Fox News’s Tucker Carlson in a new interview, saying his show could be “close now to racism” or “ethnonationalism.”
“I mean, it is close now to racism, white — I mean, I don’t know if it’s racism exactly — but ethnonationalism of some kind, let’s call it. A combination of dumbing down, as you said earlier, and stirring people’s emotions in a very unhealthy way,” Kristol told CNBC’s John Harwood in the interview published on Thursday.
Kristol, who is the founder and editor-at-large of The Weekly Standard, noted a shift in Carlson’s style when he was a young reporter at the publication.
“Tucker Carlson was a great young reporter. He was one of the most gifted 24-year-olds I’ve seen in the 20 years that I edited the magazine. His copy was sort of perfect at age 24,” Kristol said. “He had always a little touch of Pat Buchananism, I would say, paleo-conservativism.”
Carlson responded, saying Kristol was welcome to come on his show and explain his comments.
Conservative commentator Bill Kristol rips Fox News’s Tucker Carlson in a new interview, saying his show could be “close now to racism” or “ethnonationalism.”
“I mean, it is close now to racism, white — I mean, I don’t know if it’s racism exactly — but ethnonationalism of some kind, let’s call it. A combination of dumbing down, as you said earlier, and stirring people’s emotions in a very unhealthy way,” Kristol told CNBC’s John Harwood in thepublished on Thursday.
Kristol, who is the founder and editor-at-large of The Weekly Standard, noted a shift in Carlson’s style when he was a young reporter at the publication.
“Tucker Carlson was a great young reporter. He was one of the most gifted 24-year-olds I’ve seen in the 20 years that I edited the magazine. His copy was sort of perfect at age 24,” Kristol said. “He had always a little touch of Pat Buchananism, I would say, paleo-conservativism.”
Carlson responded, saying Kristol was welcome to come on his show and explain his comments.