Last night, Tucker Carlson seemed to be doing his darnedest to avoid talking about the Roy Moore sex scandal that was foremost on just about every news consumers’ mind yesterday – but which the Steve Bannon wing of the Republican party would surely love to forget.
Besides the salacious hypocrisy of a Christian firebrand engaging in pedophiia, the bombshell report has significant political ramifications. It threatens not only the Republican grip on the upcoming special election for the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, as well as the party's already-slim majority in the Senate, but even the Republican hold on the Senate majority altogether.
In other words, it should be of major interest to Carlson's viewers.
NewsHound Richard was monitoring Tucker Carlson Tonight last night and tweeted some screen grabs of what had been covered at 19 minutes into the hour. Spoiler alert: It was not Moore.
Tucker Carlson segment teases after starting the show with a full show block on "The harmful effects of social media":
— Richard W. (@IceManNYR) November 10, 2017
"New Info in DNC-Clinton Scandal"
"Bream & Henry Take Tucker's Final Exam"
No mention of #RoyMoore yet. pic.twitter.com/WRr2lgtEz4
Perhaps realizing he could not ignore the story altogether last night, Carlson squeezed in 46 seconds during the final minute of his show. There was no discussion, just a brief announcement.
Watch it below, from the November 9, 2017 Tucker Carlson Tonight, via NewsHound Richard.
FOX News Trumper @TuckerCarlson who complains about the lack of coverage for news stories on other networks finally gets to the #RoyMoore story at the very end of his show giving it only :46 seconds of coverage. pic.twitter.com/zUE9X3euQc
— Richard W. (@IceManNYR) November 10, 2017
So today, the Right Wing coalesced on their take on this situation. The preferred flavor is to say that the story is “suspicious”, and that the women should have come forward a long time ago. But if that doesn’t totally work, the Right is happy to play the card that various angry Right Wing Alabama voters chosen for inclusion on Fox News coverage or calling in to AM radio shows are fuming that they’ll vote for Moore no matter what. Heck, Sean Hannity is trying to paint himself as a sage and sober statesman trying to get everyone to evaluate the facts before opining. (This of course forgets the raging speed with which he flew into attack mode at Harvey Weinstein and anyone else in Hollywood he could spit at over the past few weeks…)
The Right Wing is clearly hoping that Moore will somehow win next month, even if they are taking pains to note that they find his behavior repugnant. They just want to see him win so they can gloat about it on Fox News and for years in the Senate.
Alabama Senate Special Election – Moore vs. Jones Opinion Savvy Moore 46, Jones 46
