Tucker Carlson Is Wrong About Christian Zionism

Tucker Carlson Is Wrong About Christian Zionism

Why do so many Americans support Israel? In his recent interview with “Groyper” Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson was the latest to ask a question that has vexed politicians, journalists, and scholars. “They’re not Jewish; most of them are self-described Christians,” he marveled. “They’re Christian Zionists. Like, what is that?”This was not the first time Carlson has discussed what he called the “brain virus” of Christian Zionism. In June, Carlson gr…

Tucker Carlson, the Provocateur

Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, December 2021. (Photo: Gage Skidmore). Tucker Carlson’s shift from provocative media personality to a figure openly giving platforms to Holocaust revisionism and coded antisemitic tropes shows a troubling trajectory. His kind of criticisms of Israel, invocation of classic antisemitic cliches (such as Jewish conspiracies and collec…