Tucker Carlson Comes Under Fire for Asking Why Is It ‘Disloyal to Side With Russia’
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is taking heat after pondering why it would be “disloyal” to “side” with Russia over Ukraine as tensions ratchet up between the two nations. On Monday, Carlson asked, “Wait a second, why is it…
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is taking heat after pondering why it would be “disloyal” to “side” with Russia over Ukraine as tensions ratchet up between the two nations.
On Monday, Carlson asked, “Wait a second, why is it disloyal to side with Russia, but loyal to side with Ukraine? They’re both foreign countries that don’t care anything about the United States.”
“Kind of strange,” he added.
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Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security adviser under former President Barack Obama, tweeted, “It’s not about siding with any nation. America is supposed to side with universal values, but the American right now embraces an ethno-nationalism that (like Putin) is hostile to universal values.”
“I don’t ‘side with Ukraine’ I just believe people and nations should have self determination. The Republican Party does not believe that today which is destabilizing to America and the world,” he added.
Check out some of the reactions below:
https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/status/1485834552375484421
On Tuesday, CNN’s Brianna Keilar took aim