Thread by @AmandaMarcotte

99% of this caterwauling is just performance, to shore up the "we're victims of liberal elitists like, uh, Rupert Murdoch" narrative.

Tucker is a replacement-level fascist hack whose only talents were sociopathy and scoring a good time slot. salon.com/2023/04/24/ame…

I see the brainiac that is Trump Jr. is calling Tucker a "an actual thought leader in conservatism".

Hahhahahaha no.

His entire show was just ripping off shit his staff saw on white supremacist forums and trying to pass it off as "news."

nytimes.com/live/2023/04/2…

Tucker's "insight" was that millions of Americans basically have David Duke's opinions, but want it packaged in a slightly more palatable way so they can tell their grandkids they aren't racist.

But that wasn't Tucker's idea. David Duke had that idea before him!

"Take KKK opinions and package them as mainstream conservatism" is a grift that goes back to Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, etc. Trump is just the latest iteration and Tucker was ripping him off. There's nothing novel or creative in what Tucker does.

Oof, I see the worst tendencies of some #Resistance tweeters coming out, including elaborate and fatalistic speculation that this is somehow good for Tucker. It is not. And honestly, I think he's too lazy to run for president.

More from me later, but liberals shouldn't mistake Tucker's popularity for talent. MAGA is not a discerning crowd. They'll take any half-wit with a microphone who will validate their racism. It's not any fancier than that.

Remember: Tucker only got his slot because the pompous windbag who had it before him sexually harassed women until it caught up with him. That's the problem with narcissistic personality disorder. It's appealing to MAGA audiences, but it makes for hostile work environments.