A biography for Tucker Carlsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I like Sarah Palin.”
“American presidential elections usually amount to a series of overcorrections: Clinton begat Bush, who produced Obama, whose lax border policies fueled the rise of Trump.”
“In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway.”
“People with conservative temperaments don't become fighter pilots or presidential candidates - they're all that way to some extent.”
“I do think - I'm sure I'm the lone voice in saying this - that Iran deserves to be annihilated. I think they're lunatics. I think they're evil.”
“The public understands that the government is broke, but many still don't want to cut programs they enjoy or depend on.”
“The second you feel a political imperative, it destroys your art.”
“What bothers me is the lack of self-awareness. I don't know if I have ever met a group less self-aware than political reporters.”
“Get-educated-quick schemes are usually about as sound as subprime mortgage-backed securities: Enticing but basically fraudulent.”
“Trump is, in part, a reaction to the intellectual corruption of the Republican Party. That ought to be obvious to his critics, yet somehow it isn't.”
“In politics, reform never comes before crisis.”
“Like everyone else, rich people respond to incentives.”
“I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class.”
“I like women.”
“To be a feminist, you could cut your hair really short. You have to be really angry about something.”
“In Washington, no one believes anything unless it comes from 'The New Yorker,' 'New York Times' editorial page, or 'The Washington Post.'”
“If you think your average Trump voter in Ohio hates Washington, you should see what Washington thinks about the Trump voter in Ohio.”
“It's normal for people, especially politicians, to expect rewards in return for favors.”
“Who laughs less than feminists?”
“Sharpton is a smart guy. In some ways, he's a good guy. But a moral arbiter? Let's not get carried away.”