Posted on 11/03/2025 11:20:54 AM PST by RandFan
Conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro blasted Tucker Carlson on Monday, calling him “the most virulent super-spreader of vile ideas in America.”
In an episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show” released Monday, Shapiro criticized Carlson’s podcast episode with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes, saying Carlson failed to push back on Fuentes’ bigotry.
“The issue here isn’t that Tucker Carlson had Nick Fuentes on his show last week. He has every right to do that, of course,” Shapiro said. “The issue here is that Tucker Carlson decided to normalize and fluff Nick Fuentes and that the Heritage Foundation then decided to robustly defend that performance.”
Carlson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Shapiro’s critique is the latest crack in a conservative movement splintering over Carlson’s inflammatory interview with Fuentes. The interview, which aired last week, was laced with antisemitic references and sparked division within the Republican Party over whether the discussion should be allowed or condemned. On the podcast, Fuentes praised Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and claimed the “big challenge” to unifying the country was “organized Jewry.”
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LOL Ben Shapiro LOL
Did anyone see this? I dont trust the reporting on it necessarily. I’d like to hear from a Freeper or two
I hate this whole GD discussion.
I didn’t know Tucker Carlson was still a thing.
“Crucify, Crucify”...Didn’t we hear that somewhere before?
Fuentes mentioned means I ignore it. Poison.
More than 20 million hits for the Carlson-Nick Fuentes discussion nothing to be dismissed.
How many filters? Well, there’s Ben Shapiro. Also, Politico, in this case, Samuel Benson. So, when I read that Tucker was anti-Jewish or whatever, whose OPINION am I getting?
It would be much better if I read an extensive quote from Tucker so that I could form my own opinion.
Crypto Trump-hating neoclown Ben Shitpiro throwing smears around... again. What a surprise.
I had to laugh when he tried to weasel his way into Charlie Kirk’s empty chair - CK wasn’t even buried yet.
I’m with you. Unless you watch that 2 hour podcast you need to be careful with their kind of reporting.
I dont like his language or tone so dont pay much attention
Seems to just throw them around for the sake of it
Well he is... your lack of awareness notwithstanding.
His audience across many platforms is massive, while Faux News is still contractually forced to pay him around $20m per year.
Fuentes sounds like an odd duck—a Mexican-American white supremacist who admires Hitler and Stalin and hates trump.
It’s eff this, eff that... It doesnt impress me the way he goes on
Alex Jones is much better but they’re buddies I think!
Shapiro promoting the vax cause his wife is a doctor?
Slaughtering all Gaza?
Anti Trumper?
Jesus denier?
The man is a mouse.
Is Tucker Speculating the “hummus eaters” (Israelis) are killing our evangelists on our campuses again? Or is he simply saying Christians who support Israel’s right to exist are drain diseased heretics?
“while Faux News is still contractually forced to pay him around $20m per year.”
False
I don’t pay any attention to Nick or Tucker - the less attention the better.
Both are too pussy to take a stage in hostile territory like Charlie - they’d quickly be vanquished by anyone with a high school education
You could watch the interview. Just don’t tell anyone, forming your own opinions is not encouraged if protected peoples are offended.
I watched most of it, and I didn’t see Tucker kissing his behind. Just an interview where he allows the interviewee to talk freely. I like that style, confrontation never reveals anything. I plan on finishing the interview, let the Shapiro and Levins screech on.
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