Tucker Carlson has been locked in a war of words with Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin in recent weeks. It continued in one of the latest episodes of his podcast.
During an episode of The Tucker Carlson Show, Carlson argued that political commentators and the American public as a whole should do all they can to avoid becoming like Mark Levin, due to their recent remarks about Israel and those who are in opposition of the country’s ongoing conflict in Gaza.
He took aim at Ben Shapiro, arguing that the success of the digital empire founded by the conservative commentator is artificial.
“People like Levin and Ben Shapiro — who at one point had this like media empire propped up by Facebook, The Daily Wire, with some good people on it, it’s fine — spent, I don’t know, a decade posing as someone who actually cared about your concerns as an American,” Carlson said.
“He did it imperfectly,” he continued. “There were flashes that he didn’t really care. And he’s like, ‘No, no, I’m a conservative. I’m a conservative. I’m not just interested in the fortunes of one tiny country in the Middle East with a population of 9 million. No, I have a lot of interest and I really care about this country. And I’m against the trans movement or whatever.”
Tucker Carlson continued his onslaught against Shapiro by stating that he believes the Daily Wire co-founder’s relevance is fading and likely won’t continue much longer, in his eyes.
“I hate to be mean to poor Ben Shapiro, who’s clearly going away as a media force,” Carlson added. He continued by noting that “He will not be a factor in five years. I can promise you that.”
Carlson added that Mark Levin was likely to suffer a similar fate, as well. “Let’s hope he gets better,” Carlson said of Levin, after calling him “unknown to most Americans” because he’s a “third-tier podcaster, TV host, radio host, or whatever.”
The comments from Carlson come after Levin said it was “ugly and embarrassing” to watch Carlson “going through a public midlife crisis of some kind.”
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