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Tucker Carlson
stated on March 6, 2023 in a segment on "Tucker Carlson Tonight":

Capitol Police officers “helped” QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley and “acted as his tour guides.”

By Madison Czopek • March 7, 2023
Tucker Carlson
stated on February 6, 2023 in in a TV segment:

“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 17, 2023
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 1, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge":

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”

By Bill McCarthy • November 2, 2021
Tucker Carlson
stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV segment:

“Maybe (the COVID-19 vaccine) doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that.”

By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2021
Tucker Carlson
stated on February 16, 2021 in a TV segment:

“Unbeknownst to most people, the Green New Deal came to Texas; the power grid in the state became totally reliant on windmills.”

By Noah Y. Kim • February 17, 2021
Tucker Carlson
stated on December 15, 2019 in an interview with the Atlantic:

Says the Potomac River "has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants."

By Bill McCarthy • December 18, 2019
Tucker Carlson
stated on September 10, 2019 in a TV segment:

Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left."

By Bill McCarthy • September 13, 2019
Tucker Carlson
stated on August 15, 2017 in comments on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight':

"The United States ended slavery around the world, and maybe we should get some credit for that, too."

By Joshua Gillin • August 17, 2017
Tucker Carlson
stated on August 9, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend.":

"Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."

By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2014