Current Events > Tucker Carlson says immigrants are dirtying the Potomac River, is full of shit

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/tucker-carlson-fox-news/603595/

Carlson has distinguished himself from the rest of Foxs prime-time lineup in large part for his willingness to denounce Republicans. Hes probed the destruction wrought by vulture capitalism in small towns and called Trump generally incapable of getting things done. Hes praised Elizabeth Warrens economic policies as pure, old-fashioned economics that make obvious sense.

All of which could make Carlson singularly poised to rewrite conservatism, to cohere the populist tenor that continues to attract much of the electorate. And yet when we sat down for our interview, not half an hour after his standout segment on AEI, Carlson seemed to trade that appeal to nuance for something else. When I asked him how one could square segments such as the one Id just watched with his comments last year, for example, that immigrants make America dirtier, he looked appalled that I might wonder whether one take was more sincere than the other. I hate litter, he said. For 35 years now, he said, he has fished in the Potomac River, and it has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants, who Im sure are good people, but nobody in our country

Wait, I said, cutting him off, how do you know theyre

Because Im there, he said. I watch it.

Meanwhile: the Potomac is cleaner than ever, and the Trump administration is pushing cuts to the program responsible for that fact:
https://twitter.com/schwarz/status/1206326813007499264
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Antifar posted...

Because Im there, he said. I watch it.

He watches them immigrate to the US and then pollute the Potomac? Impressive

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It a little know fact that immigrants have been flooding the country just to dump trash and pee into the Potomac. It's like a pilgrimage really. The Potomac is a holy spot know round the world.
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Hard to imagine a clearer picture of how racism works than a rich guy blaming immigrants for something his rich pal is doing.

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It's like "In the Air Tonight," only with supposed litterers and Tucker hiding in the bushes, voyeur-style.

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Also, I should add that this article makes some strange choices

https://twitter.com/laurawags/status/1206229514877120513
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topic title reads like 'is full of shit' bit could be attributed to tucker or the river!

HellRatUFO posted...

Tucker Carlson is a socialist, just an advocate of it for rural white people that dont want to get with the times and long for the past.

another amazing take

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Tucker Carlson is watching you shit

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Paper_Okami posted...

another amazing take

I would be very interested in learning where that user gets their political info

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Paper_Okami posted...

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another amazing take

https://gfycat.com/clutteredenlighteneddipper

No wonder people are calling his show the "White Power Hour".

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