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- Tucker Carlson was abruptly fired from Fox News on April 24.
- Ron DeSantis decried the firing and praised Carlson for challenging the "prevailing orthodoxies."
- "He's a fantastic individual. And I think the show was fantastic," the governor told Newsmax.
From one Florida man to another: Gov. Ron DeSantis praised Tucker Carlson and his show at Fox News while criticizing the media company's abrupt decision to fire the popular conservative news host.
In an interview on Friday with Newsmax, DeSantis said Carlson was a "fantastic individual" and that it was "terrible" for Fox News to let him go last month.