Tucker Carlson Angered By Mediaite Column Calling Out His ‘White Nationalist Leanings’

Tucker Carlson Angered By Mediaite Column Calling Out His ‘White Nationalist Leanings’ (Mediaite)

Wednesday night, Tucker Carlson addressed a column written by Mediaite editor Justin Baragona which accused the Fox News host of having “white nationalist leanings.”

“It wasn’t that long ago when calling someone ‘racist’ was a big deal,” Carlson said. “It was a devastating attack on a person’s character, if not blood libel.”

Carlson then said the portion of Tucker Carlson Tonight last week that Baragona focused on was how Democrats were “openly encouraging illegal immigration” and how they have “given up on the American middle class.” The Fox News host defended his not invoking race in that segment.

“We didn’t mention race at all because it was irrelevant.” Carlson said. “Stagnant blue collar wages hurt black Americans in St. Louis every bit as much as they hurt white Americans in Des Moines. So how exactly does that qualify as white nationalism?”