Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders took aim at former Fox News firebrand Tucker Carlson, accusing him of peddling what she bluntly called “dangerous” misinformation — and not for the first time.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tucker Carlson criticizing Trump: “The things he’s been talking about over the last several months are simply not based in fact. I don’t what the shift brought to him, but I hope he’ll have another about-shift at some point and start talking with… pic.twitter.com/V1wWyTd5uK
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Appearing on CNBC with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Sanders was pressed on Carlson’s recent about-face, where the once-loyal Trump ally claimed he felt “tormented” over his past support and suggested he had misled his own audience. That’s a stunning confession from a man who helped shape conservative media for years — but Sanders wasn’t buying the redemption arc.
“I certainly can’t speak for Tucker,” she said, before unloading. “But the things that he has been saying and the things he has been talking about over the course of the last several months are simply not based in fact.”
Then came the sharper edge:
“I don’t know what the shift brought to him, but the things that he is saying, the type of misinformation that he’s putting out on a daily basis, are not only wrong, but frankly they’re dangerous, and I hope that he’ll have another about-shift at some point and start talking with real facts and stop misleading people around the country.”
And this isn’t just political — it’s personal. Her father, Mike Huckabee, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Israel, recently tangled with Carlson in a tense interview overseas. The spat reportedly got heated, and Sanders made it clear she thought her dad showed restraint. “Honestly, I’m shocked at how calm and measured my dad was,” she said, adding she would have been far “more pissed” at Carlson’s conduct. “There are a lot of words I could use.”
Carlson, once the crown prince of conservative cable, has in recent years drifted into increasingly eyebrow-raising territory. His commentary has veered from questioning official narratives around 9/11 to floating claims about government involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — and even recounting an alleged supernatural attack in his own bed. Not exactly bread-and-butter policy talk.
More recently, he’s turned his fire toward Israel, suggesting that the country is somehow blackmailing Donald Trump and driving U.S. foreign policy decisions, including tensions with Iran. It’s the kind of claim that raises alarms even among allies who once shared his platform.
Trump, never one to stay quiet, fired back with signature flair, blasting Carlson as a “Hand Flailing Fool” and mocking his past, saying he “couldn’t even finish College” and was “a broken man when he got fired from Fox.” He capped it off with a jab: “Perhaps he should see a good psychiatrist!”
So here we are: a once-unified media-political machine now openly feuding, with heavyweights trading barbs and credibility on the line.
