Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., praised Fox News host and conservative firebrand Tucker Carlson, Friday, for his criticism of the hawkish foreign policy commentators Max Book and Bill Kristol.
“@TuckerCarlson offers a devastating critique interventionism and shows how much of the foreign policy establishment has failed the American people,” tweeted Khanna, who attached a link to Carlson’s piece in his tweet.
@TuckerCarlson offers a devastating critique interventionism and shows how much of the foreign policy establishment has failed the American people. There is an emerging, left right coalition of common sense for a foreign policy of restraint. https://t.co/fwP90EKN4e
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) February 15, 2019
In the article in question, published in The American Conservative, Carlson attacked Boot and Kristol, both longtime conservative writers who are critical of President Trump, as “war peddlers.”
“Listed in one place, Boot’s many calls for U.S.-led war around the world come off as a parody of mindless warlike noises, something you might write if you got mad at a country while drunk,” wrote Carlson.
Carlson is known for his conservative viewpoints, while Khanna is the vice chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “There is an emerging, left right coalition of common sense for a foreign policy of restraint,” said Khanna.
Carlson’s article was published two months after Trump announced plans to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, a move both Carlson and Khanna support. In addition, Khanna led a successful effort Wednesday to pass a resolution forcing Trump to withdraw U.S. military involvement in Yemen.
