Tucker Carlson mocked against people who use Charlie Kirk’s assassination to advance their own causes and ambitions.
The right -wing commentator did not call anyone by name, but said that the law, in particular when it was carried out by “foreign heads of state”, was “disgusting” to witness.
“I do not think it is useful for people to jump, in particular foreign heads of state, to say:” This is why he lived, my cause “or other,” said Carlson to the vice-president JD Vance during a special edition of The Charlie Kirk Show. “It’s disgusting. In fact, don’t do that. It deactivates everyone. You don’t help your own cause by doing this. And it’s also literally false.”
Tucker Carlson briefly maintained on Monday with vice-president JD Vance. / The Charlie Kirk Show
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among the world’s leading leaders to publish a statement after Kirk’s death. Carlson, who openly opposed American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during the summer, also mentioned the show on Monday that Kirk opposed a “war of change of regime against Iran”.
Many have hypothesized that the remark of Carlson’s “foreign heads of state” – was back on the back, during a brief segment of the Monday show – was in reference to Netanyahu.
Netanyahu posted on X on the day of Kirk’s assassination: “Charlie Kirk was murdered for having told the truth and defending freedom. A friend at the heart of the Lion of Israel, he fought him only two weeks ago and I invited him to Israel. will leave a lasting impact.
Others have been accused of having used Kirk’s death for their own interests. Wired reported that extremist groups have used Kirk murder to recruit and radicalize new members, and the Republican Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox called social media companies “conflict entrepreneurs” which reward provocateurs who induce indignation and division.
“I think the moment is exactly the bad time to appropriate someone’s memory and the emotion that comes with it,” said Carlson. “The really intense emotion that we all feel of his murder and use it for your own parish ends.”
Vance, 41, has not designed on the subject. He organized the Monday program from the White House on Monday and conducted brief interviews with administration officials, including press secretary Karoline Leavitt, chief of staff Susie Wiles, and his assistant, Stephen Miller.
Carlson told VP that when he met Kirk for the first time a decade ago, he had struggled to take him seriously because of his age. Carlson stressed that Kirk, who died at 31, has an age similar to his son, Buckley, who is a deputy press secretary of Vance.
“During the years I knew him, over 10 years old, I ended up learning from him,” said Carlson. “And I am not only saying that because it happened. I mean it sincerely. And the main thing I learned of him was how to disagree with people on subjects that you take very seriously and that they take very seriously, without hating them, without feeling bitterness.”
