{"id":145838,"date":"2025-06-18T04:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-to-bat-for-tucker-carlson-says-hes-really-cool-and-popular\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T04:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:37:33","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-to-bat-for-tucker-carlson-says-hes-really-cool-and-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-to-bat-for-tucker-carlson-says-hes-really-cool-and-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes to Bat for Tucker Carlson, Says He\u2019s Really Cool and Popular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> took a second on Monday evening to defend <strong>Tucker Carlson<\/strong> after <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> known as the previous Fox News host \u201ckooky\u201d for criticizing the president\u2019s <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-went-opposing-israels-strikes-iran-reluctant-support-rcna213091\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-went-opposing-israels-strikes-iran-reluctant-support-rcna213091&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-went-opposing-israels-strikes-iran-reluctant-support-rcna213091\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">help<\/a> of Israel\u2019s assaults on Iran. Yes, it\u2019s an actual Mad Libs From Hell second.<\/p>\n<p>Following a Truth Social publish during which Trump <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5353896-trump-knocks-kooky-carlson-over-iran-criticism\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5353896-trump-knocks-kooky-carlson-over-iran-criticism\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5353896-trump-knocks-kooky-carlson-over-iran-criticism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cSomebody please explain to kooky\u00a0Tucker Carlson\u00a0that, \u2018IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!\u2019\u201d Greene took to X to <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inform<\/a> her followers: \u201cTucker Carlson is one of my favorite people. He fiercely loves his wife, children, and our country. Since being fired by the neocon network Fox News, he has more popularity and viewers than ever before. He unapologetically believes the same things I do. That if we don\u2019t fight for our own country and our own people then we will no longer have a country for our children and our grandchildren. And foreign wars\/intervention\/regime change put America last, kill innocent people, are making us broke, and will ultimately lead to our destruction. That\u2019s not kooky. That\u2019s what millions of Americans voted for. It\u2019s what we believe is America First.\u201d<\/p>\n<div aria-label=\"social media post\" class=\"TwitterEmbedContainer-ggEzfU fHwbKp\">\n<div class=\"MessageBannerWrapper-krrtvl bfexgY ConsentBannerWrapper-bMdLtU WTFWJ\" data-testid=\"message-banner\">\n<div class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ MessageBannerContent-gLUJfX iUEiRd hfDfPc lbXvvx\">\n<h4 class=\"ConsentBannerTitle-lgaGAH gOfech\">X content material<\/h4>\n<p>This content material will also be seen on the positioning it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Opens in a new window\" class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLink-eNWuiM ConsentBannerLink-dJZMSz iUEiRd hfDfPc joAuXZ\">originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Greene\u2019s protection of Carlson got here in the future after she <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934375883332046933\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934375883332046933&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934375883332046933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declared<\/a> that \u201ceveryone is finding out who are real America First\/MAGA and who were fake,\u201d and that \u201canyone slobbering for the U.S. to become fully involved in the Israel\/Iran war is not America First\/MAGA,\u201d a declare showing to recommend that Donald Trump isn&#8217;t an actual MAGA man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/17\/nx-s1-5436819\/trump-iran-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given his present tackle the state of affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Going in opposition to Trump isn&#8217;t the one stunning factor the Georgia congresswoman did yesterday. She additionally claimed throughout an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/matt-gaetz-ethics-committee-report-will-be-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraced<\/a> former consultant turned cable-news host <strong>Matt Gaetz<\/strong> that Fox News has \u201cbrainwashed\u201d Americans into supporting warfare with Iran. \u201cWe\u2019ve watched for decades propaganda news,\u201d Greene <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tears-into-propaganda-fox-news-new-york-post-american-people-have-been-brainwashed\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tears-into-propaganda-fox-news-new-york-post-american-people-have-been-brainwashed\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tears-into-propaganda-fox-news-new-york-post-american-people-have-been-brainwashed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a> throughout her look on\u00a0<em>The Matt Gaetz Show.<\/em> \u201cI\u2019ll call out Fox News and the\u00a0<em>New York Post.<\/em> They\u2019re known to be the neocon network news. We have propaganda news on our side just like the left does, and the American people have been brainwashed into believing that America has to engage in these foreign wars in order for us to survive, and it\u2019s absolutely not true.\u201d Carlson had equally harsh phrases for his former longtime employer, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-nukes-fox-news-and-mark-levin-in-fiery-bannon-interview-trying-to-knock-elderly-viewers-off-their-feet\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-nukes-fox-news-and-mark-levin-in-fiery-bannon-interview-trying-to-knock-elderly-viewers-off-their-feet\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-nukes-fox-news-and-mark-levin-in-fiery-bannon-interview-trying-to-knock-elderly-viewers-off-their-feet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">telling<\/a> <strong>Steve Bannon:<\/strong> \u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is what they always do, which is just turning up the propaganda hose to full blast and just trying to, you know, knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet and make them submit.\u201d (He didn&#8217;t say if he engaged in spreading propaganda throughout his 14 years on the community, nevertheless it appears <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/09\/tucker-carlson-putin-orban-propaganda\/675380\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/09\/tucker-carlson-putin-orban-propaganda\/675380\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/09\/tucker-carlson-putin-orban-propaganda\/675380\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he may need<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Greene\u2019s and Carlson\u2019s hostility towards Trump has not gone over nicely with sure members of MAGA nation. Conspiracy theorist and <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oval Office visitor<\/a> <strong>Laura Loomer,<\/strong> as an illustration, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1934805420729676262\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1934805420729676262&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1934805420729676262\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">known as<\/a> for her followers to publish screenshots of Republicans\u2019 current destructive feedback about Trump, writing \u201cI have most of them. But I don\u2019t want to miss any.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Marjorie Taylor Greene took a second on Monday evening to defend Tucker Carlson after Donald Trump known as the previous Fox News host \u201ckooky\u201d for criticizing the president\u2019s help of Israel\u2019s assaults on Iran. Yes, it\u2019s an actual Mad Libs From Hell second. Following a Truth Social publish during which Trump wrote, \u201cSomebody please [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[5015,12054,4248,4751,1292,2287,2616,425,10430],"class_list":{"0":"post-145838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip","8":"tag-bat","9":"tag-carlson","10":"tag-cool","11":"tag-greene","12":"tag-hes","13":"tag-marjorie","14":"tag-popular","15":"tag-taylor","16":"tag-tucker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}