Many in the 2024 GOP Field Didn’t Fare Well Against the ‘Tucker Stress Test’
Tucker Carlson hosted a candidate forum at the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 14. Politico described it as the “Tucker stress test,” and many 2024 GOP candidates failed. The former Fox News host outright brutalized them. You could argue that Mr. Carlson was the grim reaper to many candidacies this week.
On the other hand, some folks, like Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson, and Mike Pence, didn’t have a shot at winning the nomination anyway. Asa Hutchinson got cornered on transgender issues, which the former Arkansas governor felt wasn’t significant. Carlson reminded him that it’s one of the top cultural debates today.
Tucker explains how he destroyed the careers of multiple GOP presidential candidates today. pic.twitter.com/gwTct45Vtu
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) July 14, 2023
WATCH: Tucker Carlson grills Asa Hutchinson on his veto of legislation that would protect children from permanent, life-altering hormone therapy.
ASA: "Parents ought to raise their children. Parents ought to be in control." pic.twitter.com/Si1JOZ6Q7u
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
This entire exchange between Tucker and Asa Hutchinson is remarkable.
Asa Hutchinson says that "permanent change is one issue, but also, hormonal change is a different issue…" pic.twitter.com/DwSCxvMeCN
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
TUCKER: "If I described to you a nation in which 7,000,000 people had moved without permission…they brought poison that killed over 100,000 citizens of the country into which they're moving every single year, you would say this is an invasion…! You might even say that's… pic.twitter.com/sc6cOs4WSl
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
Tucker presses Tim Scott on whether or not he supports sending cluster bombs to Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/3EAoNjbU5M
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
TUCKER: "I'm confused…The Zelensky government has arrested priests…I sincerely wonder how a Christian leader could support the arrest of Christians…"
PENCE: "I asked the Christian leader in Kiev if that was in fact happening, and he assured me it was not." pic.twitter.com/NV5BFzQ7GJ
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
Mike Pence asks Tucker Carlson to "respect" his opinion on Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/0TineU5MDM
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
Mike Pence is getting visibly frustrated with Tucker… pic.twitter.com/28cNF9HdAe
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
TUCKER: "You are distressed that the Ukrainians don't have enough American tanks. Every city in the United States has become much worse in the last three years…! And yet your concern is that the Ukrainians…don't have enough tanks?"
PENCE: "I've heard that routine from you… pic.twitter.com/LHjNOCDJ31
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
VIVEK RAMASWAMY:
"You want to know what caused January 6? Is pervasive censorship in this country in the lead-up to January 6. You tell people in this country they cannot speak, that is when they scream. You tell people they cannot scream, that is when they tear things down." pic.twitter.com/gMqPC9vNWr
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 14, 2023
Chris Christie did not attend but sealed his fate when he defended FBI Director Chris Wray this week. Trump couldn’t attend due to a scheduling conflict. But we know this is his race to lose. DeSantis is the only person who could overtake the former president, but his campaign has been in a neutral position for weeks.
Chris Christie goes on Fox to defend FBI Director Christopher Wray while House Republicans are grilling Wray him for weaponizing justice on the Hill today:
"What you saw today…was an animated and combative FBI Director who's defending the men and women who work for him every… pic.twitter.com/LrAHwjN81e
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 12, 2023
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