Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has been in headlines this week after old comments on a shock jock radio show were unearthed by Hillary Clinton’s self-described “attack dog” David Brock.
On Monday, Carlson responded to his critics in his opening monologue segment. He stared the camera dead in the lens and made a simple promise: “We will never bow to the mob,” he said. “No matter what. Not ever.”
Hysteria quickly swept across social media over the weekend after crass jokes Carlson made over a decade ago resurfaced. Critics demanded the Fox News star apologize. Some even called for his firing. And others called for a boycott on Fox News advertisers.
Carlson opened his segment with a fiery respond, talking about what it’s like for a public figure to remain calm while the mob salivates over “power,” as Carlson put it.
“As anyone who has ever been caught in its gears can tell you, the great American outrage machine is a remarkable thing,” he said. “One day you’re having dinner with your family, imagining everything is fine. The next, your phone is exploding with calls from reporters.”
“They read you snippets from a press release written by Democratic Party operatives,” Carlson continued. “They demand to know how you could possibly have said something so awful and offensive, and ask something like, ‘Do you have a statement on how immoral you are?'”
“It’s a bewildering moment, especially when the quotes in question are more than a decade old.”
“One side is deadly serious,” Carlson said about the scandal. “They believe that politics is war. They are not interested in abstractions or principles, rules or traditions. They seek power, and they intend to win it with whatever it takes.”
“If that includes getting you fired or silencing you, or threatening your family at home, or throwing you in prison, okay. They know what their goal is. If you are in way, they will crush you.”
Carlson then went on the attack, pointing out the hypocrisy from Brock — the same man that celebrates Bill Clinton.
“After a while, you begin to think that may be their criticisms aren’t sincere,” he said. “Maybe their moral puffery is a costume. Maybe the whole conversation is an absurd joke. Maybe we are falling for it.”
Watch the powerful segment below —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w88Goz1m_Hk
—The Horn editorial team