Ben Shapiro Claims Tucker Carlson Wants Republicans to Lose 2026 Elections
What was said
"Tucker knows, Tucker sees that Republicans are probably going to have a bad '26. What he wants is to say that the reason that Republicans had a bad '26 is because they alienated key people like him. And thus, if you wish to win in '28, you need to shift the entire policymaking direction of the party back in Tucker Carlson's direction."
Ben Shapiro directly accuses Tucker Carlson of deliberately attempting to sabotage Republican chances in the 2026 midterm elections as part of a long-term strategy to reshape the party. Shapiro argues that Carlson's announcement about starting a third party is not genuine, but rather a calculated move to demoralize conservative voters and later claim that Republican losses stemmed from rejecting his policy positions. Shapiro characterizes this as an attempt to shift the GOP toward what he calls pro-Putin, pro-Iran, and anti-American stances.
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- Programme
- Ben Shapiro Show
- Episode
- America Is Too Important to Hand Over To Idiots
- Clip time
- 14:13
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