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stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk to fund new anti-woke show featuring Tucker Carlson.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 12, 2024
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stated on June 19, 2023 in a video:

Video shows Tucker Carlson advertising Affordable Care Act subsidies.

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 22, 2023
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stated on August 26, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Video shows Tucker Carlson speechless in interview with a guest.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 26, 2022
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stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

An image shows a chyron on Tucker Carlson’s show that said “straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2022
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stated on April 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says a Fox New chyron said the Snickers candy bar is changing its texture because of “cancel culture.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 26, 2022
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stated on April 4, 2022 in a tweet:

Says Tucker Carlson said, “What if these bodies of tortured, dead civilians were staged? What if they’re fake? What if the Ukrainian military killed them & then blamed Russia? I’m not saying any of this is true, I’m just asking the questions. Why can’t we ask these questions?”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 7, 2022
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stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says YouTube removed Tucker Carlson’s interview with Tony Bobulinski.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 30, 2020
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stated on July 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:

The New York Times “published Tucker Carlson’s home address and location.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2020
Kathy Sheehan
stated on November 16, 2017 in an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight:

"Simply being in this country without documentation is not a crime"

By Dan Clark • December 2, 2017