Tucker Carlson went after AOC last night in an attack that has been described as "vile and vicious" even by his usual low standards. He mocked AOC for claiming that her life (and that of other House members) was in danger during the attack on the Capitol last week. Responding to AOC's (very justified) remark that "it was not an exaggeration to say that many members of the House were nearly assassinated...Many of us, nearly and narrowly escaped death."
In response Tucker went on a "diatribe" in which he sarcastically called AOC a "vacuous little totalitarian moron" and said “When the most harrowing thing in life is pass freshman sociology at Boston University, every day is a brand new drama...Sandy’s heart is still beating fast. But she likes the cops now, despite the fact they’re white supremacists. What a difference a day makes.” (Sandy is apparently his nickname for AOC.)
Although AOC has yet to respond, her defenders on Twitter did. Some pointed out the hypocrisy of Carlson for "dismissing the threat posed by the Trump-supporting insurrectionists while playing up the supposed danger to Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the white couple from St. Louis who last year pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters walking past their home." Another pointed out that "Carlson famously made a song and dance on his show about an ‘attack’ on his home and his family which wasn’t an attack, but now says AOC shouldn’t be afraid for her life as armed mobs with nooses *actually* attacked and looted her place of work." Another said that "The infuriating thing about this is Carlton's dismissing fears that are completely valid BECAUSE *he* keeps making her a lunatic target."
Link:
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/tucker-carlson-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-capitol-riot-111318163.html
