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Tucker Carlson Hijacks Christian Right Confab in Iowa
msn ^ | 07/16/2023

Posted on 07/16/2023 6:04:48 AM PDT by devane617

Going into the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines on Friday, the big story was whether Donald Trump’s contemptuous decision to skip the presumably obligatory cattle call for Republican presidential candidates before a large and influential crowd of conservative evangelicals would damage his candidacy. Trump aside, however, the big question was whether one of the dark horse candidates stalking the former president and Florida governor Ron DeSantis would have a breakout moment at the day-long event. Former vice president Mike Pence, whose intimate ties with the Christian Right go back decades, and Senator Tim Scott, who has been delivering a decidedly religious pitch to voters in Iowa, were thought to have a real opportunity to shine in this very churchy venue.

, But the star wasn’t Scott or Pence or anyone else thumping a Bible, and Trump’s snub was all but forgotten. For that matter, the traditional culture-war concerns of the Christian Right got short shrift. Instead, designated candidate interviewer Tucker Carlson and his personal obsessions were the center of attention, as the Des Moines Register’s Brianne Pfannenstiel reported:

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dummies; neoconshatetucker; tucker; tuckercarlson; tuckerrocks
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To: devane617

That’s hilarious.


81 posted on 07/16/2023 9:42:15 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: devane617

“The crowd particularly loved his best implicit criticism of Trump: his claim that he would have fired Anthony Fauci at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

So easy to say with 20/20 hindsight. Truth is, Fauci was a god prior to Covid, and only with time and too much attention did we learn what a corrupt and evil human he is. De Santis would not have fired Fauci.


82 posted on 07/16/2023 9:51:34 AM PDT by LizzieD
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To: devane617
Tucker Carlson Hijacks Christian...

Got it. The new narrative. MAGA are zombies inhabited by the ghost of Tucker.

83 posted on 07/16/2023 9:56:12 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: devane617

Trolls like you should be escorted to the nearest permanent exist from this site.

Fox has done irreparable harm to its business the same way RINO/Elites have done to this Country.


84 posted on 07/16/2023 9:57:59 AM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: Bob434

Do your homework and find out who Kilgore is! He’s a terrorist and a murderer and a Marxist God hating criminal. A natural fit for MSN. EXPOSE EVIL IN THE MEDIA.


85 posted on 07/16/2023 10:04:44 AM PDT by Torahman (Remember the Maccabees )
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I wholeheartedly agree with you.


86 posted on 07/16/2023 10:07:00 AM PDT by carton253 (Jesus is everything.)
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To: Danie_2023

I had wondered about some of Beck’s lectures on his TV show. But when he brought up some thing about a debunked archeological find in the US of some “biblical” artifact, that turned me off completely. Luckily he was going to stop his show soon anyway, so I didn’t miss much of the good stuff. But it was like Debbie Schlussel and WND - now I don’t know I can trust them.


87 posted on 07/16/2023 10:16:57 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (.Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“But it was like Debbie Schlussel and WND - now I don’t know I can trust them.”

You have to learn to filter out the BS/crap and retain the truth/accurate stuff. The trick is knowing the difference.

I think most of the time, with me, it’s a matter of what I deem critical to securing our future freedom in America. And every time...with me... that equates to anything that is anti-Globalist, anti-Marxist, anti-leftist ....ie anti-Democrat.


88 posted on 07/16/2023 10:30:37 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Danie_2023

But someone said Beck was a teacher…he is teaching people things.

So, that implies you are there to LEARN. Not simply watch an echo chamber. If you have to “filter”, it implies you already know a lot, and that you really 9pm want to hear what you know (truth or not).


89 posted on 07/16/2023 10:35:57 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (.Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“But someone said Beck was a teacher…he is teaching people things.

So, that implies you are there to LEARN. Not simply watch an echo chamber. If you have to “filter”, it implies you already know a lot, and that you really 9pm want to hear what you know (truth or not).”

Beck did teach me things I didn’t know. Things that I know are true now. As far as wanting to hear what I already know, I listened to Rush for ...years... because he voiced some things I already knew or believed. I also learned a lot that I previously didn’t know from Rush, as well.

It’s a mix and a balance....if you keep an open mind that is open to learning.


90 posted on 07/16/2023 10:46:13 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: devane617

I think if he’d sign up with RAV or OANN that would ground him but nobody ever listens to me.


91 posted on 07/16/2023 11:19:01 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Danie_2023

I agree, he was way out in front on Woodrow Wilson/ progressives, Cloward-Piven, Alinsky, Pigford,ACORN, but late to Trump if I’m not mistaken


92 posted on 07/16/2023 11:34:15 AM PDT by sopo
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To: Danie_2023

Hatch redeemed himself late with strong support of Trump, in my eyes.


93 posted on 07/16/2023 11:36:31 AM PDT by sopo
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To: Reno89519
Funny, the Cruz defenders are now the Trump defenders, the Trump folks from 2016 are now DeSantis.

Only a few. Your broad brush statement isn't true. In 2016 I chose Trump early on after hoping for Cruz initially. Cruz lost me when he started pretending the violence at Trump rallies were Trump's fault when it was pretty clear they were leftists doing that stuff. Got a lot of flack from Cruz supporters.

I've never switched to RDS, and have no intention of doing so.

It's pretty clear that most of the RDS supporters here aren't ex-Trump folks, rather they're primarily from the nevertrump camp. Yep, there are a few who changed. All with different reasons, but your broad brushed statement is just flat out wrong.

94 posted on 07/16/2023 11:46:32 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: Danie_2023; Bikkuri

*SNIFF*


95 posted on 07/16/2023 3:23:50 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: devane617

/eyeroll

You got that invitation to the Club For Growth simposium?


96 posted on 07/16/2023 5:02:46 PM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: Sirius Lee
Is there anything the MSM doesn't know?
97 posted on 07/16/2023 5:18:06 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: Reno89519

“The early question to DeSantis about the red tide in Florida was interesting and out of place.”

Considering Tucker has a home on Pine Isle at FT Myers/Naples area he is probably having to shovel smelly stinking rotting fish off his yard, so I can somewhat understand the question since I too live on the Gulf coast and have seen the stinky mess first hand many times.


98 posted on 07/16/2023 6:24:17 PM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: devane617

Tucker doesn’t need to yell to get attention.

Are you butt hurt because he put DeSantis in a trick bag?

L


99 posted on 07/16/2023 6:56:10 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Danie_2023

“ What, exactly, has Beck been “”wrong”” about?”

You mean the Cheeto faced buffoon who wanted to stab trump?

That Beck?

L


100 posted on 07/16/2023 6:58:16 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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