Tucker Carlson Blows Up at ACLU Guest, Ends Show by Acknowledging ‘I Lost My Temper’
On Thursday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson offered a rare apology after he lost his cool with the ACLU on his show.
With the chyron blaring, “ACLU caves to liberal lunacy,” Carlson played an ACLU ad that he said likened Brett Kavanaugh to Bill Cosby.
He then welcomed on Faiz Shakir, ACLU National Political Director, and grilled him about the ad.
Things quickly got heated, though, when Shakir suggested Carlson should appreciate that the ad targets people from both the left and the right.
“I don’t care about the left and the right, I care about the principles that make the country worth living in that you once defended and now you urinate on! Why not put him next to Charles Manson?” Carlson shot back.
Then, after a terse exchange, Carlson accused Shakir of trying to shout him down.
“If you are not defending people who are unpopular who you disagree with, why do you still exist?” Carlson pressed, before calling Shakir a “hack” who should be “ashamed.”
“How about somebody who’s really unpopular?” Carlson continued. “You made this country better, now you are making it worse because you abandoned your principles and you should be ashamed of yourself and I mean that with total sincerity.”
At the end of his show tonight, Carlson said, “We did a segment tonight on the ACLU and spoke to their political director. I’m embarrassed to say I lost my temper in the middle of it.”
He continued, “Why did I do that? Because I spent a year thinking about the ACLU and their role in defending free speech, a liberal organization that defended the least popular members of our society for almost a hundred years. They no longer do, they’re part of the mob trying to take your free speech away. You’re now the most unpopular segment of our society and the ACLU thinks you should shut up. That’s a huge change, and it’s a metaphor for how the left has changed and now represents the things they have hated.”
You can watch both videos above, via Fox News.
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