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Hi. I’m Peter Navarro, it is March 12, 2023, and here is some breaking news: Fox News show host Tucker Carlson has purportedly sent out a questionnaire on America’s Ukraine policy to a set of Republican presidential candidates.  

My immediate thought upon hearing this news was, to speak in the salty vernacular of one of my old Chiefs of Staff at the Trump White House, John Kelly, “Who the hell does Tucker think he is?” 

Before I try and answer to that question, settle down all you fan boys and fan girls of Tucker. I like Tucker, and Tucker has been good to me – at least he was up until the point where the Fox brass canceled me from his show. I’ll get to that in a minute; but first, this: 

What Tucker is doing seems to be the height of arrogance. In effect, Tucker thinks his ratings are so big that he can set himself up as a powerbroker in the 2024 presidential race as if he were the actual Fox network itself – such questionnaires the sponsorship of debates are typically the province of the network itself, across the cable news diaspora. 

 

To put this another way, Tucker is sending out questionnaires to presidential candidates and in the apparent belief that because the show is so popular and highly rated, these candidates must kiss Tucker’s ring and fill out those questionnaires – or risk retribution if a candidate fails to answer the questionnaire. 

Truth be told, I’d like to know the answers to a lot of the questions Tucker is asking. But where does this end?  Is Hannity going to start sending out questionnaires? How about Laura or Jesse or Brian Kilmeade? 

And if Tucker at Fox can do it, why not Ari Melber at MSNBC or Joy Reed at CNN?  

The answer is that of course none of these other talk show hosts are going to go down that road, at least not without permission from their network, yet Tucker thinks he can do it because the show was so popular. 

Here is my real concern about giving Tucker so much power to influence the 2024 election.  

Numero Uno is that Tucker Carlson is not a Donald Trump fan. That is certainly no secret in the recent spate of emails and other correspondence that have leaked out from a lawsuit confirm this statement. 

Second, is on air personality aside, Tucker appears to care more about ratings than policy. Put simply, is not a MAGA true believer but simply a pragmatist to, like a jeweler with precision that the resentments of his audience. This too is revealed in the email correspondence recently leaked. 

Third, and most worrisome, Tucker ultimately gets his paycheck from Rupert Murdoch and the Fox News Corporation. Yes, Tucker is now walking an interesting tight rope taking on issues that run counter to the globalism and corporatism of Rupert, and he is getting away with it because of the popularity of the show. 

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