Charlie Sykes appeared on MSNBC’s 11th Hour Friday night and shredded Tucker Carlson for his recent comments about the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Thursday, Carlson said Gen. Mark Milley is “not just a pig. He’s stupid” after Milley testified that day before the House Armed Services Committee. “I want to understand White rage,” Milley told the committee, prompting Carlson’s remarks. “Hard to believe that man wears a uniform,” said the Fox host.
Turning to Sykes, Brian Williams said that Fox News airs on some U.S. military bases. “So think about it,” he said “Through the ranks, they’re gonna hear Fox News refer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs as a stupid pig.”
Sykes ripped into Carlson:
Think about this. You have this pampered man-child trust fund baby calling a decorated veteran a pig and stupid. And you would think that people would step back and say, ‘Ok, I’m sorry. You can disagree with the man, but we are a party and a movement that has always prided ourselves on respect for the military, respect for what he’s accomplished. Those stripes on his sleeve are not, you know, Venmo accounts. Those stripes on the sleeve are, you know, places that he has served his country.’
Carlson’s full name is Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson. His father is a former
“The ongoing silence from other Republicans, the ongoing silence from other folks at Fox News–I guess part of it is… it’s the stupidity of it,” said Sykes. “It’s the crudity of it. It’s the lack of patriotism.”
Carlson doubled down on his criticism of Milley Friday night, calling the general’s comments on race “disgraceful” and “disqualifying.”
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