https://apnews.com/article/turning-point-charlie-kirk-americafest-c1ef8d3535191e58ce2aa731d242bebf
Shapiro said Charlie Kirk “knew that Nick Fuentes is an evil troll, and that building him up is an act of moral imbecility, and that is precisely what Tucker Carlson did.”
In response, Carlson said Shapiro’s position would be antithetical to Kirk, who was killed while debating students on a college campus.
“To hear calls for deplatforming and denouncing people at a Charlie Kirk event, I’m like, what?” Carlson said. “This is hilarious.”
Carlson denied being antisemitic, saying it is immoral to hate people for how they were born. He then downplayed the problem of anti-Jewish hate by claiming it’s less pervasive than bias against white men.
“That is racism that is precisely as bad as antisemitism, but it is much more widespread and has been so far much more damaging,” he said.
Carlson dismissed the idea of a civil war in the Trump coalition as “totally fake,” saying a narrative of tension is ginned up by people who hope to prevent Vice President JD Vance from becoming Republicans’ next leader.
All the turmoil, he said, is about “who gets the machinery when the president exits the scene.”
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Turning Point draws thousands
There are still three more days to go for the Turning Point conference, which has drawn thousands of people. Vance is scheduled to speak Sunday, as is Donald Trump Jr.
So, who gets the machinery? And the franchise and the cash? Bet on Erika Kirk. Bet on JD. Neither will rock any Trump/MAGA boats. Don't bet on MTG. Posing and trying is not enough.
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