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douglas9

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Wed Mar 8, 2023, 01:53 PM Mar 2023

5 Times Tucker Carlson Privately Reviled Trump: 'I Hate Him'

Documents released in recent weeks as part of a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems have revealed extraordinary private communications and depositions from the network’s star hosts and executives. In those statements, many of them expressed disbelief about President Donald J. Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, even though the network continued to promote many of those lies on the air.

Regardless of the outcome of the case, which is scheduled to go to trial in April, one host in particular — Tucker Carlson — appears to have a tricky road to navigate with his audience. In his private messages, Mr. Carlson, who generally provides strong support of Republicans on the air, repeatedly showed contempt for Mr. Trump and some of his closest aides.

Here are five examples from the documents:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/business/media/tucker-carlson-trump.html

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5 Times Tucker Carlson Privately Reviled Trump: 'I Hate Him' (Original Post) douglas9 Mar 2023 OP
an went down o his knees 6 times before trump, begging forgiving. republianmushroom Mar 2023 #1
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