Matthew Yglesias, a co-founder of Vox, said Thursday that he could not empathize with Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s wife, who was at home alone when a far-left mob descended on the D.C. residence.
“I agree that this is probably not tactically sound but if your instinct is to empathize with the fear of the Carlson family rather than with the fear of his victims then you should take a moment to reflect on why that is,” Yglesias, who is now a Vox senior correspondent, posted to Twitter Thursday.
When asked if he could empathize with Carlson’s wife, Susan Andrews, who barricaded herself in the pantry out of fear, the journalist said that he could not.
“I honestly cannot empathize with Tucker Carlson’s wife at all — I agree that protesting at her house was tactically unwise and shouldn’t be done — but I am utterly unable to identify with her plight on any level,” Yglesias responded.
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I honestly cannot empathize with Tucker Carlson’s wife at all — I agree that protesting at her house was tactically unwise and shouldn’t be done — but I am utterly unable to identify with her plight on any level. https://t.co/1YRAY8DuWC
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 8, 2018
On Wednesday night, Smash Racism DC, an Antifa-affiliated group, staged a demonstration outside of Carlson and Andrew’s residence in Northwest D.C.
According to the Fox News host and founder of the Daily Caller, one of the demonstrators threw his body against the door and caused it to crack. Andrews believed a home invasion was underway and hid in the pantry.
In response to the incident, Carlson said the Antifa demonstration was not a protest, but rather a threat to him and his family. His four children were not at home at the time Smash Racism DC arrived.
Carlson said a woman can be heard in a now-deleted video from Smash Racism DC saying she wanted to “bring a pipe bomb” to his house. He added that demonstrators blocked both ends of the street and carried signs with his home address printed on them.
The @SmashRacismDC Twitter page was suspended after the group posted, then later deleted, a video of the protests.
“Tucker Carlson, we will fight! We know where you sleep at night!” the group chants outside his home in the video.
