He often uses a technique known as "irony"...but actual irony, not the new-fangled, Alanis Morissette "interesting coincidence" situational irony. It can be a very effective rhetorical device, but it seems to be lost on many people these days. But I get a kick out of how he gets lefties to argue againt themselves.
Tucker Carlson is not a RINO--he's a mainstream conservative...unless you have to be a SoCon to get that definition.