(CNSNews.com) – “Biden has pledged to defend Ukraine’s borders, even as he opens our borders to the world," Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Tuesday. "That’s how it works. Invading America is called equity; invading Ukraine is a war-crime."
Carlson opened "Tucker Carlson Tonight" by discussing how President Joe Biden supporting Ukraine gains him and his family wealth, yet continuous conflict with Russia would immensely affect the American people financially.
“You’re about to become immeasurably poor. That’s not a guess; Joe Biden has admitted this. On the other hand, you’re going to win an important moral victory against dastardly, old Vladimir Putin who is much, much worse than Justin Trudeau, just so you know, so you can feel good about that because…because…let’s see, come to think of it, why would you feel good about that? It seems like a pretty terrible deal for you and for the United States. Hunter Biden gets a million dollars a year from Ukraine, but you can no longer afford to go out to dinner. That’s not a bargain.”
Below is a transcript of this portion of the segment:
Tucker Carlson: “Since the day that Donald Trump became president, Democrats in Washington have told you you have a patriotic duty to hate Vladimir Putin. It's not a suggestion; it’s a mandate. Anything less than hatred for Putin is treason. Many Americans have obeyed this directive; they now dutifully hate Vladimir Putin; maybe you’re one of them. Hating Putin has become the central purpose of America’s foreign policy; it's the main thing that we talk about. Entire cable channels are now devoted to it. Very soon, that hatred of Vladimir Putin could bring the United States into a conflict in Eastern Europe. Before that happens, it might be worth asking yourself, since it is getting pretty serious, what is this really about? "Why do I hate Putin so much? Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? Has he shipped every middle-class job in my town to Russia? Did he manufacture a worldwide pandemic that wrecked my business and kept me indoors for two years? Is he teaching my children to embrace racial discrimination? Is he making fentanyl? Is he trying to snuff out Christianity? Does he eat dogs?" These are fair questions and the answer to all of them is no. Vladimir Putin didn’t do any of that. So why does permanent Washington hate him so much?
If you’ve been watching the news, you know that Putin is having a border dispute with a nation called Ukraine. Now the main thing to know about Ukraine for our purposes is that its leaders once sent millions of dollars to Joe Biden’s family. Not surprisingly, Ukraine is now one of Biden’s favorite countries. Biden has pledged to defend Ukraine’s borders, even as he opens our borders to the world. That’s how it works. Invading America is called equity; invading Ukraine is a war-crime. So with every day we move closer to some kind of conflict with Russia, conflict that could easily spin out of control, given that the people running this have no fine motor skills.
The administration assures us this has nothing at all to do with repaying Joe Biden’s personal debts to Ukrainian oligarchs, not at all; it’s completely and totally unrelated. The point here is to defend democracy. Not that Ukraine is a democracy. It is not a democracy. Ukraine’s president has arrested his main political opponent; he has shut down newspapers and television stations that have dared to criticize him. So in American terms you would call Ukraine a tyranny, but Joe Biden likes Ukraine so Putin bad, war good. How will this conflict affect you? Well, it will affect you quite a bit, actually. Energy prices in the United States are about to go way up and that means that everything you buy will become much more expensive, from the food you eat, to the car you drive, to tickets you need to take your family on vacation this summer, assuming you can still afford vacation by then.
You’re about to become immeasurably poor. That’s not a guess; Joe Biden has admitted this. On the other hand, you’re going to win an important moral victory against dastardly, old Vladimir Putin who is much, much worse than Justin Trudeau, just so you know, so you can feel good about that because…because…let’s see, come to think of it, why would you feel good about that? It seems like a pretty terrible deal for you and for the United States. Hunter Biden gets a million dollars a year from Ukraine, but you can no longer afford to go out to dinner. That’s not a bargain.”
Emily Robertson is a CNSNews intern and a senior at Liberty University studying Strategic Communication with a double minor in Government and Politics & Policy. She has written for the Liberty Champion as an opinion writer and news reporter, as well as participated in other extracurricular activities involving law and politics.