Tucker: "Why do I care what is going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? I'm serious. Why shouldn't I root for Russia? Which by the way I am."
*”Why shouldn’t I root for Russia? Which I am.”
Tucker followed this segment with a bizarre attack on the decision to bomb Syrian chemical weapons factories in 2018. Russia and Syria have been engaged in a long-standing campaign claiming the 2018 chemical weapons attacks in Duoma were "staged" (Pt. 1/2)
Pt. 2/2
The OPCW stand by their findings:
"'This obscene masquerade does not come as a surprise from the Syrian government, which has massacred and gassed its own people for the last seven years,' France's ambassador to the Netherlands, Philippe Lalliot said"
cbsnews.com/news/opcw-chem…
"'This obscene masquerade does not come as a surprise from the Syrian government, which has massacred and gassed its own people for the last seven years,' France's ambassador to the Netherlands, Philippe Lalliot said"
cbsnews.com/news/opcw-chem…
After having clearly been tipped off that his comment is recieving backlash, Tucker ends the show with an “of course i’m joking”
Everyone should be asking Fox this question.
I wrote about how Tucker is spreading debunkable misinformation and conspiracy about the 2018 Douma chemical attack.
mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson…
mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson…
Bellingcat's analysis of a leak used to attack the credibility of the OPCW found that the leak refers to a draft "interim report" published months before the OPCW released its final conclusions. The final report in fact addresses the concerns in the leak. bellingcat.com/news/2019/11/2…
