EXCLUSIVE: Previously unreported text messages show Tucker Carlson dropping the misogynist “c-word” again, and elsewhere scheming with newsman Bret Baier on how to win MAGA viewers back.
In a Nov. 20, 2020, chat, Baier told Carlson that the “Sydnee [] Powell thing is troubling,” referring to the Trump lawyer’s refusal to provide evidence for her on-air claims that Dominion’s voting machines rigged the election for Biden.
As Confider’s Lachlan Cartwright reported last week: “Carlson being nailed in court documents for his repeated use of the overtly misogynist c-word was a key factor in his demise, as Fox News had “We need to continue to be transparent about the call—let the data folks defend their decision,” Scott wrote back.
Carlson expressed his gratitude and offered to throw his weight around in order to slow-walk further election calls. “Please let me know if they don’t seem to be obeying,” he wrote. “We could really fuck up a lot of what we’ve built.”
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