By Arjun Singh
After the conservative commentator Tucker Carlson left Fox News on Monday, public speculation has suggested that he may mount a 2024 presidential campaign.
“He’s running,” tweeted Stephen L. Miller, a conservative commentator and editor at The Spectator, a sentiment that many media figures on the right echoed. “It significantly changes the GOP 2024 primary overnight,” wrote Philip Wegmann, a White House Correspondent for RealClearNews.
“Keep an eye out for speeches in the Granite State,” tweeted fellow conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, referring to New Hampshire. “He’s always downplayed the possibility of running for president, but that’s an open possibility now,” wrote Christopher Rufo, a conservative writer and fellow of the Manhattan Institute, a leading think tank on the right.
Carlson, co-founder of the Daily Caller News Foundation, hosted the show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News’ primetime 8 p.m. slot from 2016 to 2023. During this time, he was consistently ranked as the highest-rated cable television host in the United States.
An estimated 3.2 million viewers watched Carlson’s show every night in March of 2023, per Mediaite, which political experts claim would make him a leading candidate for the Republican nomination.
“He’s a talented communicator with a massive platform. I think if he runs he’d be formidable,” said Luke Thompson, a Republican political strategist who worked for Jeb Bush in 2016, to Politico. This was echoed by others, such as Sam Nunberg, an advisor to Donald Trump, who predicted in 2020 that “If Biden wins and Tucker decided to run, he’d be the nominee.”
Were Carlson to enter the 2024 Republican primary, he would be running against Trump and, prospectively, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to announce his candidacy in May, and several other candidates.
When previously asked the question of whether he’d run, Carlson has declined any interest.
“I have zero political ambition in life. My ambition is to write my script and that’s what you’ll hear from anyone who knows me,” Carlson told Semafor’s Ben Smith in July 2022.
He added that “I don’t want power and I’ve never wanted power, [but] I’m annoyed by things and want them to change.”
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Tucker caught all the flack because he was over the target. I cancelled Fox Nation yesterday.
Aside from the clickbait headline, Tucker Carlson being removed from Fox Inc. is not a mystery. If you review their shareholders, you will see Vanguard Group owns 11%, along with BlackRock and Morgan Stanley holdings. Also consider the subject matter being discussed on Tucker’s show. His coverage of J6 footage garnered over 4 million viewers that first night (24-45 yr old demographic) – the same time slot of his competitors was 1 million. He was also discussing 10% Joe, crackhead Hunter, and the bioweapon gain of function research. Rupert Murdoch is 92 years old. He is a puppet and his experation date is fast approaching. Also, Fox settled the dumb-onion [sic] lawsuit regarding the 2020 selection, $787 million. The strings attached to that settlement as well as to Rupert’s heartbeat is likely why Tucker Carlson is no longer on Fox.
Uh, you better have a look at this breaking news from Megyn Kelly:
Tucker is NOT Fired, his show was cancelled !!
Big Difference.
(5 minutes)
https://youtu.be/ALsDBHVhOG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBUhf7OjZFk
Russell Brand post Tucker.
Truth telling doesn’t mean someone who says what you believe and want to hear.
FOX wouldn’t have just lost 9mil if they truth tellers.
Not saying I have a clue about the truth. Just I don’t believe anyone has it.
Your right, you don’t have a clue.
I’d be very surprised if he ran. Why. He’s probably worth $100 million at least. President job is a hell hole. Media will destroy him, sue him, protest him at every turn. Plus, HOW will he clean up Biden’s messes…Russia and a possble world war over China and Taiwan looming. WHO WOULD WANT HAT! Then, throw in a $32 trillion federal budget deficit?
I’ll speculate elsewhere… ELON MUSK would die to hire Carlson and create a NEW network under TWITTER….the “TWT Network”….it would bail out how much Musk overpaid for twitter….and near immediately get tens of million of viewers…combine twitter with news outlet. Carlson could get many great people to join…and Musk can fund it upfront with $1 billion easy. AND, Musk could give Carlson private SHARES in Twitter…and take it PUBLIC in a few years. tucker makes $$$$$$ Tucker knows the president job is hell and 85% of Federal Gov’t employees in DC are DEMS. Carlson KNOWS that he cannot beat the deep state of DOJ, CIA, NSA and FBI combined. I’ll BETCHA’ Elon Musk will call Tucker!
I am also hoping Elon comes to the rescue of the TRUTH yet again and buys or starts a new NOT a leftist propaganda network. I know Tucker is worth many millions but i think he enjoys his position as truth teller and there are many more who’d be willing to join him.