Tucker Carlson has drawn scorn from the likes of Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin in recent weeks. But he shared his thought process into why he’s disagreed with the pair.
While appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Carlson was asked why he’s been critical of Shapiro. Morgan noted that he’s also been subjected to attacks from The Daily Wire co-founder.
Carlson said he’s tried to find common ground with both Shapiro and Levin, but the pair are “ruled by their emotions.”
“I called Mark Levin right after Charlie Kirk was killed to say, Geez, this is horrible. Let’s stop fighting because we probably have a lot in common. When you see someone killed who you love, you want to fight less. So that’s why I called him, and he was nice, by the way. He was.”
“And then he starts getting into this whole thing about, ‘My mother told me there was going to be another Holocaust in the United States!’ and ‘They’re coming for the Jews.’ I don’t want to make fun of other people’s fears because we all have fears that may or may not be reasonable, but it was so real to him. And I almost said, Geez, Mark. Of course, I’m totally opposed to hurting anybody, period. I’m a Christian, but I don’t think we’re on the cusp of that in Connecticut right now. But it was so real to him, like his fear of that dominated everything.”
Tucker Carlson added that statements in recent months from Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro have divided Americans.
“I don’t think Shapiro, Levin, Aman and some of these people get the credit they deserve for sincerity,” he said. “I think they really think we’re on the verge of something horrible domestically. And the sad thing is that their neurosis and their inability to control their emotions divides Americans, and scares the crap out of a lot of really decent people who I know who are Jewish and are like, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re on the verge of a pogrom.’
“And you want to say, ‘First of all, I don’t think we are. Second, I’ll do whatever I can to stop that because I hate that kind of thing. So let’s calm down.’ But no, I think they believe it, and I think the net effect is to inspire group cohesion, which again may be part of the point. I don’t know. But whatever it is, it’s bad. It’s corrosive. It destroys friendships. It will destroy the country. Everyone needs to calm down a little bit.”
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