DeSantis heaps compliments on 'Florida resident' Tucker Carlson, calling the ousted Fox host 'talented' and 'funny'

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Gov. Ron DeSantis praised former Fox News host Tucker Carlson during an interview with Newsmax on May 5, 2023.

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If Fox News was so worried about Tucker Carlson's racist text, they shouldn't have given him a platform for his 'toxic bigotry', say critics

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson leaves the stage after talking about 'Populism and the Right' in 2019 in Washington, DC.

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Leaked video shows Tucker Carlson jokingly quoting the infamous 'we'll do it live' outburst from Bill O'Reilly, his predecessor that was also pushed out of Fox News

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Tucker Carlson and Bill O'Reilly.

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Sen. JD Vance defends Tucker Carlson over leaked 'how white men fight' text: 'He says far more controversial things publicly every single day'

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Sen. JD Vance of Ohio argued that Tucker Carlson's leaked text was "actually quite introspective" and "reflected well on him."

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Tucker Carlson helped broker the deal that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker after 14 failed votes, text messages show

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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Tucker Carlson once described his desire to see a 'mob' of white men 'hurt' a kid — 'I could taste it,' disturbing text shows

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: Fox News host Tucker Carlson discusses 'Populism and the Right' during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Text shows Tucker Carlson describing how a 'group of Trump guys' jumped an 'Antifa kid,' saying, 'It's not how white men fight'

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Tucker Carlson.

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Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch reportedly had calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weeks before Tucker Carlson was fired

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Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch reportedly had separate phone calls with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Fox News has lost half its 8 p.m. audience in just days since Tucker Carlson's firing

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Tucker Carlson.

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Russia's foreign minister joins Tucker Carlson's Kremlin fanbase, blasting the TV host's ousting as an offense to freedom of speech

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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said US press freedom has suffered from Carlson's departure from Fox News.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said US press freedom has suffered from Carlson's departure from Fox News.

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