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|Image = Tucker Carlson 2020 (cropped).jpg

|fullname = Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson

|origin = San Francisco, California, United States

|occupation = Political commentator

~~|type of villain = Far-Right Influencer~~

|crimes = [[Racism]] [[COVID denialism]] [[Xenophobia]] [[Defamation]] [[Sexual harassment]] (allegedly) [[Propaganda]] Conspiracy Theories Genocide Denial [[Ukrainophobia]] [[Negrophobia]] [[Islamophobia]] [[Hispanophobia]] [[Misogyny]] [[Homophobia]] [[Transphobia]] [[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]

|crimes = [[Racism]] [[COVID denialism]] [[Xenophobia]] Defamation [[~~Rape~~]] (allegedly) [[Propaganda]] Conspiracy Theories Genocide Denial [[Ukrainophobia]] [[Negrophobia]] [[Islamophobia]] [[Hispanophobia]] [[Misogyny]]

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|hobby=Rallying conspiracies Propaganda spreading via taking whatever information is out there and twisting it badly Enabling other political villains}}

|type of villain = Far-Right Propagandist}}

{{Quote|The second you think that all your good fortune is a product of your virtue, you become highly judgmental, lacking empathy, totally without self-awareness, arrogant, stupid - I mean, all the stuff that our ruling class is.|Tucker Carlson}}

'''Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson'''~~, popularly known as Tucker Carlson,~~ (born May 16, 1969) is an American political commentator. He is well known for his work on Fox News. He is the host of his daily talk show ''Tucker Carlson Tonight'', infamous for being a far-right propagandist.

'''Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson''' (born May 16, 1969) is an American far-right political commentator. He is well known for his work on Fox News. He is the host of his daily talk show ''Tucker Carlson Tonight'', infamous for being a far-right propagandist.

== Biography ==

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== Villainy ==

*He has been accused of sexual misconduct by ~~several~~, ~~along with fellow hosts Sean Hannity and Howard Kurtz.~~

*On the radio program Bubba the Love Sponge, Carlson defended [[Warren Jeffs]] and [[FLDS]], arguing that Jeffs should not be imprisoned for facilitating child marriage because "arranging a marriage between a 16-year-old and a 27-year-old is not the same as a stranger pulling a woman off the street and raping her" and "the rapist in this case has made a lifelong commitment to live and take care of the person", among other misogynistic remarks.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1WnL070hc Tucker Carlson makes misogynistic and perverted comments], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>

*~~Many of his commentaries support~~ [[COVID denialism]], ~~often downplaying~~ the ~~severity~~ of the pandemic and ~~fighting against vaccines~~. ~~Fox News as such has been on~~ the ~~verge of getting lawsuits if these statements resulted in~~ the ~~deaths~~ of ~~such due~~ to ~~misinformation.~~

*He has argued that underage boys who are sexually abused by older women are not victims and are "whiny" if they report their abusers to the police.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/foxs-tucker-carlson-reporting-statutory-rape-whiny To Fox's Tucker Carlson, Reporting Statutory Rape Is “Whiny”], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>

*He supported Israel's oppression against Palestinians in order to ~~legitimize his ethnonationalist views~~ for ~~the United States~~ to ~~continue having a majority white population~~.

*He has been accused of sexual harassment on multiple occasions.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/20/fox-news-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-ed-henry-tucker-carlson-sean-hannity Fox News hit by new claims of sexual misconduct by stars in lawsuit], ''The Guardian''</ref>

*He has engaged in historical denialism relating to [[Christopher Columbus]]' treatment of Native Americans in the Caribbean by stating that the majority of the natives' deaths were attributed to disease, despite the evidence refuting these claims.

*He has perpetuated [[COVID denialism]] and [[Anti-vaxxers|vaccine denialism]], accusing the Democratic Party of "manufacturing" the COVID pandemic,<ref name=Putin/> falsely suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine does not work,<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-casually-suggests-to-viewers-maybe-covid-19-vaccine-doesnt-work-and-theyre-simply-not-telling-you-that/ Tucker Carlson Casually Suggests to Viewers Maybe Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Doesn’t Work and They’re Simply Not Telling You That’], ''Mediaite''</ref> repeatedly inviting anti-vaxxer [[Alex Berenson]] on his show<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/26/tucker-carlson-airs-his-most-dishonest-dangerous-pandemic-segment-yet/ Tucker Carlson airs his most dishonest and dangerous pandemic segment yet], ''The Washington Post''</ref>, comparing mandatory vaccination to the racist [[Jim Crow laws]]<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-says-businesses-requiring-people-be-vaccinated-is-medical-jim-crow/ Tucker Carlson: Businesses Requiring People Be Vaccinated Is 'Medical Jim Crow'], ''Mediaite''</ref> and opposing the wearing of face masks to prevent COVID infection to the point of calling for parents who have their children wear masks to be arrested for child abuse.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tucker-carlson-masks-child-abuse/2021/04/27/aa7c0844-a752-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html Tucker Carlson’s latest idiocy on masks is dangerous and hypocritical even by his usual standards], ''The Washington Post''</ref>

*He ~~was also said to~~ [https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-endorses-racist-great-replacement-theory-video/ ~~believe~~] in the [[~~Great Replacement~~ and ~~White Genocide~~|~~Great Replacement~~]] theory.

*He has engaged in historical denialism relating to [[Christopher Columbus]]' treatment of Native Americans in the Caribbean by stating that the majority of the natives' deaths were attributed to disease, despite the evidence refuting these claims.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/10/10/tucker_carlson_progressive_war_on_christopher_columbus_really_about_western_civilization.html Tucker Carlson: To Left, Christopher Columbus Only Immigrant In History Who Had No Right To Come To America], ''Right Clear Politics''</ref>

*He has been accused of promoting the racist [[Great Replacement]] conspiracy theory,<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-endorses-racist-great-replacement-theory-video/ Tucker Carlson endorses racist Great Replacement theory], ''The Wrap''</ref> accusing the Democratic Party of “trying to replace the current electorate with more obedient voters from the Third World”<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/tucker-carlson-s-great-replacement-fox-news-segment-uses-newer-ncna1263880 Fox News star Tucker Carlson's 'great replacement' segment used a new frame for an old fear], ''NBC News''</ref> and claiming that immigration is dangerous to the country because immigrants “values are simply antithetical to ours”.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar-living-proof-way-we-practice-immigration-has-become Tucker Carlson: “Ilhan Omar is living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country”], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>

*He has publicly supported Russian dictator [[Vladimir Putin]] and defended his [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]], repeating Putin's false claims that Ukraine is a threat to Russia's borders.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-justifying-invasion-ukraine-221440645.html Tucker Carlson justifying an invasion of Ukraine is where he has been heading all along], ''Yahoo News''</ref> He has also argued that there is no reason for the American public to oppose Putin: "Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him?"<ref name=Putin>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-hate-putin-americans-suffer Americans have been trained to hate Putin, and will suffer because of it], ''Tucker Carlson Tonight''</ref>

*A supporter of the [[Stop the Steal movement]], Carlson has argued that the perpetrators of the [[2021 United States Capitol storming]] are being unjustly persecuted and that many of them "did nothing wrong"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5NO-n0e64w Did Dorsey admit Twitter's role in Capitol riot?], ''Tucker Carlson Tonight''</ref>, including several who had clear violent intent and were carrying weapons and tactical gear.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-fox-capitol-riot-b1827929.html Tucker Carlson slammed for ‘full-throated’ defence of Capitol rioters including ‘zip tie guy’], ''The Independent''</ref> In his documentary ''Patriot Purge'' he advanced the conspiracy theory that the Capitol riot was a false flag operation by the Democratic Party to provide them with an excuse to persecute the American right.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/tucker-carlson-fox-news-january-6-fascism-1251277/ Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ Is Too Crazy to Believe — and Too Dangerous to Ignore], ''Rolling Stone''</ref>

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 {{Villain_Infobox
-|Image = TuckerCarlson.jpg
+|Image = Tucker Carlson 2020 (cropped).jpg
 |fullname = Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson
 |origin = San Francisco, California, United States
 |occupation = Political commentator
-|type of villain = Far-Right Influencer
+|crimes = [[Racism]]<br>[[COVID denialism]]<br>[[Xenophobia]] <br> [[Defamation]] <br> [[Sexual harassment]] (allegedly) <br> [[Propaganda]] <br> Conspiracy Theories <br> Genocide Denial<br>[[Ukrainophobia]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Hispanophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Transphobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]
-|crimes = [[Racism]]<br>[[COVID denialism]]<br>[[Xenophobia]] <br> Defamation <br> [[Rape]] (allegedly) <br> [[Propaganda]] <br> Conspiracy Theories <br> Genocide Denial<br>[[Ukrainophobia]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Hispanophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]
+|hobby=Rallying conspiracies<br>Propaganda spreading via taking whatever information is out there and twisting it badly<br>Enabling other political villains
-|hobby=Rallying conspiracies<br>Propaganda spreading via taking whatever information is out there and twisting it badly<br>Enabling other political villains}}
+|type of villain = Far-Right Propagandist}}
 {{Quote|The second you think that all your good fortune is a product of your virtue, you become highly judgmental, lacking empathy, totally without self-awareness, arrogant, stupid - I mean, all the stuff that our ruling class is.|Tucker Carlson}}
-'''Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson''', popularly known as Tucker Carlson, (born May 16, 1969) is an American political commentator. He is well known for his work on Fox News. He is the host of his daily talk show ''Tucker Carlson Tonight'', infamous for being a far-right propagandist.
+'''Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson''' (born May 16, 1969) is an American far-right political commentator. He is well known for his work on Fox News. He is the host of his daily talk show ''Tucker Carlson Tonight'', infamous for being a far-right propagandist.
 == Biography ==
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 == Villainy ==
-*He has been accused of sexual misconduct by several, along with fellow hosts Sean Hannity and Howard Kurtz.
+*On the radio program Bubba the Love Sponge, Carlson defended [[Warren Jeffs]] and [[FLDS]], arguing that Jeffs should not be imprisoned for facilitating child marriage because "arranging a marriage between a 16-year-old and a 27-year-old is not the same as a stranger pulling a woman off the street and raping her" and "the rapist in this case has made a lifelong commitment to live and take care of the person", among other misogynistic remarks.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1WnL070hc Tucker Carlson makes misogynistic and perverted comments], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>
-*Many of his commentaries support [[COVID denialism]], often downplaying the severity of the pandemic and fighting against vaccines. Fox News as such has been on the verge of getting lawsuits if these statements resulted in the deaths of such due to misinformation.
+*He has argued that underage boys who are sexually abused by older women are not victims and are "whiny" if they report their abusers to the police.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/foxs-tucker-carlson-reporting-statutory-rape-whiny To Fox's Tucker Carlson, Reporting Statutory Rape Is “Whiny”], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>
-*He supported Israel's oppression against Palestinians in order to legitimize his ethnonationalist views for the United States to continue having a majority white population.
+*He has been accused of sexual harassment on multiple occasions.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/20/fox-news-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-ed-henry-tucker-carlson-sean-hannity Fox News hit by new claims of sexual misconduct by stars in lawsuit], ''The Guardian''</ref>
-*He has engaged in historical denialism relating to [[Christopher Columbus]]' treatment of Native Americans in the Caribbean by stating that the majority of the natives' deaths were attributed to disease, despite the evidence refuting these claims.
+*He has perpetuated [[COVID denialism]] and [[Anti-vaxxers|vaccine denialism]], accusing the Democratic Party of "manufacturing" the COVID pandemic,<ref name=Putin/> falsely suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine does not work,<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-casually-suggests-to-viewers-maybe-covid-19-vaccine-doesnt-work-and-theyre-simply-not-telling-you-that/ Tucker Carlson Casually Suggests to Viewers Maybe Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Doesn’t Work and They’re Simply Not Telling You That’], ''Mediaite''</ref> repeatedly inviting anti-vaxxer [[Alex Berenson]] on his show<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/26/tucker-carlson-airs-his-most-dishonest-dangerous-pandemic-segment-yet/ Tucker Carlson airs his most dishonest and dangerous pandemic segment yet], ''The Washington Post''</ref>, comparing mandatory vaccination to the racist [[Jim Crow laws]]<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/tv/tucker-carlson-says-businesses-requiring-people-be-vaccinated-is-medical-jim-crow/ Tucker Carlson: Businesses Requiring People Be Vaccinated Is 'Medical Jim Crow'], ''Mediaite''</ref> and opposing the wearing of face masks to prevent COVID infection to the point of calling for parents who have their children wear masks to be arrested for child abuse.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tucker-carlson-masks-child-abuse/2021/04/27/aa7c0844-a752-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html Tucker Carlson’s latest idiocy on masks is dangerous and hypocritical even by his usual standards], ''The Washington Post''</ref>
-*He was also said to [https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-endorses-racist-great-replacement-theory-video/ believe] in the [[Great Replacement and White Genocide|Great Replacement]] theory.
+*He has engaged in historical denialism relating to [[Christopher Columbus]]' treatment of Native Americans in the Caribbean by stating that the majority of the natives' deaths were attributed to disease, despite the evidence refuting these claims.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/10/10/tucker_carlson_progressive_war_on_christopher_columbus_really_about_western_civilization.html Tucker Carlson: To Left, Christopher Columbus Only Immigrant In History Who Had No Right To Come To America], ''Right Clear Politics''</ref>
+*He has been accused of promoting the racist [[Great Replacement]] conspiracy theory,<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-endorses-racist-great-replacement-theory-video/ Tucker Carlson endorses racist Great Replacement theory], ''The Wrap''</ref> accusing the Democratic Party of “trying to replace the current electorate with more obedient voters from the Third World”<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/tucker-carlson-s-great-replacement-fox-news-segment-uses-newer-ncna1263880 Fox News star Tucker Carlson's 'great replacement' segment used a new frame for an old fear], ''NBC News''</ref> and claiming that immigration is dangerous to the country because immigrants “values are simply antithetical to ours”.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar-living-proof-way-we-practice-immigration-has-become Tucker Carlson: “Ilhan Omar is living proof that the way we practice immigration has become dangerous to this country”], ''Media Matters For America''</ref>
+*He has publicly supported Russian dictator [[Vladimir Putin]] and defended his [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]], repeating Putin's false claims that Ukraine is a threat to Russia's borders.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-justifying-invasion-ukraine-221440645.html Tucker Carlson justifying an invasion of Ukraine is where he has been heading all along], ''Yahoo News''</ref> He has also argued that there is no reason for the American public to oppose Putin: "Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him?"<ref name=Putin>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-hate-putin-americans-suffer Americans have been trained to hate Putin, and will suffer because of it], ''Tucker Carlson Tonight''</ref>
+*A supporter of the [[Stop the Steal movement]], Carlson has argued that the perpetrators of the [[2021 United States Capitol storming]] are being unjustly persecuted and that many of them "did nothing wrong"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5NO-n0e64w Did Dorsey admit Twitter's role in Capitol riot?], ''Tucker Carlson Tonight''</ref>, including several who had clear violent intent and were carrying weapons and tactical gear.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-fox-capitol-riot-b1827929.html Tucker Carlson slammed for ‘full-throated’ defence of Capitol rioters including ‘zip tie guy’], ''The Independent''</ref> In his documentary ''Patriot Purge'' he advanced the conspiracy theory that the Capitol riot was a false flag operation by the Democratic Party to provide them with an excuse to persecute the American right.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/tucker-carlson-fox-news-january-6-fascism-1251277/ Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ Is Too Crazy to Believe — and Too Dangerous to Ignore], ''Rolling Stone''</ref>
+== References ==
 [[Category:Propagandist]]
 [[Category:United States of America]]
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 [[Category:Dimwits]]
 [[Category:Arrogant]]
-[[Category:Fallen Heroes]]
+[[Category:From Nobody to Nightmare]]
 [[Category:Living Villains]]
 [[Category:Dimwits]]
 [[Category:Political]]
-[[Category:Right-Hand]]
+[[Category:Liars]]
+[[Category:Incriminator]]
+[[Category:Islamophobes]]
+[[Category:Corrupting Influence]]
+[[Category:Arrogant]]
+[[Category:Egotist]]
+[[Category:Anti-LGBT]]
+[[Category:Modern Villains]]
+[[Category:Wolves in sheep's clothing]]
+[[Category:Ableist]]