Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that 鈥渢here’s no chance I would support the Republican Party” ahead of the November midterm elections, dismissing the political affiliation he’s defended as a pundit for decades, including as one of Fox News Channel’s most popular hosts.
鈥淣ot gonna support the Democratic Party,鈥� Carlson was quick to add, speaking late last week on the show 鈥淐an’t Be Censored.鈥� 鈥淚 don’t know what I’m going to do.鈥�
Carlson, who has amassed a large following on his own podcast since being in 2023, has more recently diverged from the party, a disillusionment supercharged by President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran in February.
Carlson supported Trump in 2024. After the war began, he apologized for supporting the then-presidential candidate and 鈥渕isleading people,” saying it wasn’t intentional.
He’s repeatedly criticized the war as being at the behest of Israel at the expense of Americans, and attacked the party for failing to represent its own voters, citizens and nation.
鈥淭hey are making decisions on the basis of other criteria, what鈥檚 best for this company, what鈥檚 best for Israel, what鈥檚 best for our donors,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 not just, like, they are off in the wrong direction, like, that is unacceptable, that鈥檚 treasonous, it鈥檚 immoral, it can鈥檛 continue.”
鈥淚鈥檝e been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican Party, I mean very consistent defender, but there鈥檚 no defending this,” he said. 鈥淪o no, I鈥檓 out. And if I鈥檓 out, then I think a lot of other people are out.鈥�
