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Revealed: The Tucker Carlson text message that ‘set off panic’ at @FoxNewshttps://t.co/dxGkFzY4bD

— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 3, 2023

“A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington,” Carlson’s text message said. 

“A group of Trump guys surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living shit out of him. It was three against one, at least. Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight." 

“Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it." 

“Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn’t good for me. I’m becoming something I don’t want to be. The Antifa creep is a human being. Much as I despise what he says and does, much as I’m sure I’d hate him personally if I knew him, I shouldn’t gloat over his suffering. I should be bothered by it. I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed. If I don’t care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?”

That’s it? Is there anything there we didn’t already know? Carlson is a racist. He likes to watch violence when he’s not involved. And he has a vestigial conscience.

Where’s the beef?

Do I exaggerate? Do you think me too cynical?

Why was Tucker Carlson fired by Fox? Not for his racism, sadly. We at the @MehdiHasanShow brought receipts.

Tucker's racism - on everything from 'Great Replacement Theory' to targeting Black women and immigrants - in his own words, in less than 2 minutes:pic.twitter.com/QmIVIzqnOm

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 2, 2023

Hell, this is his latest replacement:

Straight up racism from the guy who some are suggesting could replace Carlson at 8. https://t.co/9ylcvqYkYa

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 2, 2023

At this point, if Rupert Murdoch went live on FoxNews and Fox TV and FXX and live streaming and told us why he fired Carlson while connected to a polygraph, I wouldn’t find it credible or dispositive. Nothing’s going to seem radical enough unless Murdoch had pictures of Carlson pleasuring Murdoch’s ex-fiancé and a Great Dane was involved.

So Tucker Carlson wanted to broker who became House Speaker and Kevin McCarthy called Tucker to agree to his terms. Kevin McCarthy is the weakest Speaker in history and the biggest sellout of all time. https://t.co/x1hJccTcP9

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) May 3, 2023

Even Carlson having McCarthy’s balls in a jar 🫙 is not a revelation, or a reason to fire him. Hell, I could see FoxNews using that in advertising.