Mark Levin and Tucker Carlson have been at odds for months. But Carlson believes Levin is continuing his feuds on purpose.
Carlson and Levin have been at odds over the state of Israel and whether or not the U.S. should be at war in Iran, among other items. Levin has also verbally attacked Megyn Kelly, who has refused to denounce Tucker Carlson after his interview with Nick Fuentes, and Candace Owens for sharing theories about the death of Charlie Kirk.
During The Tucker Carlson Show, the former Fox News host argued that he believes folks like Mark Levin and Candace Owens are purposely sharing opinions they believe will turn people against them.
“There are people who seem to be trying to inspire hatred,” said Carlson. “And it’s no one I know really well personally, but it’s a couple of very loud voices who are trying to make people hate them. And I don’t understand what that is. I hate even to use their names, but I’ll just name one, because I sort of know him: Mark Levin.”
Carlson continued by noting that he doesn’t believe it’s a coincidence that Levin has been more apt to argue with those on the conservative side in recent months.
“I feel like it’s on purpose,” he said. “What’s the point of that? I don’t know the answer. I don’t know why you would ever want to inspire hatred of yourself. Levin is doing that. But he clearly wants it. And I think there’s complicated psychology there. Maybe there’s a strategy that’s so advanced I can’t understand it. Maybe there’s spiritual elements at play. I really don’t know.”
He concluded by noting that he believes Mark Levin has a fundamental misunderstanding of how to win people to your side.
“If your goal was to turn down the temperature, to make people more supportive of the Netanyahu government — which is a totally fine goal as far as I’m concerned, I disagree, but I don’t think it’s illegitimate to want people to like Netanyahu or something — this is the opposite of what you would do. So clearly, we’ve exceeded my intellectual capacity. I don’t understand what this is, but I know it’s not what they’re claiming it is.”
Barrett Media produces daily content on the music, news, and sports media industries. Sign up for our newsletters to stay updated and get the latest information right in your inbox.
