Controversial Fox News host Tucker Carlson raised eyebrows north of the border earlier this year, when the far-right on-air personality suggested tha…
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson raised eyebrows north of the border earlier this year, when the far-right on-air personality
suggested that the United States should invade its closest ally, friend, and trading partner in Canada, and — in his words — "liberate that country."
And now, Carlson is doubling down with his outlandish suggestion, releasing a trailer for a short film that advocates for the overthrow of the Canadian government via military intervention.
Back in January, the brash, bow-tied pundit asked a guest on his program, "So I have to ask you about Canada, and what we saw happen there last winter, the trucker protests, and then the crackdown by the authoritarian government of Canada."
Carlson went on to advocate for "a Bay of Pigs operation to liberate that country," in reference to a failed 1961 U.S.-backed invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro by Cuban exiles.
"Why should we stand back and let our biggest trading partner, the country with which we share the longest border — and actually, I should just say, I love Canada, I've always loved Canada, it's a great country for its natural beauty — why should we let it become Cuba? Why don't we liberate it."
Carlson's comments in January drew intense criticism, but the news host appears undeterred, and has released a trailer for a new documentary titled, 'O, Canada!'
"For more than a hundred years, the United States has, as a matter of policy, opposed dictatorships around the world. But what if tyranny arrived right next door?," asks Carlson, about a democratically-elected government that just so happens to believe in different things than him.
"Would we liberate the people living under authoritarian rule?" asks Carlson, of a country which arguably offers more democratic freedoms than the United States."
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