Miranda Devine was close to Tucker Carlson for years, so much so that he asked her to write his biography. She was halfway through it when he left Fox. She was on his show frequently and knows him better than most, and does not recognize him anymore. Her explanation is kind, insightful, honest, and concerning. Tucker is powerful and has a broad reach.
Tucker started in journalism, working for Bill Kristol in the neoconservative world. He was talented, charming, a gifted writer, and a force on air. Tucker believes Kristol used those gifts to prosecute the case for the Iraq War—a war Tucker later concluded was a catastrophic mistake. He had a friend die there. He beats himself up about it constantly, Devine says. That guilt is real. That anti-war conviction that grew from it is genuine. Pete Hegseth also came out of the Iraq era deeply skeptical of military intervention and the people who sold it to them. Many or most conservatives feel the same way. Devine said that is not the problem.
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