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BumRushDaShow

(170,802 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:33 AM 9 hrs ago

'I Am Sorry for Misleading People': Tucker Carlson Delivers Jaw-Dropping Mea Culpa for Endorsing Trump

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 21st, 2026, 6:47 am


Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson apologized on Monday for campaigning for President Donald Trump, declaring that he would be “tormented” by the decision “for a long time” to come. During an interview with his brother Buckley Carlson – a Republican Party operative who previously wrote speeches for Trump – Carlson expressed regret for having publicly supported the president, who has repeatedly attacked him in recent months.

“You wrote speeches for him, I campaigned for him. I mean, we’re implicated in this, for sure,” said Carlson to his brother on The Tucker Carlson Show. “It’s not enough to say, ‘Well I changed my mind,’ or like, ‘Oh this is bad, I’m out.’ It’s like in very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now.”

“Yes,” Buckley replied. The former Fox News host continued, “So I do think it’s like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional. That’s all I’ll say.”

Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Carlson in recent months in response to his former ally becoming increasingly critical of the Trump administration – most notably its handling of the Epstein files and the president’s war against Iran.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/i-am-sorry-for-misleading-people-tucker-carlson-delivers-jaw-dropping-mea-culpa-for-endorsing-trump/



So Putin's mouthpiece is sending a message to Putin's puppet that some things haven't worked out as smooth as expected?
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'I Am Sorry for Misleading People': Tucker Carlson Delivers Jaw-Dropping Mea Culpa for Endorsing Trump (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
Not intentional? This isn't an apology to America. yardwork 9 hrs ago #1
'It was not intentional' is deliberately misleading (a lie) ToxMarz 8 hrs ago #8
Yeah, got a few leopard bites. ananda 5 hrs ago #74
THIS!!! calimary 48 min ago #101
He knew what he was doing, no doubt, but I am OK with his apology if it helps open MAGAts eyes. He has a huge following, Escurumbele 7 hrs ago #47
That's how I feel about it, too calguy 4 hrs ago #84
It's part of the Civil War going on in the Republican party womanofthehills 2 hrs ago #92
Exactly. H2O Man 2 hrs ago #93
Break glass, save career, run from the dumpster fire! bucolic_frolic 9 hrs ago #2
Rats leaving a sinking ship. sop 9 hrs ago #3
.... and desperately trying to re-brand himself then dive head first into the running for president pool come 2028.. magicarpet 8 hrs ago #13
My first thought as well NCDem47 8 hrs ago #21
Rats preparing the general public to transition wnylib 7 hrs ago #52
I don't think it will work. cab67 5 min ago #107
Seesaw.............. Lovie777 9 hrs ago #4
You helped to cause this nightmare with your lies and Russian sponsored misinformation Tucker. Botany 9 hrs ago #5
His anti-vaccine bullshit also killed 1,000,000 people during COVID. Initech 4 hrs ago #80
And you know he has gotten the Coronavirus vaccine shots because when he worked for Fox because .... Botany 1 hr ago #95
This clown is actually setting the stage for johnnyfins 9 hrs ago #6
I have no doubt that he's got Putin's cell # on speed-dial FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #11
This message was self-deleted by its author ybbor 9 hrs ago #7
Nope! Lemon Lyman 8 hrs ago #9
This Little boy-man Tucker,.. magicarpet 8 hrs ago #10
He has ZERO chance of becoming the nominee, lets use his apology to have MAGAts read it, maybe it will do some good. Escurumbele 7 hrs ago #48
The GOPee stable of reasonable 2028 presidential candidates is slim pickins magicarpet 5 hrs ago #75
And Slim Pickens is dead. LONG dead. calimary 9 min ago #105
You're a day late and a buck short Tucker. Ray Bruns 8 hrs ago #12
Tucker is savoring the thought of parking his ass in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk. magicarpet 8 hrs ago #17
Emergency climate report: Hello freezes over! Wonder Why 8 hrs ago #14
WE have all known it for 10 years or more, which means you must be dumber than a mud fence. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #15
Right? This is EXACTLY who Pedo was when they propped him up AllyCat 8 hrs ago #31
And they knew it as well as we did, but the wheels are falling off the gravy train now, so they're oh so sorry. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #32
That's how many German citizen felt in the late 1940s. BradBo 8 hrs ago #16
bullshit. barbtries 8 hrs ago #18
100% right. Anything short of saying he should have supported Kamala Harris, proves he's being deceitful ffr 6 hrs ago #71
You know who this reminds me of? Remember Jimmy Swaggart? FakeNoose 2 hrs ago #91
rest of the story builder 47 min ago #102
Bow Tie Boy UpInArms 8 hrs ago #19
trump will make him kacekwl 8 hrs ago #20
So, he is now upset, mainly because Cheetolini does not like him anymore. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #22
He's soooo sorry. So was Joe Rogan until last week. Bengus81 8 hrs ago #23
Yeah seriously jfz9580m 8 hrs ago #25
I've noticed that people on the right, can have deep disagreements with trump, but... Omnipresent 7 hrs ago #49
Bullshit jfz9580m 8 hrs ago #24
Bad on me Tucker, until i make money on next one. Festivito 8 hrs ago #26
Many of us would like to torment you. Where does the line form? CaptainTruth 8 hrs ago #27
So Tuckums felt tormented for a long time for boosting Donald John? Vogon_Glory 8 hrs ago #28
Go back to Russia, Carlson, you jerk! Norrrm 8 hrs ago #29
People of a certain age (usually over 55) remember when being "a tool of the Kremlin" was an insult Vogon_Glory 7 hrs ago #37
"....aren't a threat anymore." ???? Ukraine would like a word! OhioBack2Blue 7 hrs ago #51
I should have expressed myself more clearly, but while Vogon_Glory 5 hrs ago #73
He can show how much this torments him by helping us stop AllyCat 8 hrs ago #30
The Swanson Pot Pie boys made out good. Fucker and bro Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson. CurtEastPoint 8 hrs ago #33
Trying to rebrand, like the other rats jmbar2 8 hrs ago #34
You outright LIED, endlessly, relentlessly, deliberately. YOU will be niyad 7 hrs ago #35
I'll take the win. JohnnyRingo 7 hrs ago #36
Screw YOU, Tucker! SS32867 7 hrs ago #38
Welcome to DU! Wednesdays 6 hrs ago #63
Welcome to DU, SS32867! calimary 6 min ago #106
He's rebranding himself agingdem 7 hrs ago #39
Kinda fun watching him crawl, tho... CTyankee 6 hrs ago #69
And I am investing my rubles in U S real estate as a show of patriotism! bluedigger 7 hrs ago #40
Well......... twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #41
His first step on the way to a presidential run. coffeenap 7 hrs ago #42
But next month he'll be back to sucking up to the Orange Anus. WestMichRad 7 hrs ago #43
Alysa Milano said it best PJMcK 7 hrs ago #44
Well well well. calimary 2 min ago #108
How was it not intentional? SamuelAdams 7 hrs ago #45
Exactly. My first thought when reading this. Marie Marie 3 hrs ago #89
No JoseBalow 7 hrs ago #46
So he's that fucking dumb. The first four Emile 7 hrs ago #50
He's sorry it didn't work out the way he had hoped, not sorry for his actual ambition-driven actions. NT Gore1FL 7 hrs ago #53
So Tucker has a brother named Buckley? PatSeg 7 hrs ago #54
"it was not intentional" My bullshit meter vaporized instantly at that lie. cstanleytech 7 hrs ago #55
"I Am Sorry..." LudwigPastorius 7 hrs ago #56
Too little too late, Carlson Grim Chieftain 7 hrs ago #57
It was most certainly intentional and this is opportunistic Bristlecone 7 hrs ago #58
I like how you put that! calimary 44 sec ago #109
Won't get you out of the treason tribunal. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #59
Running For President Coolgoober 7 hrs ago #60
It's a good start. Wednesdays 7 hrs ago #61
Your mea culpa is not worth anything. How come the rest of us knew he was a narcissistic idiot who thinks he's a genius surfered 7 hrs ago #62
Too little, too late edhopper 6 hrs ago #64
And the next Republican prick to follow in Trump's footsteps, Tucker Baitball Blogger 6 hrs ago #65
They still support 95% if what he's doing. Johnny2X2X 6 hrs ago #66
Is this a warning for his own or the felon's upcoming polonium cocktail JT45242 6 hrs ago #67
on days like these, let me say.... CTyankee 6 hrs ago #68
..."a moment to wrestle with our own consciences"...... SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #70
"in very small ways". Nope. You'll have to do better than that. Bluetus 6 hrs ago #72
I will never forget these people and what their actions contributed toward. hamsterjill 5 hrs ago #76
Your a lying mother fucker tucker carlson republianmushroom 5 hrs ago #77
Carlson confesses. usonian 4 hrs ago #78
If you know you've mislead people MW67 4 hrs ago #79
Even TRUMP just wasn't Nazi enough for him. 50 Shades Of Blue 4 hrs ago #81
TOO LATE ASSHOLE AZ8theist 4 hrs ago #82
Yes, it was Icanthinkformyself 4 hrs ago #83
Go to hell. 2MuchNoise 4 hrs ago #85
well... orleans 4 hrs ago #86
Screw him, too. He was pushing TACO and TACOism up until recently. marble falls 4 hrs ago #87
Time for Tucker to move on and exploit Sneederbunk 3 hrs ago #88
Not buying it one bit blue-wave 3 hrs ago #90
'I Am Sorry" does not equal a free pass...He can go to hell along with his sycophants..nt. mitch96 1 hr ago #94
" and millions of people like us are the reason..." Grins 1 hr ago #96
Until the next piece of shit arrives on the scene... EarthFirst 1 hr ago #97
The Trumpanzees aren't going to dump Trump as a result. Aristus 1 hr ago #98
I'll take the cracks, but AFAIK he remains a Christian nationalist, white supremacist hack pat_k 1 hr ago #99
This is performative - don't buy any of it. AStern 1 hr ago #100
Another sociopathic opportunist... returnee 39 min ago #103
If you are really sorry . . . AverageOldGuy 15 min ago #104

ToxMarz

(2,996 posts)
8. 'It was not intentional' is deliberately misleading (a lie)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:07 AM
8 hrs ago

Creature of habit. He can't help himself. What he regrets is he thought it would work out better for himself than it did.

calimary

(90,348 posts)
101. THIS!!!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:16 PM
48 min ago

Yep, the Donald sold HIM a bill of goods that he realized WAY too late was nothing but a bag of shit.

And, awwwwwwww, poor dear fellow just woke up deep inside that bag of shit, that was firmly tied closed and well-knotted. There’s no way to get out or get around that one, Tuckerboy.

Escurumbele

(4,102 posts)
47. He knew what he was doing, no doubt, but I am OK with his apology if it helps open MAGAts eyes. He has a huge following,
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:35 AM
7 hrs ago

as long as he is able to change minds to have his followers vote Democrat, I am OK with his apologies. It doesn't change my opinion of him, I think he is an opportunist, a liar, and a piece of s^&*t, but again, if it helps in the primaries and then during the presidential election, I am good with the apology and should be sent to everyone who listened to Carlson, I have already sent it to a few people who listened to him, and will continue to do so.

calguy

(6,163 posts)
84. That's how I feel about it, too
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:41 PM
4 hrs ago

I despise these people for who they are and what they’ve said to get us to this spot. But if some of them are now coming out against trump, whether they're sincere about it or not, it may change more than a few votes towards our side, and that is a good thing.

womanofthehills

(10,998 posts)
92. It's part of the Civil War going on in the Republican party
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 02:40 PM
2 hrs ago

Many Republicans including Tucker have spoken up about the horrors of war in Gaza and Lebanon. I have to hand it to Tucker for finally seeing the light. Tucker is extremely anti-war and very verbal about it with death threats he claims from Netanyahu actually calling him. Believe him or not, seems like he’s very into his Catholic faith and very upset about Israel & US murdering & starving children.

It’s a big Republican & Independent Civil war with many many Republicans now denouncing Trump & claiming death threats.

Denouncing Trump - MTG, Thomas Massie, Candace Owens, Dan Bilzarian, Joe Kent, Ian Carol, Dave Smith, Chris Russel, Saagar Enjeti , Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes, Carrie Prejean Boiler and hundreds more. Trump has most of the independent podcasters against him. Joe Rogan can be a jerk but he consistently has very anti war, anti Trump Independent/commedian Dave Smith on his show -

Many believe part of why Charlie Kirk was killed was because Charlie brought Dave Smith & Tucker to his big summer event and Tucker & Dave Smith were talking anti war & anti Trump policy to college kids at an event with huge Israeli donors.

Most Republicans on X, want the Independent Republican Massie to run for President. Trump despises Massie and is spending millions on his opponent- Almost No one on X ever posts they want Vance to run on the Republican ticket.

So Tucker and Candace are both now top podcasters in the world with Dave Smith climbing up. Between Tucker & Candace probably over 40 million people are being influenced - so better they both dislike Trump.



magicarpet

(18,938 posts)
13. .... and desperately trying to re-brand himself then dive head first into the running for president pool come 2028..
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:19 AM
8 hrs ago

wnylib

(26,239 posts)
52. Rats preparing the general public to transition
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:44 AM
7 hrs ago

from Trump to Vance.

Trump's physical and mental decline are obvious. Trump himself has hinted at his own demise.

If Trump has received a fatal diagnosis-- or, if his backers, enablers, and handlers think that he is going to be removed -- they want to keep their RW voters and the MAGA agenda alive.

So, they denounce Trump as a MAGA traitor and position the fascist MAGA party as the true rescuers of America from "radical leftists."

This is how they try to overcome their lack of Trump's perverse charisma. Usually, when a cult leader dies, so does the cult. But his successors can claim that THEY are the true MAGAs so the cult should follow them and not dissolve.

cab67

(3,805 posts)
107. I don't think it will work.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:59 PM
5 min ago

Vance has very little charisma, and I can't see him denouncing Old Colostomy.

The red-hat movement can dominate a primary, but in many places, it's no longer big enough to carry a general election - and that's if it stays together. And it's not likely to stay together.

Whether this will lead to long-term positive change in the US remains to be seen, but in the short term, the movement/cult will fall apart once the windbag leading it is gone.

Botany

(77,570 posts)
5. You helped to cause this nightmare with your lies and Russian sponsored misinformation Tucker.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:41 AM
9 hrs ago

You should take the millions you have made spreading hate and use it to help people and stop
all public speaking. Too late for trying to wash away your shame now. You made jokes about
Vice President Harris giving blow jobs and fucking her way to the top.

Tucker you publicly kissed Victor Orban’s ass as he was using Russian and Hungarian money to
prop up right wing disinformation American organizations such as CPAC.


Initech

(108,967 posts)
80. His anti-vaccine bullshit also killed 1,000,000 people during COVID.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:23 PM
4 hrs ago

And he was one of the chief spreaders of misinformation along with Alex Jones.

Botany

(77,570 posts)
95. And you know he has gotten the Coronavirus vaccine shots because when he worked for Fox because ....
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:12 PM
1 hr ago

… to be inside the News Corp Building you had to have been vaccinated. He now needs to just
go away forever but he won’t.

johnnyfins

(3,863 posts)
6. This clown is actually setting the stage for
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:48 AM
9 hrs ago

his own run at POTUS in 2028. He will be the alternative fascist to the Trump Regime. You can bet on that.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Lemon Lyman

(1,612 posts)
9. Nope!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:08 AM
8 hrs ago

No f'ing way!

All of you goons are attached to him at the hip. You 're not getting off the hook.

magicarpet

(18,938 posts)
10. This Little boy-man Tucker,..
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:08 AM
8 hrs ago

... is contemplating a run for president come 2028.

Trying to clean up his act and look more presentable by separating himself from the rancid cesspool of raw sewage known as Team trDUMP.

Look at me now and embrace me,... I am batheing and scrubbing my self with a wire brush to publicly and aggressively remove the Orange Shitler taint.

Please give me your vote when I campaign for the White people's White House and send me to Washington DC. So I can have my own rich boy reign of terror modeled as that of djt, but way way worse.

Tucker is trying to re-brand himself as the more likable and cuddlier KKKrishtun Nazi extremist. He will select Viktor Orban as his running mate for VeePee.

Escurumbele

(4,102 posts)
48. He has ZERO chance of becoming the nominee, lets use his apology to have MAGAts read it, maybe it will do some good.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:36 AM
7 hrs ago

magicarpet

(18,938 posts)
75. The GOPee stable of reasonable 2028 presidential candidates is slim pickins
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:17 AM
5 hrs ago

I could see the MAGAT weirdos latching on to Tucker's message and promise to rule with an iron non sense fist. Hammer immigration. Hammer transsex. Hammer the queers. Hammer inflation. Hammer DEI. Hammer taxation. Hammer the need for White pregnancies and White increased births. Hammer contraception. Hammer for the abolition for divorce.

Exploit all the social hot button issues to appeal to the KkKrishtun Fascist adherents. Adamantly Oppose "Forever Wars". Strongly endorse the the American Nazi Republican Parties platform of "America First" - coming across as a fanatical patriot (as if) like Charles Lindbergh.

Tucker could polish his persona and presentation while on camera and climb his way to the top of the heap. He has the name recognition thang down pat - without even having gotten his political feet wet.

Presumably he will have access to ample funds to pull it off and become the next MAGA Emperor of the Universe - if he can finagle enough votes.

calimary

(90,348 posts)
105. And Slim Pickens is dead. LONG dead.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:55 PM
9 min ago

“Louis Burton Lindley (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer.”

Just fyi.

magicarpet

(18,938 posts)
17. Tucker is savoring the thought of parking his ass in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:24 AM
8 hrs ago

Scrivener7

(59,822 posts)
15. WE have all known it for 10 years or more, which means you must be dumber than a mud fence.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:23 AM
8 hrs ago

The evidence was right in front of your face for all that time.

Hope you're not thinking of running for any offices in the country you ruined with that ridiculous pea brain.

AllyCat

(18,917 posts)
31. Right? This is EXACTLY who Pedo was when they propped him up
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:53 AM
8 hrs ago

They propped him up anyway. If the only thing now is skyrocketing fuel prices, it’s not much of a tantrum.

Scrivener7

(59,822 posts)
32. And they knew it as well as we did, but the wheels are falling off the gravy train now, so they're oh so sorry.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:01 AM
8 hrs ago

BradBo

(1,038 posts)
16. That's how many German citizen felt in the late 1940s.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:24 AM
8 hrs ago

Your and your brother are scum. This is a slow motion tragedy happing before our eyes and your at fault idiot.

ffr

(23,434 posts)
71. 100% right. Anything short of saying he should have supported Kamala Harris, proves he's being deceitful
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:43 AM
6 hrs ago

But he's not saying that folks. He's seeing his endorsed candidate's cratering public polling numbers, so he's making up an excuse that implies he should have supported some other equally awful GOP candidate instead.


Fuck Tucker Carlson and anything such an awful person would say. Eat shit and die, POS!

FakeNoose

(41,973 posts)
91. You know who this reminds me of? Remember Jimmy Swaggart?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 02:31 PM
2 hrs ago


In early 1988, allegations of sexual impropriety with a prostitute arose against popular televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Eventually, Swaggart confirmed the truth behind the allegations privately to the governing body of Assemblies of God (his denomination).

In defiance of the national executive presbytery’s decision that he refrain from preaching for one year, Swaggart took to the pulpit once more on May 22, 1988 at the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

In a stirring speech dubbed by Time magazine “the most dramatic sermon ever aired on television,” Swaggart publicly confessed his sinful behavior (as he described it) and apologized to everyone affected by it (family members, fellow Christians and worshippers, etc.).

builder

(1 post)
102. rest of the story
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:17 PM
47 min ago

I was working building a power plant north of baton rouge. Drove past his mansion twice a day.
Seems only the relationship (long term) with the hooker is reported, not the reason she ended it.
Taking money for sex would never come to light if not for swaggart pressuring her to let him " break in" her 13yr. Old daughter. This was reported on, including an interview on tv with the prostitute.
This part is always left out to rehabilitate his image.
Pos bass turd

kacekwl

(9,200 posts)
20. trump will make him
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:34 AM
8 hrs ago

FBI Director when he fires Patel. Then he'll be back to worship the idiot.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,302 posts)
22. So, he is now upset, mainly because Cheetolini does not like him anymore.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:37 AM
8 hrs ago

That is why he is suddenly 'sorry' for doing what he did.

Fuck off Tuck-off!

You get no sympathy, nor absolution. You are why we are here.

You get to suffer with it just like everyone else, you spineless toady.

Bengus81

(10,249 posts)
23. He's soooo sorry. So was Joe Rogan until last week.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:38 AM
8 hrs ago

All of these fuckers are phony,including Traitor Green.

jfz9580m

(17,395 posts)
25. Yeah seriously
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:43 AM
8 hrs ago

It is one thing where it is disenchanted blue collar workers who voted for Trump. But this Goebbels knockoff was leading the charge.

I see Three-Body P everywhere I look online.

Omnipresent

(7,483 posts)
49. I've noticed that people on the right, can have deep disagreements with trump, but...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:36 AM
7 hrs ago

They always default back to supporting him or the publican party.

It doesn’t matter if Megan McCain’s father’s memory is attacked by trump, she got over it and supported him anyway. It also doesn’t matter if Joe Rogan has an agreeable conversation with Bernie about the economically disadvantaged or if trump pisses him off about lack of transparency for the Epstein files.



jfz9580m

(17,395 posts)
24. Bullshit
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:39 AM
8 hrs ago

Tucker, MTG etc can go fuck themselves. They made life hell for people like Dr. Fauci, some of the rare honest/decent elites.

Vogon_Glory

(10,326 posts)
28. So Tuckums felt tormented for a long time for boosting Donald John?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:49 AM
8 hrs ago

IMO, he ought to.

Donald John has already wrecked millions of lives here in the US and hundreds of millions, if not billions of lives elsewhere on the planet. It will take generations, and in certain cases millennia, to mitigate the damage 45-47 has done.

Tuckums is lucky: he’s still well-off. He isn’t going to hurt that badly. The other millions can’t say the same.

My cup of compassion is bone-dry.

Vogon_Glory

(10,326 posts)
37. People of a certain age (usually over 55) remember when being "a tool of the Kremlin" was an insult
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:07 AM
7 hrs ago

howbeit one used by right-wingers to insult anyone to the left of Jesse Helms. Nowadays we not only have Tuckums but a whole raft of right-wingers cheerleading Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation.

There’s still a part of me that’s a Cold Warrior, even if the Commies aren’t a threat anymore. Being that sort of tool is inexcusable.

Vogon_Glory

(10,326 posts)
73. I should have expressed myself more clearly, but while
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:05 AM
5 hrs ago

Russia is a threat to its neighbors, particularly those who who were once part of the old Soviet Union, it is NOT a Communist country.

AllyCat

(18,917 posts)
30. He can show how much this torments him by helping us stop
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:51 AM
8 hrs ago

This insanity.

If he doesn’t, he’s just another grifter setting up to make bank the next election.

CurtEastPoint

(20,062 posts)
33. The Swanson Pot Pie boys made out good. Fucker and bro Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:02 AM
8 hrs ago

so Fucker named his own spawn Buckley.

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jmbar2

(8,048 posts)
34. Trying to rebrand, like the other rats
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:04 AM
8 hrs ago

Who will be the next paymaster? Putin is going broke, on his way out?

I won't believe any apology unless they explain WHY they did what they did, and why it was so wrong.

niyad

(133,150 posts)
35. You outright LIED, endlessly, relentlessly, deliberately. YOU will be
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:06 AM
7 hrs ago

"tormented"??? WTAF are you doing to fix the harm you helped cause, because just saying "tormented" does not do one damned thing.

JohnnyRingo

(20,931 posts)
36. I'll take the win.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:07 AM
7 hrs ago

I could go on about how he knew what he was doing or that he should have known better,
I could say that it's too late for apologies, but he influences people on the right and it means Trump loses another layer of armor and that much closer to seeing his way out the door.

Once the republicans in congress no longer fear his influence over the voters it will be the final chapter in the rise and fall saga.

SS32867

(1 post)
38. Screw YOU, Tucker!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:09 AM
7 hrs ago

... your apology is meaningless - YOU are one of the causes of this chaos and corruption. Screw You!

agingdem

(8,930 posts)
39. He's rebranding himself
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:10 AM
7 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:18 AM - Edit history (1)

it’s basically “I pissed off Trump/he revenge-targeted me/Trump’s poll numbers are in the toilet so it’s safe for me to go into fake contrition mode even though I still hate everyone Trump hates..”

PJMcK

(25,061 posts)
44. Alysa Milano said it best
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:31 AM
7 hrs ago

She wrote an open letter to Marjorie Taylor Green blasting the Congresswoman when she disavowed Trump.

“So… you’ve suddenly discovered that Donald Trump, the man you treated like a messiah, is not loyal and that the MAGA movement is not safe, not sane, and certainly not rooted in anything constitutional. And you’re shocked that he’s attacking you, endangering you, calling you a traitor. As if you didn’t know he had it in him. Puh-lease.

“Here’s the part you don’t get to skip:

“You helped create this monster. You fed it. You protected it. You celebrated it. And now that it’s finally turning on you, you want sympathy? Understanding? A moment of national concern?

“No. Absolutely not. NOPE.

“You don’t get to unleash political poison into the bloodstream of American politics and then act surprised when it reaches your own veins. You don’t get to cheer on Trump while he smears, threatens, and dehumanizes everyone in his way, and then clutch your fake pearls when he finally does it to you. You don’t get to empower a movement built on conspiracy, cruelty, and violence, and then cry foul when you become its latest target.”

Here’s her full letter:
https://alyssajmilano.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-marjorie-taylor

As for Tucker Carlson, he can fuck off for exactly the same reasons.

SamuelAdams

(89 posts)
45. How was it not intentional?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:31 AM
7 hrs ago

Weren't there texts by Tucker leaked after 1/6 saying he hated Trump? Those texts made it clear he was lying in public about his support for Trump.

Marie Marie

(11,383 posts)
89. Exactly. My first thought when reading this.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 01:56 PM
3 hrs ago

Was and still is a huge liar and hypocrite and I pray that he is not our next President.

Gore1FL

(22,965 posts)
53. He's sorry it didn't work out the way he had hoped, not sorry for his actual ambition-driven actions. NT
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:45 AM
7 hrs ago

PatSeg

(53,251 posts)
54. So Tucker has a brother named Buckley?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:45 AM
7 hrs ago

Sounds like a rich family in a cartoon strip!

A surprising apology coming from Tucker, but how can anyone ever trust him? Much too little, much too late old boy.

Grim Chieftain

(1,885 posts)
57. Too little too late, Carlson
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:51 AM
7 hrs ago

You're complicit. People trusted you and valued your opinion. You helped usher in the most evil, corrupt president in US history. Those who were naive enough to trust your "insight" are suffering.

Live with it, twerp.



Bristlecone

(11,137 posts)
58. It was most certainly intentional and this is opportunistic
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:52 AM
7 hrs ago

There is blood in the water and more sharks are going to follow.

calimary

(90,348 posts)
109. I like how you put that!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 05:03 PM
44 sec ago

Sharks can always find blood, no matter how small a drop it is.

Wednesdays

(22,838 posts)
61. It's a good start.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:59 AM
7 hrs ago

Maybe you could help us to elect Democrats now, Tuck?

I won't hold my breath, though.

surfered

(13,812 posts)
62. Your mea culpa is not worth anything. How come the rest of us knew he was a narcissistic idiot who thinks he's a genius
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:02 AM
7 hrs ago

Baitball Blogger

(52,517 posts)
65. And the next Republican prick to follow in Trump's footsteps, Tucker
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:33 AM
6 hrs ago

will be right there to escort him down the same path.

Johnny2X2X

(24,327 posts)
66. They still support 95% if what he's doing.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:34 AM
6 hrs ago

Give me a break. They still Love most of his policies and will defend them no matter how disastrous.

JT45242

(4,067 posts)
67. Is this a warning for his own or the felon's upcoming polonium cocktail
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:34 AM
6 hrs ago

Both are paid chaos agents of putin

SergeStorms

(20,692 posts)
70. ..."a moment to wrestle with our own consciences"......
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:40 AM
6 hrs ago

Bullshit. The Carlson boys have no consciences or else they wouldn't be republicans.

Bluetus

(2,950 posts)
72. "in very small ways". Nope. You'll have to do better than that.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:52 AM
6 hrs ago

A person who voted for Trump and never went to a rally or advocated the MAGA philosophy might have a claim to a "very small" role. But this guy has been promoting Trump on a daily basis to millions of followers for 16 years nonstop.

Tucker, go back and try again, once you really understand what you have done to this country.

hamsterjill

(17,666 posts)
76. I will never forget these people and what their actions contributed toward.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:19 AM
5 hrs ago

Sorry, Tucker. It's all well and good that you want to apologize. But that does not mean that I will ever forget what you, Candace Owens, MTG, etc. did that contributed to the mess that we are in.

If they can help our cause in any way, then I'm all for it. But we must NEVER forget who they are or believe that they are truly on our side. They flow with the tide and they will go back to supporting MAGA at any given moment - as long as doing that would suit their causes and their pocketbooks.

republianmushroom

(22,448 posts)
77. Your a lying mother fucker tucker carlson
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:41 AM
5 hrs ago

You lied for power and prestige and you still are lying.

AZ8theist

(7,470 posts)
82. TOO LATE ASSHOLE
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:36 PM
4 hrs ago

You're still an anti-vaccine, anti-evolution, anti-science, anti-humanist DOUCHBAG!!!

GO FUCK YOURSELF

Only a fucking grifting, opportunist MORON thinks Dotard will be loyal to ANYONE for even 1 second.
Unless you kiss his ass constantly, he'll turn on you in a heartbeat.
So now that Dotard is critisizing you, it's time to "appologize"??????

GO FUCK YOURSELF.

Icanthinkformyself

(403 posts)
83. Yes, it was
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:40 PM
4 hrs ago

intentional. They and the other right wing 'influencers' knew what and who the Convicted Felon is and was. If they didn't it was intentional ignorance.

orleans

(37,042 posts)
86. well...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:53 PM
4 hrs ago

we should forgive tucker, maybe all the rest of them, let bygones be bygones, give them big hugs, be their friends again, and to show how much we forgive them we should buy them all pizzas or buckets of kfc or big macs.






obviously im kidding.
we should not forgive any of them or simply "move on"
i don't care what their excuses are (stupidity, indifference, selfishness, cruelty, greed, etc).

how much money did that weasel carlson make off all the work he did for trump?
if he did grow a conscience then i hope it torments the hell out of him forever more.
"that's all i'll say."
really? he should be apologizing forever.
fuck him


blue-wave

(5,369 posts)
90. Not buying it one bit
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 01:58 PM
3 hrs ago

And I will never forgive Carlson for the hate he spewed at Ukraine and the love he showed for Putin and Orban (He interviewed both). He can take his Orc loving ass and move it to Siberia for all I care.

Here's an excerpt from an article outlining Carlson's anti-Ukraine propaganda:

Tucker Carlson’s history of pro-Kremlin, anti-Ukraine propaganda

In 2019, Carlson exclaimed on air that he was, in fact, “root[ing] for Russia” in what was then a simmering conflict in Ukraine, before quickly backtracking when the comment drew immediate backlash. Carlson would eventually argue to his viewers that “we should probably take the side of Russia if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”


Read More: https://www.mediamatters.org/russias-invasion-ukraine/tucker-carlsons-history-pro-kremlin-anti-ukraine-propaganda

Grins

(9,478 posts)
96. " and millions of people like us are the reason..."
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:20 PM
1 hr ago
“… and millions of people like US are the reason this is happening right now.”
Yes. People like YOU. And they are still out there.

EarthFirst

(4,188 posts)
97. Until the next piece of shit arrives on the scene...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:40 PM
1 hr ago

Do us a favor; renounce your citizenship and go back to Moscow.

pat_k

(13,523 posts)
99. I'll take the cracks, but AFAIK he remains a Christian nationalist, white supremacist hack
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:54 PM
1 hr ago

returnee

(949 posts)
103. Another sociopathic opportunist...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:25 PM
39 min ago

…re-declares himself as a sociopathic opportunist. We know you never mean what you say, but at least we know you can read the writing on the wall.

AverageOldGuy

(4,008 posts)
104. If you are really sorry . . .
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:49 PM
15 min ago

. . . . drive down to West Virginia to the New River Gorge. Stop your car about halfway across the bridge, get out, and jump the fuck off the bridge . . . it's not a problem except for that sudden stop 876 feet down.

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