Independent journalist Tucker Carlson has issued a response to smears about him promoted by twice-failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
As Slay News reported, Clinton smeared Carlson as a “useful idiot” ahead of his groundbreaking interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Before the interview was published, and without even seeing it herself, Clinton also claimed that Carlson is Putin’s “puppy dog.”
“He’s what is called a useful idiot,” Hillary said of Tucker.
“I mean, if you actually read translations of what’s being said on Russian media, they make fun of him.
“I mean, he’s like a puppy dog,” Hillary claimed.
“You know, somehow, after having been fired from so many outlets and the United States, he– I would not be surprised if he emerges with a contract with a Russian outlet because he is a useful idiot.”
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NEW: Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton calls Tucker Carlson a “useful idiot” and a “puppy dog.”
Hillary is mad that a journalist is doing journalism.
“He's like a puppy dog. You know? He somehow has been fired from so many outlets in the United States.”
“He… pic.twitter.com/URCElBP2SI
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 8, 2024
During an appearance at the World Government Summit on Monday, Carlson brushed the criticism off.
“[Hillary Clinton] called this gentleman, this honorable gentleman, that he is playing the role of a … you say it,” Egyptian journalist Emad Eldin Adeeb said, prompting Carlson to say he hadn’t seen Clinton’s interview.
“She’s a child, I don’t listen to her,” Carlson said.
“How’s Libya doing?”
WATCH:
While serving as Obama’s secretary of state, Clinton called for a U.S. intervention against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya.
The effort eventually led to the toppling of the Libyan dictator.
She also came under fire for her handling of the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
The terrorist attack left four Americans dead.
Carlson also warned about the consequences of censorship in the form of increased “press restriction.”
“Media information in a free country is a counterbalance against entrenched power, not just government power, but the economic power, business,” Carlson said.
“In my country, constitutionally it is designed to be, to serve as a counterbalance to that.
“So if sources of information, media outlets, align with entrenched power, then you have a powerless population and it’s totalitarian.”
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