The Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson has accused Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie of refusing to face off one-on-one.
Christie blamed Carlson. [being] In an interview on Sunday with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, he said he was “wrong” about the Ukraine war. The Daily Caller co-founder said he reached out to Mr. Christie to give his candidate a chance to “explain his views,” but said Mr. Christie declined the offer.
“This is going to be a longer conversation,” Carlson wrote in a tweet on Sunday. “We just asked @GovChristie to sit down and explain his views on Ukraine. I don’t want you to think I’m an unfriendly coward who won’t answer…”
This would allow for longer conversations.we just asked @Christie To sit down and explain his views on Ukraine. he refused. You might not want to think that Chris Christie is a brusque coward who plays a flattering tough guy on ABC and doesn’t answer real questions, but… pic.twitter.com/6khc5xi3Co
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 16, 2023
Carlson interviewed nearly all of the leading Republican presidential candidates for 2024 at a Blaze TV event on Friday and supported Ukraine despite the arrest of a handful of Christian clergy by the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Conflicted with former Vice President Mike Pence about what he was doing. He also compared the amount of resources sent to Ukraine to the amount of resources devoted to the U.S. crime surge and homelessness crisis. (Related: Tension boils as Tucker confronts Mike Pence over Christian discrimination in Ukraine)
“I’m sorry, Vice President. I know you’re running for president,” Carlson told Pence. “You’re worried that Ukrainians don’t have enough American tanks. In the last three years, every city in the United States has gotten worse. Not really, but I can see it.”
“Our economy has deteriorated, suicide rates have skyrocketed, public filth and disorder and crime have increased exponentially. Ukrainians are receiving tens of billions of dollars in a country that can’t afford it,” Carlsson said.
Reply to Christy Carlson claimed In an interview with ABC, he said China would be tempted to invade Taiwan if US leaders withdrew from supporting Ukraine. He also said there was a big split within the Republican Party over Ukraine, but a majority within the party wanted the United States to help Eastern Europe.
“Tucker, I wanted to say that you were always wrong, and you are still wrong,” Christie told Stephanopoulos. “Actually what’s going on is this is a proxy war with China. China is funding the Russian war by buying Russian oil. They are providing lethal weapons to the Russian military.” We are coordinating with Iran to do so, and we can decide when to initiate this conflict.”
“At this point, the Ukrainians will take up this fight themselves if they have our help to win. If China sees us withdraw from Ukraine, as Tucker Carlson and others allege. — believe me — the next move will be Taiwan,” Christie continued.
