Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended the idea of Tucker Carlson interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin amid reports that he is in Moscow.
  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended the idea of Tucker Carlson interviewing Vladimir Putin.
  • The former Fox News presenter arrived in Moscow in recent days, claimed a Russian Telegram channel.
  • Carlson has been a defender of Putin and has echoed Kremlin talking points.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin amid rumors that the former Fox News host is in Moscow.

Carlson was spotted in Moscow in the audience at the world-famous Bolshoi Theater, according to Russian Telegram channel Mash.

The report that Carlson is in Russia sparked speculation that he might interview Putin while there, who has been largely isolated from the world stage following his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

“Democrats and their propagandists in the media are spasming at the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin,” Greene wrote on X.

The Georgia Rep. added: “They HATE when someone like Tucker goes ‘off script.’ We have a free press in this country and its people like Tucker Carlson who we depend on to speak the truth!”

  • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    They don’t believe things because they are conspiracy. They aren’t seeking any sort of truth. They want to believe what they want to believe. And since they can’t support their beliefs factually. They rely on conspiracy theories.

    Case in point my previous 100% factual and uncontroversial statement is already -2 or -3. That all these Communist parties were never communist. Or consider that Republicans in the 1930s plotted a fascist overthrow of FDR. It would be the sort of true conspiracies you’re talking about. But they reject them because it goes against the narrative they’ve been indoctrinated with.

    In their world Republicans are the good guys, and commies are commies. And anything you present that deviates from that will be rejected no matter how you frame it. Or how factual it is.

    I wish it worked like you speculated though. Because it would be a way to reach them. But Like I said before. They aren’t in search of a conclusion. They’re starting with a conclusion in searching for anything that could lead them to their desired conclusion.

    • Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone
      1·
      9 months ago

      People who are poorly educated (or just plain dumb) love magical thinking.

      Hence the destruction of the education system.

      Critical thinking is essential for a modern society. Plus wiping out the shits who are profiting from the lying rightwing media ecosystem.