Establishment Republicans team up to attack Tucker Carlson for opposing US war in Ukraine

Establishment Republicans are very upset with @TuckerCarlson for opposing their desired war over Ukraine. There are zero Democrats being loud about opposing this war.

That leaves only a Fox News host and a handful of libertarian Republicans to oppose it. https://t.co/Lv2xS4syiH — Jack Hunter (@jackhunter74) February 3, 2022

From my latest at BASEDPolitics, "Politico reported Tuesday that hawkish Republican politicians are getting upset because Carlson’s 'America First' message is registering with voters back home.

These Republicans have a message for Tucker: We’re in charge. Not you.

But are they?

In a story that reads more like an opinion column at times, Politico  reporter Andrew Desiderio writes, 'Republican senators are unmoved by Tucker Carlson’s relentless warpath against support for Ukraine—even as it widens an existing rift in their party.'

'The Fox News prime time host and others on the far-right' (author’s note: hawkish Republicans aren’t considered 'far-right' anymore? That’s new!) 'have excused and even rationalized Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine and downplayed its relevance to U.S. national security,' the Politico story reads.

'And while GOP senators are shrugging off his name-and-shame campaign, Carlson’s views are permeating the GOP base in a way that could undermine Republicans’ efforts to emphasize cross-party unity as they seek to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine,' the piece continues.

In other words, Carlson is messing up hawks’ plans for the next war. Which is… the entire point of what he’s doing."

Read the entire story.