Tucker Carlson thinks Elizabeth Warren's economic plan makes 'obvious sense'
Tucker Carlson shocked viewers Wednesday night when he praised 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s economic plan, which she called A Plan for Economic Patriotism. After spending nearly four minutes reading an excerpt from Warren’s extensive plan, Carlson described a few of the principles Warren lays out, expressing agreement.
“It’s just pure old-fashioned economics. How to preserve good-paying American jobs. Even more remarkable? Many of Warren’s policy prescriptions make obvious sense,” Carlson said.
“She says the U.S. government should buy American products when it can, and of course it should. She says we need more workplace apprenticeship programs because 4-year degrees aren’t right for everyone. Well that’s true. She says that taxpayers ought to benefit from the research and development that they pay for.”
OK this is pretty wild: Tucker Carlson just went on an extended riff praising Elizabeth Warren’s economic plan.
“Many of Warren’s policy prescriptions make obvious sense,” he told his viewers. pic.twitter.com/jPuUpsybof— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 6, 2019
In a surprising and uncharacteristic twist, Carlson also ripped the Republican Party he usually defends.
“Republicans in Congress can’t promise to protect American industries. They wouldn’t dare to do that,” Carlson said. “It might violate some principle of Austrian economics. It might make the Koch brothers mad. It might alienate the Libertarian ideologues who to this day fund most Republican campaigns,”
But it wasn’t all praise for Warren. Carlson ripped her social policies in typical outlandish Tucker Carlson form. And just in case his viewers thought he may be ready to switch sides, Carlson assured them that’s not the case.
“I just want to restate here that this is far from an endorsement of Elizabeth Warren,” Carlson said, “whom I couldn’t vote for because she’s so far out on the social issues. It would be wrong to vote for her, in my view.”
Tucker Carlson Tonight airs weeknights at 8 p.m. on Fox News Channel.
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