A text message obtained by NYT shows Tucker Carlson allegedly describing a video that showed a “group of Trump guys” beating an “Antifa kid,” and stating that “It’s not how white men fight'
allegedly describing a video that showed a “group of Trump guys” beating an “Antifa kid,” and stating that “It’s not how white men fight.” , according to the report, and led to the abrupt firing of Carlson — who hawked racist rhetoric on his showThe former host sent the message on Jan. 7, 2021 to one of his producers after Trump supporters attacked the Capitol on on Jan. 6, 2021.
In the message, Carlson allegedly wrote how Trump supporters beat “an Antifa kid.” Carlson then reportedly expressed a desire to see the men kill the person he had described as the Antifa kid, while stating, “It’s not how white men fight.” The previously unreported text was part of redacted court filings. Fox’s board saw the message a day before the company was scheduled for a jury trial against Dominion, and worried that Carlson’s text would become public if he testified on the stand, according to the Times.“Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid.
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