Tucker Carlson Sounds Off on Possibility of Hosting a GOP Debate Along With Elon Musk and Joe Rogan

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson told producer Alex Lorusso that he’d look favorably upon the idea of co-hosting a Republican presidential primary debate with X CEO Elon Musk and podcaster Joe Rogan.

“🏛️Vivek Ramaswamy asked last month, at the debate, he proposed that you, Elon Musk and Joe Rogan run a debate instead of who the RNC pick,” Lorusso — perhaps better known by his social media handle ALX — asked Carlson.

“You know — the Russiagate pushers and everyone,” he added.

“Would you be open to such a debate?” Lorusso asked.

“Oh, gosh,” Carlson responded, sounding a bit surprised at the question. “Of course I would. Of course I would. Yeah! That sounds fun as hell.

“I absolutely would,” Carlson continued. “I mean, it would, I think, have to be outside the RNC’s jurisdiction. And that would be good. I mean, they’re — by the way, I don’t know how many people are on this call, but if anyone present can see a purpose for the RNC to continue to exist, just shoot me a text.”

“The RNC is like NATO,” he explained. “It has no reason for being; it only consumes resources and says annoying things and breaks things. But there’s sort of no reason to have it.”

You can hear Carlson’s comments here:

The RNC announced last week that it would host no more debates during the 2024 primary season, but had no objection to candidates participating in debates conducted by other organizations.

CNN quickly announced a debate on January 10, only days prior to the January 15 Iowa caucuses