Sometimes two things you hate can hate each other.
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It usually happens in wildlife and in politics. A snake and a rat get into a fight.
Or, Tucker Carlson turns on Sen. Lindsey Graham.
On Wednesday night, Fox News Host bashed the South Carolina senator as a coward for not coming on his show, and the night before, Carlson labeled Graham a liar for his flip-flopping on the war in Afghanistan.
According to the Daily Beast, Carlson noted that the Republican senator runs to programs on the station that donโt hold his feet to the flame like Sean Hannityโs showโwhich Graham appeared on Wednesdayโto beg for money on his โnever-ending fundraising tour.โ
Carlson was also throwing shade at his Fox News partner in lies, Hannity, who has hosted Graham some 35 times this year.
From the Daily Beast:
Having already bashed Graham on Tuesday night for his hawkish support of the Afghanistan Warโthe senator again appeared on Hannityโs show that eveningโCarlson expanded his criticism of Grahamโs Afghanistan record on Wednesday night.
Stating that one of the reasons why Americans were shocked at how quickly Kabul fell is due to Washington leaders falsely painting a rosy picture of the situation in Afghanistan, Carlson said Graham was โone of the main mouthpieces for these lies.โ
He then highlighted a series of Grahamโs comments through the years, including the senator expressing support for the 2009 troop surge and claiming in 2011 that America was โon the vergeโ of winning the war in Afghanistan as long as we didnโt accelerate the withdrawal of troops from the region.
โWe have a game plan in Afghanistan that I think justifies the expenditures of blood and treasure thatโs about to come,โ Graham also said in 2009, prompting Carlson to respond rhetorically.
โSo nowโs the moment to ask, really, Lindsey Graham? What exactly was that โgame planโ?โ Carlson wondered aloud. โAnd at what point did you realize that it wasnโt working? Well, if Graham ever knew that his plans were failing, somehow he forgot to mention it to the rest of the country.โ
Carlson then smacked Graham around for avoiding his show and his willingness to pander to his audience for campaign money.
โWeโd love to know what Lindsey Graham thinks about that,โ Carlson declared. โYou see him on television quite a bitโall the timeโon his never-ending fundraising tour. โIโm a conservative, send me money!โ Itโs political televangelism.โ
He concluded: โBut weirdly, Lindsey Graham wonโt come on this show, and thatโs a shame because it would be a worthwhile conversation for everyone. The invitation remains open.โ
Carlson then took to Twitter to post a video clip of his monologue bashing Graham, but even more importantly, he noted that Graham has been โlying for a long time.โ
Much like a rat and snake fight, who cares who wins just as long as itโs exciting?
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