Tucker Carlson Helped Broker The Deal That Got McCarthy The Speaker’s Gavel

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson extracted concessions from Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), helping the California Republican to get the votes he needed from MAGA members of his caucus to become Speaker of the House, according to text messages obtained by Insider.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1456847
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Now there’s a legacy to be proud of.
/s

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Ah, so HE’S the one… Explains a lot.

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Another good reason to hate the loathsome asshole.

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GOP, GQP, GCP, GFP, GWP.

This, my annoying robot friend, is my entire post.

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Finally, I can agree with Tucker, McCarthy is a coward.

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So, given that birds of a feather flock together, is it not obvious he should lead the House in Donnie’s party?

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Seems like a Matt Gaetz scheme to make Qevin prostrate before him.

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Someone should ask Carlson about Clarence Thomas…

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Did anyone keep count on the number of asses McCarthy kissed to become Speaker and still has no power.

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After McCarthy finally got enough votes to become speaker he gave Carlson and his producers exclusive access ​to over 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 tape.

Does this mean that Elon Musk will change Fox’s twitter to a state sponsored agency?

For you etymologists out there, Musk is from the Sanscrit for scrotum.

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Seems to me McCarthy was always competing to be the farther right’s sock puppet.
Now that he’s won that position, are the rules written so that he can only hang onto it by continuing in that role?

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Um, I believe the appropriate designation is ‘party organ,’ which, by Twitter’s rules, doesn’t require a special designation. Yet.

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It’s all true, everything we ever thought about these people—plus who knows what things we didn’t think of.

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F_ck this f_ckin’ sh_t!!

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Watch out for the Hive moderators. /s

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Is Tucker involved in the debt ceiling crisis, too?

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Nah…Thats Hannity’s dept.

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Nannybot sez wut?

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Does anyone understand the “Frank Luntz” angle to this story?

From the article:

Gaetz agreed to appear on the show, but McCarthy held out — even after Carlson promised not to ask questions about McCarthy’s relationship with GOP pollster Frank Luntz, according to text messages.

“Please tell them I promise I won’t mention Frank Luntz,” Carlson told Grossberg, who had to book McCarthy. “I’ve done that repeatedly. I don’t need to do it again. This interview isn’t about that.”

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