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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,033 posts)
Sun May 14, 2023, 01:19 PM May 2023

Abbott knocks Dominion over Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) bashed Dominion Voting Systems over the departure of Tucker Carlson from Fox News, following a report that the popular conservative primetime host was fired from the network as part of its settlement with the voting software company.

Carlson was told by a member of the network’s board of directors that he was taken off the air as part of the Fox News settlement with Dominion, according to Axios, which cited unidentified sources briefed on the conversations. Abbott said if the reporting was true, then he is “happy that Dominion does not operate in Texas.”

“We may disagree with other’s positions, but we should never try to improperly silence views contrary to our own,” Abbott said on Twitter on Saturday. “If Dominion wants to do business with Texas in the future, they should first answer questions about what role, if any, they played in silencing a prominent conservative journalist.”

A Fox News spokesperson in a statement to Axios said that the idea that Carlson was let go of as part of the settlement was “categorically false.” An attorney for Dominion also told the news outlet that it did not insist on Carlson being fired.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/abbott-knocks-dominion-over-tucker-120026902.html

Hey Governor Shit for Brains, Fox News fired Tuckems because he was a liability. Maybe there's a local station in your good state of Texas that will give him a job. Then you can watch him to your heart's content.

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Abbott knocks Dominion over Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 OP
Listen to Abbutt spout GenThePerservering May 2023 #1
These Rwers don't know the different between love and hate............. Lovie777 May 2023 #2
They are they masters at gaslighting and gish-gallop Hugh_Lebowski May 2023 #4
Really, Abbott? Ban books much? "We may disagree with txwhitedove May 2023 #3
They. All. Lie. spanone May 2023 #7
"we should never try to improperly silence views contrary to our own," hahahahahaha ZonkerHarris May 2023 #5
I can't decide who I dislike the most Abbott or Desatan kimbutgar May 2023 #6
I think Abbott is arguably worse. TwilightZone May 2023 #8

Lovie777

(12,278 posts)
2. These Rwers don't know the different between love and hate.............
Sun May 14, 2023, 01:25 PM
May 2023

good and evil. All the do is trash, lie, cheat, steal, make up shit, rinse and repeat.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. They are they masters at gaslighting and gish-gallop
Sun May 14, 2023, 01:30 PM
May 2023

They have no shame whatsoever when it comes to hypocrisy or intellectual dishonesty (doubt most of them even know what those words mean though).

txwhitedove

(3,929 posts)
3. Really, Abbott? Ban books much? "We may disagree with
Sun May 14, 2023, 01:28 PM
May 2023

other’s positions, but we should never try to improperly silence views contrary to our own,” Abbott said on Twitter on Saturday. F'g liar.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
8. I think Abbott is arguably worse.
Sun May 14, 2023, 05:25 PM
May 2023

As AG, he did nothing but sit around and think of ways to sue the Obama Administration. As Governor, he's spent most of his time figuring out how to screw Austin, Houston, and Dallas; take away rights; and whine about the feds.

DeSantis is (or acts) too dumb to get out of his own way. He's like a mini Trump. Abbott is competently evil. I think that makes him more dangerous, though either in the presidency would be a disaster akin to Trump. Maybe worse.

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