John,
Tucker Carlson was Russia's #1 propagandist in America. His show was filled with white supremacist garbage and anti-American rhetoric, all of which played into the hands of fascists and authoritarian regimes like Russia.
In fact, it has been widely reported that Carlson was offered work by state-run news channels in Moscow following his termination from Fox. Belligerent tyrants like Vladimir Putin value Tucker for his role as one of Russia's so-called "useful idiots" in America, similar to Putin's ongoing support for Donald Trump.
It's not hard to see why Tucker was so useful to American adversaries like Russia: every weeknight, he promoted divisive white nationalism, played footsie with Putin's repressive authoritarianism, and cast doubt on the integrity of American elections, doing untold harm to our democracy and our national security.
Unfortunately, there are still politicians like Lauren Boebert who play into the hands of right-wing fascists and white supremacists by supporting the same kind of anti-American rhetoric popularized by Tucker Carlson—
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