Tucker Carlson is the biggest voice on the right now by leaps and bounds. He waited into the House majority whip race late last year, trying to steer House Republicans in a secret ballot race. In I think 2021, they asked Republican staff who is the most important conservative voice? And Tucker Carlson was far and away the number one most importantConservative voice to House Republican staffers.
The Fox News host aired a splashy exclusive this month about the January 6 insurrection. Some Republican senators saw his coverage — and publicly called “b******t.”
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah with help from Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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