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“And so far over the last three years, that has proven true. That attack has given way directly to at least six separate conflicts in five different countries.”
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45 things Tucker Carlson said, verbatim, from June 7, 2026 to October 15, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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Tucker Carlson on The Middle East12
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“In the weeks after October 7, the IDF dropped nearly six hundred 2,000-pound bombs on densely populated areas in Gaza, including on more than 100 officially designated civilian evacuation zones.”
Antiwar.com Rep. Gregory Meeks Says He Will Not Clear Massive $2.8 Billion Bomb Transfer to Israel ‘At This Time’ ›
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“So if you talk to them, they will almost all concede, almost all concede that a regime change war with Iran was kind of not part of the plan.”
Tucker Carlson Is there consensus against an Iran regime change war? ›
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“Maybe the Russians had a hand in it, but it was the Israelis who were pushing that fact,”
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“The claim that there was material involving the abuse of minors on the computer came from the Israelis,”
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“I felt like everybody in Washington knew it, but there was so much pressure not to criticize Israel in any way that they just said, ‘It’s the Russians, it’s the Russians.'”
The Algemeiner Hunter Biden, Tucker Carlson Unite Over ‘Evil Incarnate’ Netanyahu, Blame Israel for Laptop Scandal ›
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“This is Israel’s war. This is not the United States’ war.”
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“They killed the Ayatollah. One of the craziest things America's ever done. We don't murder other people's religious leaders and 85-year-old men and their families.”
on the US killing of Iran's Ayatollah
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“For the sake our nation, Mike Huckabee should be removed from his post immediately.”
Blaze Media Democrat congressman's Israel trip takes dramatic turn as officials dispute viral claims ›
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“An American member of congress is threatened by foreign terrorists carrying American rifles, backed by a foreign military paid for by American taxpayers, and the US ambassador to that country says not a word in defense of his own countryman,”
Al Jazeera Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera Detained by settlers, US Democrat Ro Khanna now faces pro-Israel attacks ›
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“I officially don’t care about Hamas. The U.S. government should have, as its first priority, the welfare of its own people.”
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“Obviously, he was — I believe, and most people who knew him well, as I did, and was friends with him as I was — believe he was most likely murdered for his evolving views on Israel.”
Tucker Carlson on Foreign policy & the world5
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“It’s not even a factor. ‘What about Hamas?’ I officially don’t care about Hamas. The US government should have, as its first priority, the welfare of its own people.”
on his view the US should prioritize its own people over concern for Hamas
MSNBC How Tucker Carlson is creating a lane for a third party to take on the GOP ›
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“He did the one thing that you couldn't do, which is just like waste the lives and the money of Americans fighting someone else's war”
on Americans dying in conflicts not their own war
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“I haven’t spoken to him since the regime-change war began. I’m not interested in talking to him. I feel sorry for him. He’s not a man in charge of his own life at this point,”
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“How could I or any American voter support a political party that's not loyal to the United States? That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens?”
on Tucker Carlson questioning GOP loyalty to the US over a foreign country
Blaze Media One line from Tucker Carlson sparks political firestorm for the GOP ›
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“The Republican Party in Washington is just completely out of control. I don’t share their values on any level, their personal values, the way they live, greedy, bizarro sex lives, loyal to a foreign country above the United States,”
Tucker Carlson on National security & surveillance1
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“One of the things that enraged me about the statement from those sleazy intel guys is that they blamed the Russians for it.”
on intelligence officials blaming Russia for the Hunter Biden laptop story
The Algemeiner Hunter Biden, Tucker Carlson Unite Over ‘Evil Incarnate’ Netanyahu, Blame Israel for Laptop Scandal ›
Tucker Carlson on Economy, jobs & inflation2
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“So refineries are actually the most important link in the chain from drilling to turning on the lights in your house or getting on an airplane or eating food that's grown in the ground.”
on refineries as the key link between drilling and fuel, power and food supply
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“I mean, if you make $60,000 a year, you’re degraded. Your life expectancy has gone down, and the promise of your children’s lives is likely gone. No one seems to care. It’s not even a factor.”
Breitbart News 'I'm Going to Help Build a Third Party': Tucker Carlson Drops Political Bombshell ›
Tucker Carlson on Healthcare & public health1
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“So when does he get punished for what he did since so many people who did nothing wrong have been punished? Why are the wicked being treated like the righteous?”
Tucker Carlson on Campaigns & elections16
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“if you had to bet on it, if you were trying to make a fortune on polymarket, you would probably bet that Democrats walk away in less than two months with both houses of Congress with control of the legislative branch.”
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“was the only person in the New York City mayor’s debate to say he wanted to focus on New York City.”
The American Conservative Is the Left Capturing ‘America First?’ ›
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“I’m going to help build a third party. There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country,”
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“I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican party,”
on why Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene left the Republican party
US politics | The Guardian Why did Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene leave the Republican party? | Geoffrey Kabaservice ›
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“I think there was a strong latent desire in the hearts of a lot of Americans to improve the country … but it was imprecise by design.”
on why Carlson says many Americans wanted change but the movement stayed vague
US politics | The Guardian Why did Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene leave the Republican party? | Geoffrey Kabaservice ›
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“They are off in the wrong direction, like, that is unacceptable, that’s treasonous, it’s immoral, it can’t continue.”
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“there’s no chance I would support the Republican Party”
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“I would not support the Republican Party, there's no chance I would support the Republican Party. Not gonna support the Democratic Party. I don't know what I'm gonna do.”
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“No going to support the Democratic Party, I don’t know what I’m going to do. But, at this point, how could you support, how could I or any American voters support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States? That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens?”
on breaking with the Republican Party over loyalty to a foreign country
Breitbart News Tucker Carlson Breaks from GOP: 'No Chance I Would Support the Republican Party' ›
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“Well, the poll numbers now are … tell a pretty clear story about it. I would not support the Republican Party, there’s no chance I would support the Republican Party,”
on poll numbers explaining his break from the Republican Party
Breitbart News Tucker Carlson Breaks from GOP: 'No Chance I Would Support the Republican Party' ›
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“Look at Graham Platner, this guy who’s running in the state of Maine, where I live … he’s a Democrat, he’s liberal, I don’t have strong feelings about it,”
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“They’ve attacked the guy, and his personal life. They don’t like him because he’s not sufficiently supportive of Israel,”
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“Beginning with the speaker of the House, Speaker Mike Johnson, and extending to the president and the leaders in the Senate. I have nothing in common with these people at all. I do not share their values. I find their priorities appalling, and so I’m just not going to participate in that party,”
on breaking with GOP leaders like Speaker Johnson amid the Platner tattoo controversy
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts Tucker Defends Platner’s Nazi Tattoo, And Adds A Shot At The GOP ›
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“But rather than respond to what the guy’s positions are, they just have called him a Nazi for the last month, because he had a tattoo that was not a swastika, but apparently it was connected to the German military at some point, it’s not even clear he knew that.”
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts Tucker Defends Platner’s Nazi Tattoo, And Adds A Shot At The GOP ›
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“I would gratefully get behind someone like Tucker Carlson.”
on a possible Tucker Carlson presidential run
The Forward Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson is no longer a threat. Others worry he’ll run for president. ›
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“The whole idea of, ‘I’ve been a successful cable news host, I should be president!’ — that whole way of thinking is disgusting to me.”
The Forward Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson is no longer a threat. Others worry he’ll run for president. ›
Tucker Carlson on Democracy & voting rights1
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“a one-party state posing as a democracy, and it needs to be broken.”
on his description of the current US political system as needing to be broken up
MSNBC How Tucker Carlson is creating a lane for a third party to take on the GOP ›
Tucker Carlson on Corruption & scandal1
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“both parties have colluded against the population to make their lives better and our lives worse.”
on Carlson's manifesto accusing both parties of harming the public
The American Conservative Tucker Carlson Releases 10-Point Manifesto for America ›
Tucker Carlson on Religion & faith4
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“you never want self-righteousness to creep into your assessment of other people, because in the end, you may not be a mass murderer, but are you anyone to judge other people?”
on Trump's plan to livestream the execution of Hasan
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“Let me just affirm one final time. Not only am I not an antisemite—and I would say so if I was—I’m not an antisemite for a very specific reason,”
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“Not because it’s unpopular, or my donors don’t like it. I don’t have any donors. I’m not an antisemite because antisemitism is immoral in my religion. It is immoral to hate people for how they were born.”
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“Absolutely not. Trump is hostile to traditional Christianity. Very.”
The Christian Post Tucker Carlson claims Trump 'hostile to traditional Christianity,' believes in supernatural ›
Tucker Carlson on Free speech & the media1
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“So, don't tell me this is a product of the market at work. This is censorship by the billionaire Epstein class.”
on Macklemore's cancelation being censorship rather than the market
Tucker Carlson Could Ed Sheeran have resisted the removal? ›
Tucker Carlson on Other topics1
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“I’m not strategic in any way. I make almost all decisions on the basis of smell and instinct. I have no real idea who watches our show. I’m sure there are people who work here who have, or claim to have, a better sense of who the audience is,”
Breitbart News 'I'm Going to Help Build a Third Party': Tucker Carlson Drops Political Bombshell ›
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