Conservative journalist Tucker Carlson is in Australia on a speaking tour this week where he was confronted by a dishonest reporter — and he delivered an “absolute masterclass” as a response.
In a tense exchange, the reporter tried to call Carlson out on his “replacement theory” over illegal immigration.
Carlson quickly fired back and ripped the dishonest questions to shreds.
The transcript of their brutal exchange is as follows —
REPORTER: So you talked a little bit about immigration, and in the past, you’ve talked about how white Australians, Americans, and Europeans, are being replaced by non-white immigrants in what is often referred to as “The Great Replacement Theory.”
CARLSON: Have I said whites have been replaced? I don’t think I’ve said that.
REPORTER: Well, it’s been mentioned on your show 4,000 times, and…
CARLSON: Really, when did I say that? I’ve said whites are being replaced?
REPORTER: You have said that before, yeah.
CARLSON: Really? I would challenge you to cite that, because I’m pretty sure I haven’t said that. I said native-born Americans are being replaced, including blacks.
REPORTER: Native-born Americans?
CARLSON: Native-born Americans. Black Americans, African-Americans have been in the United States, in many cases, their families for over 400 years. Their concerns are every bit as real and valid and alive to me as the concerns of white people, families that have been there 400 years. I’ve never said whites are being replaced. Not one time, and you can’t cite it so…
The reporter doubled-down and implied Carlson was lying, but failed to cite any examples.
REPORTER: I believe that’s untrue!
CARLSON: Now we’ve just met, but when our relationship starts with a lie it makes it tough to be friends. So let’s pull that back. Now, I’m happy to explain what I do think…
REPORTER: Well, you’ve been lying about it as well, so…
CARLSON: You actually can’t cite it, because I didn’t say it. I don’t believe it. And I’m saying it to your face. So, you can accept me at face value: My concern is that the people born in a country are the main responsibilities of their leaders.
CARLSON: As noted earlier, when those leaders shift their concerns from the responsibility of the people their supposed to take care of, to the people around the world – to put their priorities over their own citizens is immoral. They are being replaced in my country: people born in the United States, and the birthrate tells the whole story. We’re not at replacement rate, so people in the United States are being replaced by people imported from other countries.
CARLSON: In my view, happy people have children – and a functioning economy allows them to do that. We don’t have that. So you need to fix the economy and fix the culture so that people who want to have kids can. You just don’t go for the quick “sugar fix” of importing new people. That’s my position, and if you think that’s racist: That’s your problem.
REPORTER: I never called you a racist.
CARLSON: But you are suggesting… and I must say that people the problem with people like you in the media is that you never say exactly what you mean. Your slurs are all by implication, that the “Great Replacement Theory” is racist. I’ve said what I’ve said to you a hundred times in public, and if I live long enough I hope to say it a hundred more times.
Carlson tried to get the conversation back on track, but the media reporter replied with something shocking — and Carlson ripped her to shreds.
CARLSON: So, how about no more lying in your questions and then I’ll answer it.
REPORTER: Okay, well, uhh: This is the same theory, or as you say idea, that has inspired the New York Buffalo shooting where eleven black Americans were killed, two white Americans were killed…
CARLSON: Oh, God, come on!
REPORTER: It has also inspired the worst, it inspired one of the worst Australian shootings of all time
CARLSON: How do they get people this stupid in the media? I guess it doesn’t pay well. Look, I’m sorry, I’ve lived among people like you for too long. I don’t mean to call you stupid, maybe you’re just pretending to be, but I’ve never… I’m totally against violence. Like, I’m totally against the war in Ukraine, for example, which doubtless you support, and like all dutiful liberals support more carnage. I don’t. I hate mass shootings, actually.
CARLSON: Nothing I’ve said… what does it mean to inspire something? My views are not bigoted against any group. They’re honest, they’re factual. That’s not hate. That’s reality. My views derive from my deep concerns for Americans, actually. Americans aren’t having kids because they can’t afford to, and the people in charge don’t care. That doesn’t inspire mass shootings. How dare you tie me to a lunatic who murdered people?
REPORTER: Right, so… you support gun control?
CARLSON: What? I thought it couldn’t get dumber, but it did!
You can watch the exchange below —
Tucker Utterly Stumps Reporter By Simply Asking For A Citation pic.twitter.com/DwgKMgMTfB
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 26, 2024