Tucker Carlson: disagreement

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…It is cold outside. Yeah. I mean, look, I haven’t followed Jon Stewart’s career at all. I don’t have a television. I’m pretty cut off from all that stuff, so I wouldn’t really know. But the measure to me is, are you taking positions that are unpopular with the most powerful people in the world and how often are you doing it? It’s super simple. Not for its own sake, but do you feel free enough to say to the consensus, “I disagree. ” If you don’t, then you’re just another toady. That’s my view. Well, I think he probably feels free enough to do it, but you’re saying he doesn’t do it.…

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