Tucker Carlson’s anti-Koch screed was baseless and hysterical

Published June 20, 2019 5:25pm ET



Bernie Sanders is now a prime-time host on Fox News. At least, that’s what it seems like some nights when you watch “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”

The libertarian firebrand and Cato Institute wonk we remember from the early 2000s is long gone. The new Carlson has embraced nationalism and populism to such an extent that his rhetoric now often sounds like something straight out of a Sanders speech. The Fox New host has decried the failings of capitalism and lauded Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s, D-Mass., socialist proposals — and now he’s targeting the Koch Brothers.

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