Tucker Carlson on Trump and DC Republicans

 

Last night a friend of mine (a former Ricochet member) e-mailed me the following video clip. This clip is of a speech that Fox News host Tucker Carlson gave to the International Association of Fire Fighters back in March:

His description of DC sounds much like academia, and just as with Republicans in the former, most academic Republicans can’t stand Trump either. It is a matter of social class snobbery? Perhaps. But despite being an academic myself, I’ve never harbored such elitist attitudes. Blame it all on my roots.

I laughed when Carlson described life in DC involving regular two-hour lunches for which he never paid. Can confirm from my days working on a congressional staff aeons ago.

Will DC Republicans ever wise up?  Don’t count on it.

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  1. E. Kent Golding Moderator
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    Why would Congressional Republicans want to wise up? They have the sweetest gig ever.

    It is the American public that needs to wise up:

    1. Replace lifetime Congressional pensions with a 401k.
    2. Term limit the lot of them.
    3. Shut off the AC in their offices from May to September.
    4. Bonus: Relocate most of the bureaucrats in DC to other cities in the country

    What do you have against other cities in the country?

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  2. The Cloaked Gaijin Member
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    1. > Bonus: Relocate most of the bureaucrats in DC to other cities in the country.

    Alaska and the middle of Nevada seem to have a lot of nice empty space.

     

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  3. RightAngles Member
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    The Cloaked Gaijin (View Comment):

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    1. > Bonus: Relocate most of the bureaucrats in DC to other cities in the country.

    Alaska and the middle of Nevada seem to have a lot of nice empty space.

    Put them in a place that has no latte and no Panera.

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  4. Isaac Smith Member
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    Shut off the AC in their offices from May to September.

    And the heat from November to April.

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