Tucker Carlson took aim at the major sports betting companies for their “predatory” behavior that has led to massive gambling debt on Tuesday.
In a new episode of The Tucker Carlson Show, Carlson and guest Saagar Enjeti drew parallels between the issues of gambling debt and credit card debt. The conversation first began with Enjeti giving a brief history lesson detailing how sports betting became so popular in the last few years.
Then, Carlson compared the sports betting giants to credit card lenders and explained why, in his opinion, Americans simply shouldn’t pay the debts he deemed predatory:
ENJETI: All forecasts say that DraftKings and FanDuel will make more money this year than they have ever made before; and 2024 to 2023 was already a 23% rise.CARLSON: Why are people paying their gambling debts?ENJETI: Yeah.CARLSON: Why are people paying their credit card bills? I don’t understand. I mean, it’s so one-sided. It’s like, you’re a college student and you get credit card offers, free credit cards, and you get lured into something like this. You get destroyed by it, but you still have to pay your debts; so it’s all upside for them. And then people wag their finger in your face like, “Oh, you a communist.” Am I a communist? No, no, I’m not. If you say, “Why would you pay your debts? Why would you
ever?”… They’re the ones who should be ashamed.ENJETI: Not just ashamed. Our legislators should do something about it.CARLSON: I really do want to start a political party: “Don’t Pay Your Credit Card Bill.” “Do Not Pay Your Gambling Debts.” I really do.ENJETI: It’d be a general strike against — or student loan, honestly.CARLSON: But what they do — and it’s the same people — they take the frustration — the people who are benefiting from DraftKings and Citibank — they take the frustration that people feel — this stupid new mayor of New York — and they move it into, like, race hate. They basically take that momentum and they shift it into a safe direction. Like, just hate each other on the basis of the way you look.ENJETI: Yes, of course.CARLSON: And that’s very safe for their backers; but I’m just waiting for the guy who’s like, “No, no, no. The real criminals are the ones who are loaning you money at 30% interest or getting you to go bankrupt on a sports gambling app.” Like, those are the villains. Why don’t we go after them?
Watch above via The Tucker Carlson Show