The descent into delusion is continuing at an increasingly rapid pace at Fox News. For the past sixteen months Fox has been obediently regurgitating Donald Trump's "Big Lie" that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged." Never mind that neither Trump nor Fox "News" has been able to produce a shred of evidence of their wild accusations. And they lost more than sixty court cases in their efforts to overturn the election and undermine democracy.
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On Wednesday evening Tucker Carlson unleashed another inane tirade aimed at disparaging President Biden and his decisive victory over Trump nearly a year and a half ago. Carlson has a unique talent for promulgating lies while making himself look like a jackass. And he was in rare form on this episode of his primetime propaganda program.
Carlson was triggered by an article in The Hill wherein Biden was reported to have told former President Obama that he intends to run for reelection in 2024, and that he would beat Trump again. That could not possibly be less controversial. Biden has been telling that to anyone who asked the same question for months. But to Carlson this was chum in the wingnut waters. He raged that...
Carlson: Joe Biden believes he’s the only one who can beat Donald Trump. Which, if nothing else, suggests Joe Biden believes he beat Donald Trump the first time.
Carlson (badly impersonating Biden): Hey guys, I got 81 million votes. Maybe I'll get 500 billion next time.
Carlson: So how did Barack Obama respond to that? Well The Hill newspaper didn't say. We do know that earlier this month Obama referred to Joe Biden as 'Vice-President.' So you can guess.
Seriously? Carlson appears to be downright stunned that Biden "believes" he defeated Trump in 2020. Of course, the only reason that Biden believes that is because it is unambiguously and certifiably true. Other than that, there is also the fact that even Republican governors, election officials, and judges have affirmed Biden's victory - repeatedly! And we'll just ignore Carlson's inability to get Obama's VP joke.
However, that doesn't stop Carlson from humiliating himself by clinging to the "Big Lie" and mocking Biden for his adherence to, you know, reality. Which is especially ironic considering that Carlson was defended in court by Fox News against defamation charges by arguing that "no reasonable person" could possibly take him seriously. After all, this is the same guy who has distinguished himself with such notable commentaries as...
Advocating testicle tanning to forestall "The End of Men"
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Why he is turned off by "less sexy," "unappealing" cartoon M&Ms
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Pleading to keep the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in power
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Taking Russia's side against Ukraine, America, and democracy
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Spreading the conspiracy theory that the January 6th insurrection was an FBI "false flag" operation
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Oh hell. That's enough. This array of asshattery could go on forever. If Carlson wants to reside in a fantasy world where Trump didn't lose the popular vote twice and never reached 50% approval, we should just let him.
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