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Faygo Kid

(21,477 posts)
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 06:45 PM Dec 2021

Tucker Carlson Reveals His Son Was in Capitol Building During Jan. 6 Riot

Source: Mediaite

Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has downplayed the storming of the U.S. Capitol, revealed in a new interview that his son, a House staffer, was in Congress on the day of the attack.

In an interview with Steve Krakauer on The Fourth Watch Podcast, the Fox News host mocked criticism for the unsubstantiated claims he advanced in Patriot Purge, his Fox Nation series on January 6th. At one point, Krakauer asked Carlson to explain why he wanted to give “a different look” at the Capitol riot.

“I hated what happened on January 6,” Carlson replied. He then added that “one of my kids was actually in the building when it happened. I was on the phone in real time.”

Carlson was likely referring to his son, Buckley Carlson, who works for Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN). . .

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/tucker-carlson-reveals-his-son-was-in-capitol-building-during-jan-6-riot/



BUCKLEY?? Geez, Tucker is bad enough of a name for showing you are rich. But Buckley? The only "Buckley" I ever heard of was in Father of the Bride (great film). Geez.
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Tucker Carlson Reveals His Son Was in Capitol Building During Jan. 6 Riot (Original Post) Faygo Kid Dec 2021 OP
How much you want to bet he's named after the Docreed2003 Dec 2021 #1
Buckley is a name that sounds like unearned privilage. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 #12
Why insurrectionist? Hav Dec 2021 #14
OK, I will amend my point by qualifying where he was on that day. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2021 #16
When I read the headline, I too thought Tucker's son was among the criminals. 70sEraVet Dec 2021 #21
"I too thought Tucker's son was among the criminals." Well he does work for a Republican so does cstanleytech Dec 2021 #26
He works for an insurrectionist in a suit. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #34
I understood what you wrote initially, and I would not put it past Carlson to have involved his son Escurumbele Dec 2021 #35
I once met William F Buckley Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2021 #24
He purged the Burch Society zipplewrath Dec 2021 #29
Exactly like "Ayn Rand Paul". bullwinkle428 Dec 2021 #25
This Deminpenn Dec 2021 #39
gawd Skittles Dec 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #8
Buckley tucker - oh crap! rurallib Dec 2021 #17
OOPS Skittles Dec 2021 #23
Buckley? LOL....good God...idiot ashredux Dec 2021 #3
Right? Why, the registration people wouldn't let him name him Republibucks mahina Dec 2021 #7
That's kind of a journalistic conflict bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #4
There is no such thing at FoxNews. dchill Dec 2021 #28
Wonder if he was one of the tour givers the day before. n/t pnwmom Dec 2021 #5
Same thing I was wondering. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #9
Such inconsistency! Why was Cucker on the phone "in real time" if it was a NothingBurger? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #6
named for William F Buckley iemanja Dec 2021 #10
L O C K. H I M. UP !! dweller Dec 2021 #11
Was this the son Tucker asked Hunter Biden to write a letter of recommendation for to Georgetown? Drunken Irishman Dec 2021 #13
Yes, that's the one. Qutzupalotl Dec 2021 #15
Buckle up, Tuck nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2021 #18
D-oh! Baitball Blogger Dec 2021 #19
His son is named after Tucker's brother. n/t 7wo7rees Dec 2021 #20
Tucker! VGNonly Dec 2021 #22
Thx... I wish I could figure out smart stuff like pics and links. I always think of this scene Comfortably_Numb Dec 2021 #32
accuse the other side of what you are doing MadameButterfly Dec 2021 #27
Tucker Carlson has had sex ??? amcgrath Dec 2021 #30
If you can call mold spores reproducing in a dark, damp space "sex" Generic Brad Dec 2021 #33
That would have been a great true or false question on Hollywood Squares. Prof. Toru Tanaka Dec 2021 #40
Tucker Carlson has had sex ??? amcgrath Dec 2021 #31
Was Sonny boy too cowardly (like Lindsey?) to go greet the tourists? keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #36
Well, now the police know who else to go get and charge. Ka-Dinh Oy Dec 2021 #37
So his son is a un-American pos just like him? rockfordfile Dec 2021 #38
Drag Buckle before the House committee. The People should know all he knows. NCjack Dec 2021 #41
Tucker asked Hunter Biden for a letter of recommendation to get his son into Georgetown. yardwork Dec 2021 #42
I'm disgusted to hear traitor Carlson has spawn Mysterian Dec 2021 #43

OAITW r.2.0

(23,862 posts)
12. Buckley is a name that sounds like unearned privilage.
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 07:06 PM
Dec 2021

Much like Tucker.

Could Tucker's opinions on 1/6/21 be skewed by the fact that his son was an Insurrectionist? Sure seems likely.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
14. Why insurrectionist?
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 07:11 PM
Dec 2021

"Tucker Carlson...revealed in a new interview that his son, a House staffer, was in Congress on the day of the attack."

OAITW r.2.0

(23,862 posts)
16. OK, I will amend my point by qualifying where he was on that day.
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 07:16 PM
Dec 2021

If he was doing his intern job, serving as an intern in Congress, I retract my point....although, I still think that Tucker's opinions would still be influenced. If young Buckley was, in fact, at the rally, and participated in the actual chaos....then, no, my original comment stands.

cstanleytech

(26,085 posts)
26. "I too thought Tucker's son was among the criminals." Well he does work for a Republican so does
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 08:15 PM
Dec 2021

that still count as working among criminals?

Escurumbele

(3,341 posts)
35. I understood what you wrote initially, and I would not put it past Carlson to have involved his son
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 09:41 PM
Dec 2021

in the mess...Tucker being a creep himself must be working hard at raising creeps like him.

I hope the kid is different than his dad, I hope some reporter is able to present him to the World and see what kind of person he is.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
24. I once met William F Buckley
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 08:04 PM
Dec 2021

He was charming and remarkably gracious to an extremely callow 19-year-old.

I disagree with his political views, but he did represent an intellectual level that modern conservatives largely reject.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
29. He purged the Burch Society
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 08:53 PM
Dec 2021

Buckley, for all he was wrong, purged conservatives of the whole John Birch/racist/conspiracy wing of the GOP. Over time, they found their way back in, mostly starting with Reagan but even as far back as Goldwater.

Response to Skittles (Reply #2)

Comfortably_Numb

(3,777 posts)
32. Thx... I wish I could figure out smart stuff like pics and links. I always think of this scene
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 09:22 PM
Dec 2021

when I think of little lord tuckeroy

MadameButterfly

(945 posts)
27. accuse the other side of what you are doing
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 08:34 PM
Dec 2021

Tucker Carlson re: January 6:
"I’m from Washington. I hate disorder. I hate breaking windows above all else. I just don’t like when people break windows or litter. I’m about order and my house is clean, I really believe in that. So if people covering January 6th had been willing to just roughly tell the truth…but not use it as a partisan instrument to suspend civil liberties, I kinda would’ve just let it lie. Okay, people got all wound up, I get it. Some of them misbehaved, I’m not gonna defend that, but it has been used like so many events throughout history as a pretext for something else. So they lie about what actually happened, they repeat the lie with maximum aggression, and over time, that lie solidifies into the common understanding of what happened."

Yeah, Tucker, $30 million worth of breaking windows, litter, and damage. The difference between these guys and tourists, is tourists would have been sent the bill for the damages.
I’m glad to hear Tucker believes in something. A clean house. (I wonder who cleans his though.) But is he really going to make this about housecleaning? Seriously?
If Dems did this, would it be people getting “all wound up”, deserving a slap on the hand? They’d be asking Kyle Rittenhouse to step in.
But what really gets me is the part about the lie. It’s uncanny how they accuse Dems of exactly what they are doing.
I think the advice from Putin was: Accuse the other side of what you are doing, so when they point out what you are doing no one will know the difference.
What’s in all this for Tucker? Does he understand that under Dictator Trump, puppet of Putin, that even he, Tucker, will no longer have the freedom to speak his mind?

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,924 posts)
40. That would have been a great true or false question on Hollywood Squares.
Fri Dec 10, 2021, 08:51 AM
Dec 2021

Paul Lynde would have had fun with this one.

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
36. Was Sonny boy too cowardly (like Lindsey?) to go greet the tourists?
Thu Dec 9, 2021, 11:50 PM
Dec 2021

Was Sonny boy too cowardly (like Lindsey?) to go greet the tourists?

Ka-Dinh Oy

(11,686 posts)
37. Well, now the police know who else to go get and charge.
Fri Dec 10, 2021, 03:25 AM
Dec 2021

Does tucker not realize that the police are still gathering people who they find out participated with the insurrection?

yardwork

(61,418 posts)
42. Tucker asked Hunter Biden for a letter of recommendation to get his son into Georgetown.
Fri Dec 10, 2021, 09:46 AM
Dec 2021

Tucker and Hunter were friendly, based on their email exchange. This needs more publicity, because it shines a light on what a cowardly liar Tucker Carlson is, and how his Fox News act is just money-making theatre. Anybody who believes a word Tucker says is being conned.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/12/tucker-carlson-hunter-biden-georgetown-recommendation/amp

Mysterian

(4,524 posts)
43. I'm disgusted to hear traitor Carlson has spawn
Fri Dec 10, 2021, 10:18 AM
Dec 2021

I can only hope the young man extricates himself from his father's web of hate and treason.

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