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FLASHBACK: Tucker Carlson, registered Democrat
Washington Post ^ | 04/10/2015 | Erik Wemple

Posted on 07/08/2021 6:40:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

About a year ago, Tucker Carlson, the Daily Caller’s top editor, joined famed conspiratorialist Alex Jones for a discussion about American society and politics. In an exchange that attracted some attention on the Internet, Jones spun one of his classic theories about how the country is changing:

The Democrats went from being the Ku Klux Klan party of race, with Sen. Byrd and all them, to literally going, ‘OK, we’re going to go race-politic with the minorities, make them the majority.’ And so basically they went from financing…La Raza, all the Ford Foundation. And that’s why you have this new race-based system where we all have been conditioned as Republicans or as Libertarians or as white people to be, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re loving, we’re not racist — yes, please, do whatever, I’m sorry I’m white, and beat ourselves with whips on the head. And then meanwhile, the Democrats have just recreated the Ku Klux Klan movement, but they’ve done it with minorities.

Presented with those thoughts (and others — Jones’s monologue was longer than the quote above), Carlson responded, “Yeah, there’s a lot of truth in that. I wish there weren’t. There’s no question that the country is more race-conscious than it was when I was a kid.”

Question: Why didn’t Carlson stick up for his party?

According to D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics spokeswoman Denise Tolliver, Carlson is a registered Democrat in the District of Columbia. His registration dates back to 2006. He has company: The District is three-quarters Democratic — some people whose politics align with a competing party register Democratic in order to assert their preferences in critical Democratic primaries.

The fast-talking Carlson likes to portray himself and the Daily Caller as bastions of independent thinking.

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KEYWORDS: 1partystate; 6yearsoldnews; democrat; erikwemple; fakenews; foxnews; gettucker; its4mayor; registereddemocrat; searchandfind; seekandfind; tucker; tuckercarlson; wealreadyknow
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This is a 6 year old article but I did not find it posted anywhere in FR. I thought those who aren't aware should know
1 posted on 07/08/2021 6:40:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Carlson hit piece, perfect timing as he eviscerates the left.
2 posted on 07/08/2021 6:43:53 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I always considered most TV pundits as actors who play a role.


3 posted on 07/08/2021 6:45:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seems to me there were alot of registered democrats that voted Reagan and Trump.

Point being, I don’t care what you are so long as you come around to common sense and promote liberty.


4 posted on 07/08/2021 6:48:22 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: SeekAndFind

Why? Because he lives in DC and so he can vote in the Dem primaries.


5 posted on 07/08/2021 6:49:18 AM PDT by conservative98
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Carlson is taking a stand and not playing a role. He is endangering himself and his family with his reporting on the Intelligence community. Don’t kid yourself. That is dangerous.


6 posted on 07/08/2021 6:49:21 AM PDT by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind blows too much)
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Except this actor can't follow the script - LOL

7 posted on 07/08/2021 6:49:26 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: SeekAndFind

How xould that be a surprise to anyone? It’s seemed obvious for ovee 20 years.


8 posted on 07/08/2021 6:50:06 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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It doesn’t matter where he registered. We have lot of Republicans who think the Dem platform is handed down from God. It would be a thousand times more satisfying to exchange views with Carlson than with John Kasich or Lisa Murkowski. Carlson has a solid foundation regarding where he thinks this country should go.


9 posted on 07/08/2021 6:50:25 AM PDT by stevem
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Not a big fan of Carlson but he wants me to be and that’s why I’m not.

I prefer John Solomon.


10 posted on 07/08/2021 6:50:37 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well when some of these lunatics come banging at your door saying they want you killed I guess you might have a change of heart.


11 posted on 07/08/2021 6:50:39 AM PDT by hercuroc
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll bet a columnist named “ Erik Wemple “ is just the way one would envision him.


12 posted on 07/08/2021 6:51:25 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: 1Old Pro

Carlson has always been a namby pamby pseudoconservative widely reviled here until the last few years.


13 posted on 07/08/2021 6:51:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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RE: Carlson hit piece, perfect timing as he eviscerates the left.

One FReeper directed to me an article written last month showing that Tucker Carlson is a deep state swamp creature who is SILENT on Hunter Biden's laptop

He directed me to this link with the TITLE: Hi, My Name Is Tucker Carlson and I’m A Swamp Creature

[EXCERPT]

"Tucker Carlson, Hunter Biden’s enabler and the likely reason why he dropped the coverage of the laptop and inexplicably lost the USB flash drive with the damning evidence just prior to the 2020 elections. The context of the third letter is Hunter using Tucker to spike the story (which was true) that Hunter was regularly using Ashley Madison to cheat on his wife Kathleen"
14 posted on 07/08/2021 6:52:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: MattMusson
Carlson is taking a stand and not playing a role. He is endangering himself and his family with his reporting on the Intelligence community. Don’t kid yourself. That is dangerous.

Thank you! It is painful to see us eating our own too many times.

15 posted on 07/08/2021 6:53:31 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: 1Old Pro

Yep...Deep State gonna Deep State!


16 posted on 07/08/2021 6:53:48 AM PDT by gr8eman (A man who only talks business is a failure in all aspects of life- Camino Del Rio)
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Reagan was a Democrat - that tells you everything you need to know about the significance of past party affiliations.


17 posted on 07/08/2021 6:53:58 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: SeekAndFind

They’re all out for themselves.


18 posted on 07/08/2021 6:54:07 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (1)
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To: BrexitBen

Wemple

19 posted on 07/08/2021 6:54:48 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: dfwgator
I always considered most TV pundits as actors who play a role.

Or entertainers

20 posted on 07/08/2021 6:55:47 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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