"'I have noticed that his targets are all people who are sincere, non-crazy, non-hateful opponents of neocon politics,' Carlson said. 'He is clearly part of a campaign to discredit non-crazy right voices.'"
"'Everybody's calling everybody else a Fed, but I think this one's pretty cut-and-dry,' Fuentes said. 'Who's the C.I.A. cutout? Who's the poseur? Who is America? I am America!'"
"'Jews are running society. Women need to shut the fuck up. Blacks need to be imprisoned for the most part. And we would live in paradise. It's that simple.'"
Tucker Carlson hosted Nick Fuentes after months of mutual public attacks, signaling a convergence between mainstream conservative platforms and extremist actors. Fuentes espouses explicit white nationalist positions, asserting that Jews control society, advocating silencing women, and proposing imprisonment for Black people. Carlson accused Fuentes of targeting reasonable right-wing figures and suggested a campaign to discredit non-extreme conservative voices, while Fuentes accused Carlson of being a CIA asset and denounced him personally. The interaction illustrates increasing platforming of extremist rhetoric, the potential mainstreaming of racist and antisemitic ideas, and the risk of audience radicalization and political fragmentation within MAGA media.
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