Tucker Carlson says he is done with the Republican Party.
The longtime conservative commentator made the declaration during an appearance on the “Can’t Be Censored” podcast late last week. His comments did not draw widespread attention right away, but clips from the interview began circulating more heavily on social media Monday.
Carlson said he has reached a breaking point with the GOP over what he sees as the party’s loyalty to Israel. He argued that Republican leaders have placed the interests of another country ahead of the interests of American voters.
“I would not support the Republican Party,” Carlson said. “There’s no chance I would support the Republican Party.”
Carlson made clear that he is not moving toward Democrats either. The former Fox News host said he does not know exactly what his political future looks like, but he suggested he can no longer defend Republicans after years of doing so publicly.
“At this point, how could I, or any American voter, support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States?” Carlson said.
He accused the GOP of putting “the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens.”
“It’s not possible to vote for people like that, and I’m not going to,” he added.
Carlson said he had spent decades defending Republicans across his time at Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. That, he said, is now over.
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“I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years,” he said. “But there’s no defending this because it’s immoral.”
His remarks also included criticism of President Donald Trump. Carlson claimed Trump has been too loyal to Israeli donors and argued that the United States had been pulled into a conflict with Iran because of pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The United States went to war with Iran, a war that we are losing — that we’ve effectively lost already — because of pressure from the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu,” Carlson said.
Carlson has become one of the most prominent critics of Israel on the political right in recent years, often clashing with more traditional Republican voices on foreign policy.
Weeks before Operation Epic Fury began, Carlson also raised the possibility that Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon might not have the destabilizing effect many U.S. officials have warned about.
In a newsletter to his followers, he wrote, “Could the Iranians obtaining The Bomb wind up being a good thing? Whether anyone in the foreign policy establishment admits it, North Korea’s nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006.”
The comments mark another sharp break between Carlson and the Republican establishment, particularly on the issue of U.S. support for Israel.
