Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thinks of right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson as a “helpful fool.”
“In the event you really learn translations of what’s been stated in Russian media, they make enjoyable of him. I imply, he’s like a pet canine,” Clinton advised Alex Wagner on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” on Wednesday.
The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee’s remarks observe Carlson’s Tuesday announcement that he traveled to Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. It could mark the primary time {that a} member of the American media has interviewed Putin because the begin of his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“After having been fired from so many retailers in america, I’d not be stunned if he emerges with a contract from a Russian outlet as a result of he’s a helpful fool,” Clinton advised Wagner, utilizing a disparaging time period usually ascribed to Vladimir Lenin. “He says issues that aren’t true. He parrots Vladimir Putin’s pack of lies about Ukraine, so I don’t see why Putin wouldn’t give him an interview.”
Putin’s warfare on Ukraine has include an onslaught of misinformation and propaganda, which Carlson, too, is understood for.
On Tuesday, Carlson, who was as soon as a Putin critic, stated he interviewed Putin as a result of “not a single Western journalist has bothered.”
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov contested Carlson’s declare, saying that the Kremlin had acquired “many requests” from the West, particularly “main community media: conventional TV channels and enormous newspapers,” The Washington Put up reported Wednesday. The Kremlin stated the interview was carried out Tuesday, and Carlson stated it could be proven Thursday.
Carlson, who insisted that the interview was not out of adoration for Putin, advised that viewers study “as a lot as you may” from the interview.
“After which, like a free citizen and never a slave, you may resolve for your self,” he added.
Hillary Clinton on Tucker Carlson’s Putin interview: ‘He’s a helpful fool’
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