Anonymous Pentagon Officials Badmouth Tucker Carlson, Applaud His Exit: ‘Good Riddance’
Harold Hutchison on April 25, 2023
Unnamed Department of Defense (DOD) officials are quietly cheering the departure of Tucker Carlson from Fox News, Politico reported Tuesday.
“We’re a better country without him bagging on our military every night in front of hundreds of thousands of people,” one anonymous Pentagon official said, according to Politico.
Fox News announced the departure of Carlson, a co-founder of the Daily Caller News Foundation, from the network Monday morning, saying they had “agreed to part ways.” The network will use rotating hosts to anchor news coverage at the 8 p.m. time slot where “Tucker Carlson Tonight” previously aired, host Harris Faulkner said.
“Good riddance,” another anonymous official said, according to Politico, which noted that Carlson’s views were appealing to rank-and-file military personnel.
Carlson had criticized the Biden administration over aid to Ukraine and claimed the Pentagon under Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was “making a mockery” of the military by adopting maternity flight suits and changing hairstyle regulations, which led then-Pentagon press secretary John Kirby to criticize Carlson.
Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe, who clashed with Carlson online following the former Fox News host’s criticism of the flight suits, tweeted, “I have thoughts.”
Fox News settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million less than a week before Carlson’s exit, averting a trial that could have seen Carlson and other network personalities forced to testify.
“Ha! I’m sure,” Carlson told Politico in response to the criticism from the anonymous officials.
The Department of Defense and Carlson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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