The Gateway Pundit beforehand reported that former Fox Information host and present X/Twitter star Tucker Carlson is garnering VP consideration from conservatives and members of President Trump’s crew. Now, Tucker has responded to those calls.
As Semafor reported, Tucker gave the keynote speech Thursday evening on the American Rules Undertaking Basis’s annual Christmas gala the place he spoke about his Christian religion, optimism, and an America the place “every part’s falling aside. Afterward, an viewers member requested him to deal with the VP experiences.
Whereas Tucker didn’t wholly rule out serving as Trump’s sidekick, he stated, “God would have to yell at me very loud.” He additionally expressed nervousness about transitioning from being a well-paid personal citizen to changing into a politician.
“To go from being, like, a well-paid street corner schizophrenic to, like, a politician — it’s just kind of hard to envision,” Tucker said.
He additionally stated he didn’t know Melania, his most outstanding advocate for the VP slot, very nicely. That will change if he formally joined forces to create the last word MAGA crew.
Regardless of Tucker’s hesitation, Semafor reported viewers members erupted in cheers when Carlson left the door open.
One can perceive Tucker’s skepticism about accepting the VP slot. This implies bypassing probably thousands and thousands of {dollars} and ceding a few of his affect.
However all through American historical past, there have been political figures who’ve expressed nice skepticism on the concept of changing into VP solely to just accept the place in a while.
Essentially the most outstanding instance is the present White Home occupant. Joe Biden was initially hesitant on accepting then-Senator Barack Obama’s provide to hitch forces again in 2008 earlier than relenting.
Accepting the place will surely make one man fairly pleased. The Gateway Pundit reported final month that Trump defined throughout an interview with conservative radio host Clay Travis why he would think about Tucker as his working mate.
“I like Tucker A LOT,” Trump stated. “He’s obtained nice widespread sense. We need to have protected borders, we need to have a wall as a result of partitions work.
Trump alone will make the last word name on who will turn out to be his sidekick, and he’s something however predictable. If Tucker receives that cellphone name, his response might be some of the anticipated in trendy American political historical past.
