A recent comment by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that the United States should “divorce” based on political ideology caught the ire of podcaster Keith Olbermann, who believes Taylor Greene’s comments come after she was fed a “steady diet of Fox News”.
“What we saw here was one of those moments when somebody has simply had too much Fox News pumped into them over the years. And they suddenly explode with a resounding fatal salvo of imbecility,” Olbermann said during his podcast Tuesday.
He then turned his attention to the development that Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (D-CA) has given security footage from the January 6th insurrection to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and only to Carlson.
“It is time for us — as a country — to address the danger Fox News represents, to act swiftly and decisively against Fox News, to deplatform it, and to — in fact — destroy it,” said Olbermann. “McCarthy has given it to Carlson exclusively, and McCarthy has done so without consultation with House colleagues, without hearings, without any authority other than believing since the January 6th Committee was run by the House of Representatives, all footage that committee obtained and did not release is his to do with as he pleases…and McCarthy might as well as handed it to the Russian Ambassador to the United States.”
The former cable news host then turned his attention toward Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
“Tucker Carlson is probably not an actual Russian asset. He is probably doing their work as a hobby. But he might as well be one. He is not loyal to this country or any aspect of how it is governed. He does not approve of how its leaders are elected, he has no interest in making sure that money and power cannot crush the weak at every turn.
“There is no concept to Tucker Carlson of truth, nor law, nor of decency. There is one touchstone only: How much can Tucker Carlson get away with? Tucker Carlson is loyal to only one thing: Tucker Carlson. He is dedicated to only one thing: The vendetta he has had against liberals, in particular, but honestly against America in general since he was fired first by CNN, then by PBS, then by MSNBC, and then when he was first marginalized by Fox News before it finally gave him the power he demanded of it in 2016.”
