Robert F. Kennedy has expressed support for a possible meeting between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin.
“The legacy media is in ruins because we exposed their lies and propaganda.” “Tucker Carlson has every right to interview Putin,” the third presidential candidate said on Sunday.
“We need more transparency, not less.” “It used to be that journalists interviewed world leaders, even those we were at war with.”
Kennedy's contribution to X comes amid ongoing speculation that Carson could be the first Westerner to interview the Russian despot during the war in Ukraine.
Russian state media fueled the rumors on Monday by releasing a video purporting to show Carson leaving the Russian presidential administration. However, the medium still did not want to confirm that the interview took place.
Robert F. Kennedy has expressed support for a possible meeting between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin
According to Russian media, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson (center), 54, was spotted in the Russian capital at a performance of Spartacus at the Bolshoi Theater
The former Fox News star remained undeterred on Monday after Russian media showed pictures of him in several locations in Moscow, including in a box at the Bolshoi Theater and eating at a hotel.
“It’s beautiful,” Carlson said of Moscow in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. “I just wanted to see it because I’ve read so much about it but I’ve never seen it before.”
Asked if he was in Moscow to interview Putin, Carlson said, “We'll see” and smiled.
The former Fox News host, 54, reportedly arrived in the capital on February 1 and was spotted at a performance of Spartacus at the Bolshoi Theater.
In 2021, Carson claimed the National Security Agency began spying on him after he said he attempted to interview Putin.
Carson said his communications were intercepted by the NSA and that his identity – which by law should be kept secret – was “exposed” by senior intelligence officials. Carlson claimed the contents of his emails and text messages were subsequently disseminated to discredit him.
His claims have not been confirmed.
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene also defended the prospect of Carlson interviewing Putin and criticized those who criticized him.
“We have a free press in this country and people like Tucker Carlson who we depend on to tell the truth,” she wrote on X on Saturday.
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has defended the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Vladimir Putin as speculation grows about his stay in Moscow
Images of Carlson shared by Russian media led many to believe he could be the first Western journalist to interview Putin in Ukraine since the country's invasion
Images of Carlson shared by Russian media led many to believe he could be the first Western journalist to interview Putin in Ukraine since the country's invasion.
“Democrats and their propagandists in the media are panicking at the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin,” said Greene.
“They feel entitled to the position of gatekeeper and believe that they are the ones telling you what to think and believe.”
“They HATE it when someone like Tucker “goes off script.”
Carlson reportedly arrived in Moscow on February 1 after flying in from Istanbul, and it is his first time in the country.
The former news anchor, who has defended Putin in the past, claimed he tried to interview the Russian president last year but was blocked by the US government.
He has spoken out against America's support for Ukraine and suggested that the West was responsible for the invasion.
His show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was once the most-watched cable news program in the United States before it was canceled in April 2023.
The former news anchor, who has defended Putin in the past, claimed he tried to interview the Russian president last year but was blocked by the US government
A picture of Carlson appears to show him at a performance of Spartacus at the Bolshoi Theater
Carlson has now launched his own show X, where he has interviewed Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and controversial figure Andrew Tate.
The first rumors of a possible interview with Putin first surfaced over the summer, when Russian state television showed Carlson ads that said, “Russia, the high-profile American host is moving to another level here.”
Russia 1 host Vladimir Solovyov begged Carlson to “come to us” after he suddenly quit Fox News.
While Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said in September that “the time will come” for a Western media interview with the Russian president.
He added: “We will wait and see whether Carlson is among those who would be considered for an interview.”
Bill Kristol, former chief of staff to the Vice President of the United States in the Reagan administration, suggested temporarily banning Carlson from re-entering the United States.
“We may need to completely bar Tucker Carlson’s re-entry into the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” he said.
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