Tucker Carlson appears to be transitioning towards more of a meme-infused and reactive persona as evident from recent interviews with vloggers, the Nelk Boys, and Alex Jones – perhaps this change represents part of his business strategy?
He asserts that Democratic megadonors have turned toward Haley as polling numbers reveal Donald Trump as having trailed behind Joe Biden.
Why is Tucker Carlson Attacking Nikki Haley?
Tucker Carlson has since his expulsion from Fox News taken to using Twitter as a platform. He conducted an informal chat with Donald Trump, as well as attacking mainstream media with videos streamed via X, Twitter’s parent company’s new app.
Carlson’s latest video showcases him discussing the 2024 election with GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and criticizing Nikki Haley as being used as a puppet by Democrats like Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris for their campaigns, instead supporting Joe Biden or Michelle Obama as puppets. Carlson maintains that it would have been easier for Haley to receive donor support if she weren’t as convenient an option compared to Haley in this way.
Carlson’s guests have reported experiencing extreme harassment after appearing on his show, including an attempted break-in at The Times’s Richard Lorenz’s Maine home in July. These journalists have declined to share their experiences publicly for fear that doing so will create more harassment.
Carlson Calls Haley a ‘Puppet’ for Democrat Donors?
Haley may be well known as an astute policy wonk, but her main strength in Trumpworld was her ability to remain calm under intense cable news coverage and criticism from ideological enemies. Gaffes such as forgetting slavery during a town hall Q&A session in New Hampshire were seen more as minor missteps rather than fatal blows to her credibility.
Tucker Carlson warned that selecting Haley as his running mate would be treacherous and deeply dismissive of the interests of Americans, according to Carlson. Additionally, many of his Republican friends who would otherwise support Trump in 2024 would actively oppose him if Haley is chosen – an alarming prospect as she rises in polls while drawing attention from mega-donors from both parties; she seems content instead with playing the role of party establishment scapegoat instead of challenging Trump directly.
Carlson Calls Haley a ‘Puppet’ for Trump?
Haley has carefully navigated her White House run since the announcement, deftly dodging Donald Trump’s minefields. Even when her missteps have made headlines (such as her town hall Q&A in New Hampshire where she failed to address slavery), Haley has managed to keep going forward and progress with her campaign.
She excels at appealing to both ends of the Republican spectrum; she enjoys support from anti-Trump voters while simultaneously catering to a base with sympathizers from white nationalism and Confederate heritage.
But that may change should she become Trump’s running mate. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has long been critical of Haley, using his appearance on the new X platform to criticize her once again. Since being fired from Fox this year, Carlson has used semi-regular appearances across conservative media as well as his subscriber-based X platform to stay visible and recently launched a video show for subscribers on it.
Carlson Calls Haley a ‘Puppet’ for Israel?
Trump team officials are becoming increasingly worried about former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley’s rapid ascent to power, so surrogates and operatives have begun enacting long-dormant plans to derail her before she gains serious momentum.
So far, Republicans have begun attacking her over things such as the nonexistent state gas tax increase and her support of Rep. Thomas Massie (the only Republican member of Congress who opposed condemning antisemitism on campus). Furthermore, many believe her close ties with Donald Trump pose an electoral liability.
On Wednesday, Carlson issued a video featuring GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to criticize Haley’s remarks regarding Hamas attacks in Israel and label her as an apparent Republican but in reality an “actual Democrat.”
Tucker Carlson’s public campaign against Haley could prove costly for Fox News, which is already embroiled in two legal actions for sexual shaming relating to its programming and possibly civil rights claims over text messages between former host, Steve Harvey and staffers; furthermore they face shareholder litigation over their $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
