Overview
- Carlson’s interview featured denouncements of Christian Zionists as a “brain virus,” with him saying he dislikes them “more than anybody.”
- Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, and John Bolton publicly pushed back after being singled out, with Cruz calling it “remarkable, and sad, watching Tucker turn into Nick Fuentes.”
- Fuentes, widely described as an avowed antisemite, praised Joseph Stalin during the discussion and reiterated conspiratorial views about Jews and neoconservatism.
- Carlson apologized on-air for previously insulting Fuentes, and the two appeared to bury past disputes that included mutual accusations of being government informants.
- Fuentes’ visibility surged after the episode, with Salon reporting his X following rose past one million as analysts cast the moment as a consequential turn in the GOP’s internal fight.