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April 13, 2021

Fox News Won't Punish Tucker Carlson over Racist "Great Replacement" Conspiracy Theory
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Fox News is defending primetime host Tucker Carlson over his on-air
defense of the white supremacist "great replacement" theory. On April 8,
Carlson made these comments as he lashed out against immigrants and the
Democratic Party.

Tucker Carlson: "The left and all the little gatekeepers on Twitter
become literally hysterical if you use the term 'replacement,' if you
suggest that the Democratic Party is trying to replace the current
electorate, the voters now casting ballots, with new people, more
obedient voters from the Third World. But they become hysterical because
that's - that's what's happening, actually. Let's just say it. That's
true."

Tucker Carlson's reference to "replacement" echoed the words of violent
white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017,
chanting "You will not replace us" and "Jews will not replace us." The
Anti-Defamation League is urging Fox News to fire Carlson, calling his
comments "antisemitic, racist and toxic." "Tucker Carlson Tonight" was
former President Trump's favorite Fox News program and is the most
popular cable news show in history.


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