This is my country. I mean, Bibi is running around. This is a fact. I'm not guessing about this because I talked to people he said it to is running around the Middle East, his region and his own country and telling people point blank just stating it. I control the United States. I control Donald Trump. You can't use my country like some kind of disposable product. [00:00:19] This is wrong. And if it's not wrong, tell me how it's not wrong. Why don't you stop attacking me and my trying to get family members fired, which they never stop doing? Well, even someone as wealthy, powerful and well known as Tucker Carlson has [00:00:35] become a target of all sorts of smears, and it's all a result of his open public, overt criticism of the Israeli government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular. And as I learned recently, that's that's naughty. You're not allowed to do that. [00:00:51] You can be as critical of the United States government as you want, but God forbid you're ever critical of a government that is carrying out not only a genocide in the Gaza Strip, but a multi-front war because they've bombed a bunch of their neighbors and then some. [00:01:07] But anyway, I digress. So Tucker Carlson has been attacked so much that even his speech at Charlie Kirk's memorial, in which he shared the foundational story of Christianity, was somehow twisted as anti-Semitism. [00:01:24] I was raised Christian, so I actually saw this speech soon after he gave it. And no red flags were raised for me, not even one. And it's because he is literally sharing the foundational story of Christianity. [00:01:39] So pay close attention to the words that he uses. And then I'll tell you more. It actually reminds me of my favorite story ever. So it's about 2000 years ago in Jerusalem. And Jesus shows up and he starts talking about the people in power. [00:01:59] And he starts doing the worst thing that you can do, which is telling the truth about people. And they hate it and they just go bonkers. They hate it, and they become obsessed with making him stop. This guy's got to stop talking. We've got to shut this guy up. And I can just picture the scene in a lamplit room with a bunch of guys [00:02:17] sitting around eating hummus, thinking about, what do we do about this guy telling the truth about us? We must make him stop talking. And there's always one guy with a bright idea, and I could just hear him say, I've got an idea. Why don't we just kill him? [00:02:32] That'll shut him up. That'll fix the problem. So he was comparing the story of Jesus being crucified to what happened to Charlie Kirk. [00:02:47] That Charlie Kirk's thoughts, his beliefs, his speech were so offensive to the shooter that this individual decided to assassinate him and take his life. Now I can understand why practicing Christians might not like the comparison, [00:03:04] but just putting that aside for a second, I want to just reiterate. I want to remind you all that at no point during that portion of his speech or any portion of his speech, did he use the word Jewish people, Jews, Israel, nothing like that. [00:03:21] He literally shared the foundational story of Christianity. What happened in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ? If people find that offensive in a country that supports religious liberty, I actually think we've got a problem here. [00:03:37] So I personally thought the reaction to Tucker Carlson's speech was unhinged, to say the least. I'm going to give you a few examples. So author and editor of Culture War magazine E! Michael Jones lied, lied. You just heard the portion of the speech from Tucker Carlson [00:03:53] that he's alluding to here. Lydon said that in plain language, Tucker Carlson is saying that the Jews killed Christ 2000 years ago for telling the truth, and they killed Charlie Kirk last week for the same reason. Did he say the Jews killed Christ? [00:04:13] Here's another one. And by the way, that's not that's not what the plain language from Tucker Carlson's speech communicated. The plain language plainly stated, the foundational story of Christianity. I don't know what the like. Look, I have rejected organized religion, [00:04:33] but this is not something new that Tucker Carlson made up in an effort to smear Jewish people. That's crazy. But let me, by the way, what happened to Judeo-Christian values? If, you know, people think that the foundational story [00:04:51] of Christianity is unacceptable. Well, anyway, let me continue. Here's another one. Dinesh D'Souza says, quote, The Jews killed Christ is no more accurate than saying, quote, The Romans killed Caesar. True, Caesar was murdered by a powerful faction of Romans, but other Romans [00:05:10] supported him and took up his cause. Only in the case of Jews is blamed, assigned in this way. That's anti-Semitism. He didn't say anything about Jews. Why are they putting words in his mouth? It's unhinged. But okay, let's keep going. And then Laura Loomer, of course. [00:05:28] Why does the GOP refuse to condemn Tucker Carlson for using Charlie Kirk's memorial to suggest Jews killed Charlie Kirk? He didn't didn't suggest that just exactly how many people in Congress are on the take from Qatari money. I think we should take all foreign money out of our politics. [00:05:45] I think we should take all corporate money out of politics. Laura, are you down with that? Something tells me you wouldn't be down with that. So the hypocritical focus on Qatar, when we know that the most powerful foreign lobby in this country is the Israel lobby, is laughable to me. [00:06:02] But let's, I guess, move on from that. Notice how she wants him Deplatformed. Why is he even included? Why does the GOP refuse to condemn Tucker Carlson? Why was Charlie Kirk willing to include Tucker Carlson at a Turning Point event [00:06:21] where he gave that speech about Jeffrey Epstein? No, no, we should censor him. We shouldn't take him seriously. We shouldn't include him. We should silence him. And, you know, Glenn Greenwald made a really good point how there has been a concerted effort [00:06:38] to silence Tucker Carlson because he has been one of the most critical voices of Israel in conservative media. And for that, I think he deserves respect, because I know that that's not an easy thing to do. It's not an easy thing to do on the left, but it's certainly not an easy thing to do on the right. [00:06:55] And so here's Glenn Greenwald explaining. There's clearly an attempt to destroy your reputation. And they seized on this Charlie Kirk, speech that was so benign in order to do it. How is that affecting you, if at all? [00:07:11] And what is your strategy for dealing with it? I was bummed out that other people's hate and narcissism, crazy narcissism, obscured what I was trying to say. It's actually not about you. Sorry. It's about the world's biggest religion in my faith. If we could just talk about me for one second or talk about Jesus for one second. [00:07:28] So that's a look. I never want to fight about Israel. Ever. I'm actually pretty moderate on the subject, I think. Always like going there. I know a lot of Israelis always liked. - You know what I mean. - About it before. October 7th. - You never really. - Talked. About it before October 7th, but it was shoved on the front burner. [00:07:45] Exactly. It's like this is my country. Yeah, he's he's right. This is our country. And we get to be critical of a foreign government that is not at all indicative of the character and the morals of the Jewish people. [00:08:04] I want to be clear about that. The conduct of a foreign government should be open for debate, especially since we're talking about a foreign government. We're able to talk about the conduct of our own government. That's what makes America great, that we are allowed to engage in open, [00:08:23] free speech and expression. So these like weird attempts to, like, smear Tucker Carlson over, like he's like a he's a devout Christian, so he's not allowed to have his own religious liberty [00:08:39] and his religious beliefs. That's going to be twisted into some sort of anti-Semitic smear. That's ridiculous. But he was really cooking in this next clip. And what he says here, I really felt to my core. [00:08:57] Take a look. This is my country. This I mean, I don't own the country, but I'm a shareholder in the country. I'm an American, and you can't use my country like some kind of disposable product. [00:09:14] Like you just can't. I mean, Bebe is running around. This is a fact. I'm not guessing about this because I talked to people he said it to is running around the Middle East, his region and his own country and telling people point blank just stating it. I control the United States. I control Donald Trump. He's saying that. And again, I'm not guessing at all. [00:09:30] That's a fact. And I dare them to say that's not true because it is true and they know it's true. So I'm an American. How do you think that makes me feel? Even if I didn't vote for Trump, which I did, I did vote. I campaigned for Trump. But even if I even if it was Joe Biden, I'm an American. You can't treat. It's too humiliating. I can't handle that. [00:09:46] And I shouldn't have to put up with that. This is a country of 9 million people. I'm not saying it's I'm not even attacking the country. I'm attacking my leaders who are allowing my nation of 350 million people to be forced into doing things that are bad for me and my children. [00:10:05] I can't tell you how much I agree with everything he said there, especially the part about being humiliated by how our government here in the United States is behaving and how our government and this is, [00:10:21] again, regardless of which party we're talking about, because we saw how Biden handled what's happening in Gaza before allowing for Trump to inherit it and essentially continue it and make it worse. Both parties are complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and it is [00:10:42] embarrassing to the American people. It is embarrassing to the American people when it appears that our government leadership here is more concerned about aiding and abetting a government and military that's carrying out atrocities, [00:10:59] as opposed to carrying out what's in the best interest of the American people. And on top of that, our government is willing to attempt to censor and silence Americans as they're critical of a foreign government. Someone needed to say it on the right, and I'm happy Tucker Carlson is saying it. [00:11:18] It is humiliating. I feel humiliated by it. I was so naive. I really was, I really was. I didn't realize just how bad things had gotten and how utterly precious and vulnerable our constitutional rights really are. [00:11:36] And when you feel like you really are losing. The idealistic nature of what this country was meant to be, that you're losing any, any and all hope in that it makes you want to fight for your country. [00:11:51] It really does. You don't really know how precious your rights are when you can see them slipping away. And it's embarrassing to see how our leaders behave when it comes to supporting Israel, selling out the American people, and more importantly, okay, [00:12:12] using our money or borrowed money to help fund the atrocities that are being carried out in Gaza. And quite honestly, the West Bank and other Middle Eastern countries as we speak. And Yemen. [00:12:33] The final thing that I'm going to get to, because this really struck home for me as well, and I think there are others who will relate to it if you Disagree with the points that anyone is making about Israel. If you think that the criticism toward the Israeli government and the IDF [00:12:51] happens to be unfair, that's totally fine. We should engage in dialog and those opinions. That analysis should be substantively rebutted. I want to hear the arguments proving me wrong. [00:13:07] Tucker Carlson wants to hear the arguments proving him wrong. But notice that that never happens. Something else happens, though. Take a look. And there's the ongoing humiliation ritual designed to make us all crazy. Designed to turn us into haters. I'm going to. [00:13:24] I'm not going to give them the satisfaction of becoming what they call me. I'm not a hater and I'm never going to become one. But I will never accept this. I shouldn't have to accept it. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I have no unexpressed views. I'm not hiding anything. I say exactly what I think all the time. This is wrong. [00:13:40] And if it's not wrong, tell me how it's not wrong. Why don't you stop attacking me and my trying to get family members fired, which they never stop doing. Why don't you instead tell me how you disagree with me? But they can't because they don't actually have an argument. There's no way to justify controlling the US government for the purposes of [00:13:57] another country's, whatever their plan is. Expansion. There's no way to justify that. And so they just scream at you and call you names. And I guess I'm just blessed because I don't believe that about myself, so that doesn't hurt me. You know, if they said, well, you've gained 10 pounds, [00:14:12] you might hurt my feelings. But calling me a bigot is doesn't hurt my feelings because I know that I'm not. Amen. I fully agree with everything he said there. Instead of smearing people who are critical of Israel, instead of going after your fellow Americans who are critical of a foreign government, [00:14:32] you should have a substantive rebuttal. And if you don't have a substantive rebuttal, if you take your ball and go home and then proceed to smear people as anti-Semites. If you decide to use all sorts of ridiculous, unfounded claims [00:14:49] to attempt to destroy their lives, well, you're a coward and you don't have an argument and everyone sees it. Speaking the truth, drawing attention to injustice does not make you a bad person. [00:15:07] And it is not a commentary on an entire population of people. There are people aiding and abetting what's happening in Israel right now. People like Mike Huckabee. He's not a Jewish person. He's an evangelical. [00:15:24] And, the idea that any time you criticize people like that, you're criticizing the entire Jewish population. I find that to be anti-Semitic because it totally erases all the Jews all around the world and in Israel, who are critical of what Netanyahu and the [00:15:42] Israeli government are carrying out. Why don't their voices matter? And another note. All of the advice about how you shouldn't be too critical of Israel [00:15:57] because they'll destroy your career. This career is not worth having. If I can't tell the truth, I'm not interested in being a puppet for anyone, and I'm not interested in being intimidated to the point [00:16:13] where I'm either hiding things from my audience or lying to my audience. I'm never going to do it. Look, you guys might not agree with things I have to say, and that's totally all right. But one thing that I will tell you is I'm genuine. These are the things I actually believe, and that's the type of freedom [00:16:29] that I think we need to fight really hard to protect. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.