Tucker Carlson Continues To Give Voice to White Supremacy

Fox News host persists with racist "replacement theory" rhetoric

While perhaps of no surprise, Fox News host Tucker Carlson turned back to what's become increasingly to the political right's naked appeals to white supremacy and white nationalism in its arguments against immigration.

We caught Carlson framing the immigration debate just a couple of weeks ago in the terms of the racist and antisemitic “great replacement” theory, in which racists worry that the so-called “white race” is in danger of being “replaced” by Jews or people of color.

And Carlson returned to that abhorrent notion during his Tuesday evening primetime program.

In this case, he took aim at something that Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin wrote about shifting demographics in Texas potentially becoming more favorable for Democrats.

Of course, Carlson began with a vicious attack against Rubin personally.

“Jennifer Rubin is a columnist at The Washington Post. Rubin is probably the dumbest person ever to have a newspaper column, she's also highly aggressive, so she does this a lot,” he said. “She's got no self-awareness and she just did the other day in print hoping no one would notice, but we did.

“Here's what she wrote: 'Democratic hopes that demography would deliver Texas have not been wrong but perhaps just premature. The 2020 congressional races suggested that while the fight for Hispanic votes remains competitive, the sprawling suburbs around major Texas cities are increasingly moderate,'“ he added. “Oh. In other words, crows Jen Rubin, the great replacement plan is working. It’s helping the Democratic Party, that's the whole point. Well, thanks for telling us that, Jen Rubin. And let us know if it’s racist to read your column out loud.”

No, Tucker, it's not racist to Rubin’s column on-air.

What is racist is to assume that there's something inherently wrong — or sinister — about demographic shifts that imbue non-white voters and voting blocs with more power.

Once again, it's on us to contact the — thankfully shrinking — roster of companies which persist in advertising on Carlson's program and tell them to stop supporting racism and xenophobia.

Here they are, for your reference: