Tucker Carlson And Guest Ripped For 'Disgusting' Exchange About Pelosi, Husband
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Fox News personality Tucker Carlson and former ESPN journalist Jason Whitlock drew criticism Friday for an exchange about the brutal hammer attack that hospitalized Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), last week.
Whitlock, who now works for conservative outlet The Blaze, expressed faux indignation on behalf of Nancy Pelosi before alluding to a baseless conspiracy theory that the Friday assault at the couple’s San Francisco home, which left her husband requiring surgery for a fractured skull, was the result of an argument with a gay lover.
Carlson said he couldn’t “confirm or deny” the suggestion.
Whitlock then repeated the baseless claim again.
The conversation was “just pure unvarnished misogyny and homophobia,” said journalist Aaron Rupar, who shared footage of their comments on Twitter.
just pure unvarnished misogyny and homophobia on Tucker Carlson's show pic.twitter.com/A61GRKjjyQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 5, 2022
Whitlock, however, took to the platform to make light of the criticism, referring to the segment as “comedy.”
You left out the word "comedy." https://t.co/7YLEHKpGvg
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) November 5, 2022
But many disagreed, with Bakari Sellers, a Democratic former lawmaker from South Carolina, and others slamming it as “disgusting.”
This is disgusting. https://t.co/QKmbwX1Dw7
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) November 5, 2022
Man. @WhitlockJason has turned himself into a freak show exhibit on @foxnews#SeekHelphttps://t.co/HFPk2wSfDG
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 5, 2022
Fox has a board. Speaker Pelosi’s predecessor Paul Ryan is on it. Maybe one day he will find his dignity. https://t.co/wr32xNhjVD (@BillKristol) https://t.co/ONoIjjZgXU
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) November 5, 2022
In a barrel overflowing with shit, the smell of this shit in particular fucking reeks. https://t.co/V43zGvlyyI
— Ethan Embry (@EmbryEthan) November 5, 2022
The left often says of the right “There is no bottom” (and I immediately think of Lindsey Graham, but I digress…). This is beneath the lowest, but not beneath @TuckerCarlson. And given that he has the voice of a pre-pubescent girl, it’s no wonder he’s obsessed with masculinity. https://t.co/UX7N7b0VPn
— George Hahn (@georgehahn) November 5, 2022
The most watched GOP “news” network has turned their primetime show into a truly disgusting anti-LGBTQ hate hour.
Will any journalistic call this out? Anyone? Or just pretend Fox is a legitimate outlet? https://t.co/Zx4zxuVWHJ— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 5, 2022
The Paul Pelosi attack really has revealed MAGA at its crudest, more callous, most mean-spirited. It’s been a week of this now, and they still think this is funny and clever. bleh https://t.co/qj77MtgCm6
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) November 5, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
