In the summer of 1990, before first Gulf War, @TuckerCarlson was a rising senior at Trinity College. He was 21. He could have taken a few years off to enlist and serve in a time of war. But he didn't. He waited until after graduation and applied to the CIA. He was rejected.
After being rejected from the CIA, @TuckerCarlson again could have enlisted in the military. But unlike the 16 women who served in the Gulf War and were killed in that conflict, Tucker Carlson chose to pursue a career in conservative media.
On 9/11, seven women service members were killed in the attack on the Pentagon.

@TuckerCarlson was then a 32 year-old, able-bodied adult. He could have enlisted when our country was attacked. Instead, he built his career on the sacrifices of others who served.
More than 200 women service members have died in service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many more sustained life-threatening injuries.

@TuckerCarlson, meanwhile, sat on his ass at home making seven figures pontificating to others why we should be at war.
Tucker Carlson is a coward, and it's not because he didn't serve in uniform. There are no shortage of ways to serve your country or humanity in general without military service.

He's a coward because he wanted to serve but was too scared about his safety and his career to do it.
Those women in uniform who died had courage. They believed in selfless service.

Tucker Carlson completely lacked the courage and conviction to put others before himself, and to make a mockery of women who have died in service to this country is completely shameful.

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