Writing at American Greatness, Brian Lonergran lamented the decision of Fox News to fire its popular commentator Tucker Carlson. Lonergran observed:
“The news that Tucker Carlson and Fox News have ‘parted ways’ did more than just send shockwaves through the cable news business. It removed Carlson from a number of critical roles in which he has served the nation the last six years: educator, investigator, and a check on corruption and power. Nowhere has this function been more important than in bringing attention to the causes and effects of the crisis at our borders.”
Lonergran cited the following statements by Carlson to illustrate how he was on target with his commentary. In 2019 Carlson stated, “We have a moral obligation to admit the world’s poor, [our elites] tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided.”
Last year he observed that “What’s happening at the border is not a crisis . . . this is an intentional act. This is the [Biden] Administration bringing felons, violent criminals, into our country on purpose. Why would you do something like that? Only to destroy it.”
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