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BumRushDaShow

(170,842 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:33 AM Yesterday

'I Am Sorry for Misleading People': Tucker Carlson Delivers Jaw-Dropping Mea Culpa for Endorsing Trump

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 21st, 2026, 6:47 am


Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson apologized on Monday for campaigning for President Donald Trump, declaring that he would be “tormented” by the decision “for a long time” to come. During an interview with his brother Buckley Carlson – a Republican Party operative who previously wrote speeches for Trump – Carlson expressed regret for having publicly supported the president, who has repeatedly attacked him in recent months.

“You wrote speeches for him, I campaigned for him. I mean, we’re implicated in this, for sure,” said Carlson to his brother on The Tucker Carlson Show. “It’s not enough to say, ‘Well I changed my mind,’ or like, ‘Oh this is bad, I’m out.’ It’s like in very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now.”

“Yes,” Buckley replied. The former Fox News host continued, “So I do think it’s like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional. That’s all I’ll say.”

Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Carlson in recent months in response to his former ally becoming increasingly critical of the Trump administration – most notably its handling of the Epstein files and the president’s war against Iran.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/i-am-sorry-for-misleading-people-tucker-carlson-delivers-jaw-dropping-mea-culpa-for-endorsing-trump/



So Putin's mouthpiece is sending a message to Putin's puppet that some things haven't worked out as smooth as expected?
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'I Am Sorry for Misleading People': Tucker Carlson Delivers Jaw-Dropping Mea Culpa for Endorsing Trump (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Not intentional? This isn't an apology to America. yardwork Yesterday #1
'It was not intentional' is deliberately misleading (a lie) ToxMarz Yesterday #8
Yeah, got a few leopard bites. ananda Yesterday #74
Tucker is sorry only for the War and Epstein. He and the other contras have no problem with any other trumpery. Marcuse 10 hrs ago #136
THIS!!! calimary 22 hrs ago #101
Sooo many Americans recognized the bag of shit for what it was. BUT... Beartracks 19 hrs ago #118
Oh yeah. I "loved" being called names. calimary 13 hrs ago #130
He knew what he was doing, no doubt, but I am OK with his apology if it helps open MAGAts eyes. He has a huge following, Escurumbele Yesterday #47
That's how I feel about it, too calguy Yesterday #84
It's part of the Civil War going on in the Republican party womanofthehills Yesterday #92
Exactly. H2O Man 23 hrs ago #93
Good info on podcasters flamingdem 16 hrs ago #125
Hey, you're not alone, flamingdem! calimary 13 hrs ago #132
Simple is the way! flamingdem 2 hrs ago #137
small correction note - he's an Episcopalian WyLoochka 11 hrs ago #135
Break glass, save career, run from the dumpster fire! bucolic_frolic Yesterday #2
Rats leaving a sinking ship. sop Yesterday #3
.... and desperately trying to re-brand himself then dive head first into the running for president pool come 2028.. magicarpet Yesterday #13
My first thought as well NCDem47 Yesterday #21
Rats preparing the general public to transition wnylib Yesterday #52
I don't think it will work. cab67 21 hrs ago #107
Vance will not succeed or be anointed as the new King of the MAGA Red Hat Brigade. magicarpet 20 hrs ago #113
Seesaw.............. Lovie777 Yesterday #4
You helped to cause this nightmare with your lies and Russian sponsored misinformation Tucker. Botany Yesterday #5
His anti-vaccine bullshit also killed 1,000,000 people during COVID. Initech Yesterday #80
And you know he has gotten the Coronavirus vaccine shots because when he worked for Fox because .... Botany 23 hrs ago #95
This clown is actually setting the stage for johnnyfins Yesterday #6
I have no doubt that he's got Putin's cell # on speed-dial FakeNoose Yesterday #11
This message was self-deleted by its author ybbor Yesterday #7
Nope! Lemon Lyman Yesterday #9
This Little boy-man Tucker,.. magicarpet Yesterday #10
He has ZERO chance of becoming the nominee, lets use his apology to have MAGAts read it, maybe it will do some good. Escurumbele Yesterday #48
The GOPee stable of reasonable 2028 presidential candidates is slim pickins magicarpet Yesterday #75
And Slim Pickens is dead. LONG dead. calimary 21 hrs ago #105
You're a day late and a buck short Tucker. Ray Bruns Yesterday #12
Tucker is savoring the thought of parking his ass in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk. magicarpet Yesterday #17
Emergency climate report: Hell freezes over! Wonder Why Yesterday #14
WE have all known it for 10 years or more, which means you must be dumber than a mud fence. Scrivener7 Yesterday #15
Right? This is EXACTLY who Pedo was when they propped him up AllyCat Yesterday #31
And they knew it as well as we did, but the wheels are falling off the gravy train now, so they're oh so sorry. Scrivener7 Yesterday #32
That's how many German citizen felt in the late 1940s. BradBo Yesterday #16
bullshit. barbtries Yesterday #18
100% right. Anything short of saying he should have supported Kamala Harris, proves he's being deceitful ffr Yesterday #71
You know who this reminds me of? Remember Jimmy Swaggart? FakeNoose Yesterday #91
rest of the story builder 22 hrs ago #102
Oh my God he could be related to Chump! FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #114
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #138
Louisiana Hooker with Herpes JoseBalow 15 hrs ago #126
Bow Tie Boy UpInArms Yesterday #19
Works for me. calimary 13 hrs ago #131
trump will make him kacekwl Yesterday #20
So, he is now upset, mainly because Cheetolini does not like him anymore. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #22
He's soooo sorry. So was Joe Rogan until last week. Bengus81 Yesterday #23
Yeah seriously jfz9580m Yesterday #25
I've noticed that people on the right, can have deep disagreements with trump, but... Omnipresent Yesterday #49
Bullshit jfz9580m Yesterday #24
Bad on me Tucker, until i make money on next one. Festivito Yesterday #26
Many of us would like to torment you. Where does the line form? CaptainTruth Yesterday #27
So Tuckums felt tormented for a long time for boosting Donald John? Vogon_Glory Yesterday #28
Go back to Russia, Carlson, you jerk! Norrrm Yesterday #29
People of a certain age (usually over 55) remember when being "a tool of the Kremlin" was an insult Vogon_Glory Yesterday #37
"....aren't a threat anymore." ???? Ukraine would like a word! OhioBack2Blue Yesterday #51
I should have expressed myself more clearly, but while Vogon_Glory Yesterday #73
He can show how much this torments him by helping us stop AllyCat Yesterday #30
The Swanson Pot Pie boys made out good. Fucker and bro Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson. CurtEastPoint Yesterday #33
Trying to rebrand, like the other rats jmbar2 Yesterday #34
You outright LIED, endlessly, relentlessly, deliberately. YOU will be niyad Yesterday #35
I'll take the win. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #36
Screw YOU, Tucker! SS32867 Yesterday #38
Welcome to DU! Wednesdays Yesterday #63
Welcome to DU, SS32867! calimary 21 hrs ago #106
He's rebranding himself agingdem Yesterday #39
Kinda fun watching him crawl, tho... CTyankee Yesterday #69
And I am investing my rubles in U S real estate as a show of patriotism! bluedigger Yesterday #40
Well......... twodogsbarking Yesterday #41
His first step on the way to a presidential run. coffeenap Yesterday #42
But next month he'll be back to sucking up to the Orange Anus. WestMichRad Yesterday #43
Alysa Milano said it best PJMcK Yesterday #44
Well well well. calimary 21 hrs ago #108
How was it not intentional? SamuelAdams Yesterday #45
Exactly. My first thought when reading this. Marie Marie Yesterday #89
No JoseBalow Yesterday #46
So he's that fucking dumb. The first four Emile Yesterday #50
He's sorry it didn't work out the way he had hoped, not sorry for his actual ambition-driven actions. NT Gore1FL Yesterday #53
So Tucker has a brother named Buckley? PatSeg Yesterday #54
"it was not intentional" My bullshit meter vaporized instantly at that lie. cstanleytech Yesterday #55
"I Am Sorry..." LudwigPastorius Yesterday #56
Too little too late, Carlson Grim Chieftain Yesterday #57
It was most certainly intentional and this is opportunistic Bristlecone Yesterday #58
I like how you put that, Bristlecone! calimary 21 hrs ago #109
Won't get you out of the treason tribunal. travelingthrulife Yesterday #59
Running For President Coolgoober Yesterday #60
It's a good start. Wednesdays Yesterday #61
Your mea culpa is not worth anything. How come the rest of us knew he was a narcissistic idiot who thinks he's a genius surfered Yesterday #62
Too little, too late edhopper Yesterday #64
And the next Republican prick to follow in Trump's footsteps, Tucker Baitball Blogger Yesterday #65
They still support 95% if what he's doing. Johnny2X2X Yesterday #66
Is this a warning for his own or the felon's upcoming polonium cocktail JT45242 Yesterday #67
on days like these, let me say.... CTyankee Yesterday #68
..."a moment to wrestle with our own consciences"...... SergeStorms Yesterday #70
"in very small ways". Nope. You'll have to do better than that. Bluetus Yesterday #72
I will never forget these people and what their actions contributed toward. hamsterjill Yesterday #76
Your a lying mother fucker tucker carlson republianmushroom Yesterday #77
Carlson confesses. usonian Yesterday #78
If you know you've mislead people MW67 Yesterday #79
Even TRUMP just wasn't Nazi enough for him. 50 Shades Of Blue Yesterday #81
TOO LATE ASSHOLE AZ8theist Yesterday #82
Yes, it was Icanthinkformyself Yesterday #83
Go to hell. 2MuchNoise Yesterday #85
well... orleans Yesterday #86
Screw him, too. He was pushing TACO and TACOism up until recently. marble falls Yesterday #87
Time for Tucker to move on and exploit Sneederbunk Yesterday #88
Not buying it one bit blue-wave Yesterday #90
'I Am Sorry" does not equal a free pass...He can go to hell along with his sycophants..nt. mitch96 23 hrs ago #94
" and millions of people like us are the reason..." Grins 23 hrs ago #96
Until the next piece of shit arrives on the scene... EarthFirst 23 hrs ago #97
The Trumpanzees aren't going to dump Trump as a result. Aristus 22 hrs ago #98
I'll take the cracks, but AFAIK he remains a Christian nationalist, white supremacist hack pat_k 22 hrs ago #99
This is performative - don't buy any of it. AStern 22 hrs ago #100
Another sociopathic opportunist... returnee 22 hrs ago #103
If you are really sorry . . . AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #104
Hey Swanson food heir ............pound sand...........look in the mirror you privilege .............P....O.....S.... turbinetree 21 hrs ago #110
Burn the lifeboats JHB 21 hrs ago #111
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles 21 hrs ago #112
Sorry Tucker, now fuck off. COL Mustard 20 hrs ago #115
I don't buy it. I watched as much of the "interview" as I could, and...well... FailureToCommunicate 20 hrs ago #116
No one with a double digit IQ is believing this BS! BigmanPigman 19 hrs ago #117
Tucker trying to reinvent himself? Aussie105 19 hrs ago #119
Womp Womp purr-rat beauty 18 hrs ago #120
Yeah whatever, you bow tie wearing prick! Crowman2009 18 hrs ago #121
'I don't buy it': Nicolle reacts to Tucker Carlson's apology for helping to re-elect Trump - Deadline - MS NOW Rhiannon12866 17 hrs ago #122
Thanks for posting this clip, Rhiannon. When I saw it today, I thought Carusone and Miller had the logical take on KitFox 14 hrs ago #127
Awww, thanks so much. And I also completely agree with Nicolle Wallace, Carlson has proven that he can't be trusted Rhiannon12866 14 hrs ago #128
Fish sticks can go fuck off Javaman 17 hrs ago #123
Well, he needn't worry about me. He never mislead me. Might have been responsible for some nausea. Martin68 16 hrs ago #124
We don't forgive or nor will we forget what you did LogDog75 14 hrs ago #129
"it made you money. " Aussie105 12 hrs ago #133
It's all pro wrestling now Blumancru 12 hrs ago #134

ToxMarz

(3,000 posts)
8. 'It was not intentional' is deliberately misleading (a lie)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:07 AM
Yesterday

Creature of habit. He can't help himself. What he regrets is he thought it would work out better for himself than it did.

Marcuse

(9,060 posts)
136. Tucker is sorry only for the War and Epstein. He and the other contras have no problem with any other trumpery.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 04:09 AM
10 hrs ago

calimary

(90,374 posts)
101. THIS!!!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:16 PM
22 hrs ago

Yep, the Donald sold HIM a bill of goods that he realized WAY too late was nothing but a bag of shit.

And, awwwwwwww, poor dear fellow just woke up deep inside that bag of shit, that was firmly tied closed and well-knotted. There’s no way to get out or get around that one, Tuckerboy.

Beartracks

(14,623 posts)
118. Sooo many Americans recognized the bag of shit for what it was. BUT...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:11 PM
19 hrs ago

... it's too bad WE couldn't be listened to, because WE were all just liberal fucktards.

=============

calimary

(90,374 posts)
130. Oh yeah. I "loved" being called names.
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:19 AM
13 hrs ago

But then again, it’s always made me start wandering toward “THAT’S all you’ve got, dumb-ass?”

Escurumbele

(4,102 posts)
47. He knew what he was doing, no doubt, but I am OK with his apology if it helps open MAGAts eyes. He has a huge following,
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:35 AM
Yesterday

as long as he is able to change minds to have his followers vote Democrat, I am OK with his apologies. It doesn't change my opinion of him, I think he is an opportunist, a liar, and a piece of s^&*t, but again, if it helps in the primaries and then during the presidential election, I am good with the apology and should be sent to everyone who listened to Carlson, I have already sent it to a few people who listened to him, and will continue to do so.

calguy

(6,164 posts)
84. That's how I feel about it, too
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:41 PM
Yesterday

I despise these people for who they are and what they’ve said to get us to this spot. But if some of them are now coming out against trump, whether they're sincere about it or not, it may change more than a few votes towards our side, and that is a good thing.

womanofthehills

(10,998 posts)
92. It's part of the Civil War going on in the Republican party
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 02:40 PM
Yesterday

Many Republicans including Tucker have spoken up about the horrors of war in Gaza and Lebanon. I have to hand it to Tucker for finally seeing the light. Tucker is extremely anti-war and very verbal about it with death threats he claims from Netanyahu actually calling him. Believe him or not, seems like he’s very into his Catholic faith and very upset about Israel & US murdering & starving children.

It’s a big Republican & Independent Civil war with many many Republicans now denouncing Trump & claiming death threats.

Denouncing Trump - MTG, Thomas Massie, Candace Owens, Dan Bilzarian, Joe Kent, Ian Carol, Dave Smith, Chris Russel, Saagar Enjeti , Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes, Carrie Prejean Boiler and hundreds more. Trump has most of the independent podcasters against him. Joe Rogan can be a jerk but he consistently has very anti war, anti Trump Independent/commedian Dave Smith on his show -

Many believe part of why Charlie Kirk was killed was because Charlie brought Dave Smith & Tucker to his big summer event and Tucker & Dave Smith were talking anti war & anti Trump policy to college kids at an event with huge Israeli donors.

Most Republicans on X, want the Independent Republican Massie to run for President. Trump despises Massie and is spending millions on his opponent- Almost No one on X ever posts they want Vance to run on the Republican ticket.

So Tucker and Candace are both now top podcasters in the world with Dave Smith climbing up. Between Tucker & Candace probably over 40 million people are being influenced - so better they both dislike Trump.



calimary

(90,374 posts)
132. Hey, you're not alone, flamingdem!
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 01:33 AM
13 hrs ago

I don’t partake in very many online hangouts except for this one, and a few email wanderings. Just don’t have the time to try to keep up, and I’ve never been that good on the technical end. Besides, as I age, I find it’s better to try to keep it simple.

WyLoochka

(1,666 posts)
135. small correction note - he's an Episcopalian
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 03:31 AM
11 hrs ago

a cradle Episcopalian who went to an Episcopal school and married the daughter of an Episcopal priest. He stays in the church, contaminating it, despite being highly critical of the church's liberal leaning positions on many issues, saying that - he likes the liturgy

magicarpet

(18,952 posts)
13. .... and desperately trying to re-brand himself then dive head first into the running for president pool come 2028..
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:19 AM
Yesterday

wnylib

(26,245 posts)
52. Rats preparing the general public to transition
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:44 AM
Yesterday

from Trump to Vance.

Trump's physical and mental decline are obvious. Trump himself has hinted at his own demise.

If Trump has received a fatal diagnosis-- or, if his backers, enablers, and handlers think that he is going to be removed -- they want to keep their RW voters and the MAGA agenda alive.

So, they denounce Trump as a MAGA traitor and position the fascist MAGA party as the true rescuers of America from "radical leftists."

This is how they try to overcome their lack of Trump's perverse charisma. Usually, when a cult leader dies, so does the cult. But his successors can claim that THEY are the true MAGAs so the cult should follow them and not dissolve.

cab67

(3,812 posts)
107. I don't think it will work.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:59 PM
21 hrs ago

Vance has very little charisma, and I can't see him denouncing Old Colostomy.

The red-hat movement can dominate a primary, but in many places, it's no longer big enough to carry a general election - and that's if it stays together. And it's not likely to stay together.

Whether this will lead to long-term positive change in the US remains to be seen, but in the short term, the movement/cult will fall apart once the windbag leading it is gone.

magicarpet

(18,952 posts)
113. Vance will not succeed or be anointed as the new King of the MAGA Red Hat Brigade.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:14 PM
20 hrs ago

He has no charisma what so ever. Every time he opens his mouth he steps on his own dick. He would need to be more nimble and convincing. He thinks he is an intellectual maven who is miles ahead and smarter than the dirty filthy unwashed masses of MAGA-land and/or the general population here state side.

JD has not got a chance in either heaven or hell to park his ass in the Oval Office come 2028. Even with Peter Thiel picking up his tab and acting as his Steward/Groom of the Stool - the public can not stomach Hillbilly Elegy - as he marches around incessantly with a silver spoon in his mouth while he flies around on someone else's private jet.

Portraying himself as an average blow Joe,... all the while thinking deep down inside that everyone who passes by should stop and then polish the diamonds and rubies on his royal crown.

Go wash and polish your crown in/with toilet water - JD you zero nobody who has convinced himself he is somebody very important and incomprehensibly smart.

Botany

(77,581 posts)
5. You helped to cause this nightmare with your lies and Russian sponsored misinformation Tucker.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:41 AM
Yesterday

You should take the millions you have made spreading hate and use it to help people and stop
all public speaking. Too late for trying to wash away your shame now. You made jokes about
Vice President Harris giving blow jobs and fucking her way to the top.

Tucker you publicly kissed Victor Orban’s ass as he was using Russian and Hungarian money to
prop up right wing disinformation American organizations such as CPAC.


Initech

(108,972 posts)
80. His anti-vaccine bullshit also killed 1,000,000 people during COVID.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:23 PM
Yesterday

And he was one of the chief spreaders of misinformation along with Alex Jones.

Botany

(77,581 posts)
95. And you know he has gotten the Coronavirus vaccine shots because when he worked for Fox because ....
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:12 PM
23 hrs ago

… to be inside the News Corp Building you had to have been vaccinated. He now needs to just
go away forever but he won’t.

johnnyfins

(3,868 posts)
6. This clown is actually setting the stage for
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:48 AM
Yesterday

his own run at POTUS in 2028. He will be the alternative fascist to the Trump Regime. You can bet on that.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Lemon Lyman

(1,612 posts)
9. Nope!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:08 AM
Yesterday

No f'ing way!

All of you goons are attached to him at the hip. You 're not getting off the hook.

magicarpet

(18,952 posts)
10. This Little boy-man Tucker,..
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:08 AM
Yesterday

... is contemplating a run for president come 2028.

Trying to clean up his act and look more presentable by separating himself from the rancid cesspool of raw sewage known as Team trDUMP.

Look at me now and embrace me,... I am batheing and scrubbing my self with a wire brush to publicly and aggressively remove the Orange Shitler taint.

Please give me your vote when I campaign for the White people's White House and send me to Washington DC. So I can have my own rich boy reign of terror modeled as that of djt, but way way worse.

Tucker is trying to re-brand himself as the more likable and cuddlier KKKrishtun Nazi extremist. He will select Viktor Orban as his running mate for VeePee.

Escurumbele

(4,102 posts)
48. He has ZERO chance of becoming the nominee, lets use his apology to have MAGAts read it, maybe it will do some good.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:36 AM
Yesterday

magicarpet

(18,952 posts)
75. The GOPee stable of reasonable 2028 presidential candidates is slim pickins
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:17 AM
Yesterday

I could see the MAGAT weirdos latching on to Tucker's message and promise to rule with an iron non sense fist. Hammer immigration. Hammer transsex. Hammer the queers. Hammer inflation. Hammer DEI. Hammer taxation. Hammer the need for White pregnancies and White increased births. Hammer contraception. Hammer for the abolition for divorce.

Exploit all the social hot button issues to appeal to the KkKrishtun Fascist adherents. Adamantly Oppose "Forever Wars". Strongly endorse the the American Nazi Republican Parties platform of "America First" - coming across as a fanatical patriot (as if) like Charles Lindbergh.

Tucker could polish his persona and presentation while on camera and climb his way to the top of the heap. He has the name recognition thang down pat - without even having gotten his political feet wet.

Presumably he will have access to ample funds to pull it off and become the next MAGA Emperor of the Universe - if he can finagle enough votes.

calimary

(90,374 posts)
105. And Slim Pickens is dead. LONG dead.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:55 PM
21 hrs ago

“Louis Burton Lindley (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer.”

Just fyi.

magicarpet

(18,952 posts)
17. Tucker is savoring the thought of parking his ass in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:24 AM
Yesterday

Scrivener7

(59,836 posts)
15. WE have all known it for 10 years or more, which means you must be dumber than a mud fence.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:23 AM
Yesterday

The evidence was right in front of your face for all that time.

Hope you're not thinking of running for any offices in the country you ruined with that ridiculous pea brain.

AllyCat

(18,921 posts)
31. Right? This is EXACTLY who Pedo was when they propped him up
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:53 AM
Yesterday

They propped him up anyway. If the only thing now is skyrocketing fuel prices, it’s not much of a tantrum.

Scrivener7

(59,836 posts)
32. And they knew it as well as we did, but the wheels are falling off the gravy train now, so they're oh so sorry.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:01 AM
Yesterday

BradBo

(1,038 posts)
16. That's how many German citizen felt in the late 1940s.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:24 AM
Yesterday

Your and your brother are scum. This is a slow motion tragedy happing before our eyes and your at fault idiot.

ffr

(23,435 posts)
71. 100% right. Anything short of saying he should have supported Kamala Harris, proves he's being deceitful
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:43 AM
Yesterday

But he's not saying that folks. He's seeing his endorsed candidate's cratering public polling numbers, so he's making up an excuse that implies he should have supported some other equally awful GOP candidate instead.


Fuck Tucker Carlson and anything such an awful person would say. Eat shit and die, POS!

FakeNoose

(41,984 posts)
91. You know who this reminds me of? Remember Jimmy Swaggart?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 02:31 PM
Yesterday


In early 1988, allegations of sexual impropriety with a prostitute arose against popular televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Eventually, Swaggart confirmed the truth behind the allegations privately to the governing body of Assemblies of God (his denomination).

In defiance of the national executive presbytery’s decision that he refrain from preaching for one year, Swaggart took to the pulpit once more on May 22, 1988 at the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

In a stirring speech dubbed by Time magazine “the most dramatic sermon ever aired on television,” Swaggart publicly confessed his sinful behavior (as he described it) and apologized to everyone affected by it (family members, fellow Christians and worshippers, etc.).

builder

(1 post)
102. rest of the story
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:17 PM
22 hrs ago

I was working building a power plant north of baton rouge. Drove past his mansion twice a day.
Seems only the relationship (long term) with the hooker is reported, not the reason she ended it.
Taking money for sex would never come to light if not for swaggart pressuring her to let him " break in" her 13yr. Old daughter. This was reported on, including an interview on tv with the prostitute.
This part is always left out to rehabilitate his image.
Pos bass turd

FakeNoose

(41,984 posts)
114. Oh my God he could be related to Chump!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:21 PM
20 hrs ago

He's a brother from another mother....

What a world we live in!

JoseBalow

(9,612 posts)
126. Louisiana Hooker with Herpes
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:06 PM
15 hrs ago
(9:33)

On his 1988 tour Frank Zappa played a Beatles medley of Norwegian Wood/Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds/Strawberry Fields with new lyrics about the Swaggart prostitute scandal. It's known as the Texas Motel medley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart

"It's not really religion, it's make-believe television religion."

kacekwl

(9,200 posts)
20. trump will make him
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:34 AM
Yesterday

FBI Director when he fires Patel. Then he'll be back to worship the idiot.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,314 posts)
22. So, he is now upset, mainly because Cheetolini does not like him anymore.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:37 AM
Yesterday

That is why he is suddenly 'sorry' for doing what he did.

Fuck off Tuck-off!

You get no sympathy, nor absolution. You are why we are here.

You get to suffer with it just like everyone else, you spineless toady.

Bengus81

(10,253 posts)
23. He's soooo sorry. So was Joe Rogan until last week.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:38 AM
Yesterday

All of these fuckers are phony,including Traitor Green.

jfz9580m

(17,440 posts)
25. Yeah seriously
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:43 AM
Yesterday

It is one thing where it is disenchanted blue collar workers who voted for Trump. But this Goebbels knockoff was leading the charge.

I see Three-Body P everywhere I look online.

Omnipresent

(7,483 posts)
49. I've noticed that people on the right, can have deep disagreements with trump, but...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:36 AM
Yesterday

They always default back to supporting him or the publican party.

It doesn’t matter if Megan McCain’s father’s memory is attacked by trump, she got over it and supported him anyway. It also doesn’t matter if Joe Rogan has an agreeable conversation with Bernie about the economically disadvantaged or if trump pisses him off about lack of transparency for the Epstein files.



jfz9580m

(17,440 posts)
24. Bullshit
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:39 AM
Yesterday

Tucker, MTG etc can go fuck themselves. They made life hell for people like Dr. Fauci, some of the rare honest/decent elites.

Vogon_Glory

(10,327 posts)
28. So Tuckums felt tormented for a long time for boosting Donald John?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:49 AM
Yesterday

IMO, he ought to.

Donald John has already wrecked millions of lives here in the US and hundreds of millions, if not billions of lives elsewhere on the planet. It will take generations, and in certain cases millennia, to mitigate the damage 45-47 has done.

Tuckums is lucky: he’s still well-off. He isn’t going to hurt that badly. The other millions can’t say the same.

My cup of compassion is bone-dry.

Vogon_Glory

(10,327 posts)
37. People of a certain age (usually over 55) remember when being "a tool of the Kremlin" was an insult
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:07 AM
Yesterday

howbeit one used by right-wingers to insult anyone to the left of Jesse Helms. Nowadays we not only have Tuckums but a whole raft of right-wingers cheerleading Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation.

There’s still a part of me that’s a Cold Warrior, even if the Commies aren’t a threat anymore. Being that sort of tool is inexcusable.

Vogon_Glory

(10,327 posts)
73. I should have expressed myself more clearly, but while
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:05 AM
Yesterday

Russia is a threat to its neighbors, particularly those who who were once part of the old Soviet Union, it is NOT a Communist country.

AllyCat

(18,921 posts)
30. He can show how much this torments him by helping us stop
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:51 AM
Yesterday

This insanity.

If he doesn’t, he’s just another grifter setting up to make bank the next election.

CurtEastPoint

(20,063 posts)
33. The Swanson Pot Pie boys made out good. Fucker and bro Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:02 AM
Yesterday

so Fucker named his own spawn Buckley.

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jmbar2

(8,052 posts)
34. Trying to rebrand, like the other rats
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:04 AM
Yesterday

Who will be the next paymaster? Putin is going broke, on his way out?

I won't believe any apology unless they explain WHY they did what they did, and why it was so wrong.

niyad

(133,177 posts)
35. You outright LIED, endlessly, relentlessly, deliberately. YOU will be
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:06 AM
Yesterday

"tormented"??? WTAF are you doing to fix the harm you helped cause, because just saying "tormented" does not do one damned thing.

JohnnyRingo

(20,933 posts)
36. I'll take the win.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:07 AM
Yesterday

I could go on about how he knew what he was doing or that he should have known better,
I could say that it's too late for apologies, but he influences people on the right and it means Trump loses another layer of armor and that much closer to seeing his way out the door.

Once the republicans in congress no longer fear his influence over the voters it will be the final chapter in the rise and fall saga.

SS32867

(1 post)
38. Screw YOU, Tucker!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:09 AM
Yesterday

... your apology is meaningless - YOU are one of the causes of this chaos and corruption. Screw You!

agingdem

(8,933 posts)
39. He's rebranding himself
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:10 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:18 AM - Edit history (1)

it’s basically “I pissed off Trump/he revenge-targeted me/Trump’s poll numbers are in the toilet so it’s safe for me to go into fake contrition mode even though I still hate everyone Trump hates..”

PJMcK

(25,061 posts)
44. Alysa Milano said it best
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:31 AM
Yesterday

She wrote an open letter to Marjorie Taylor Green blasting the Congresswoman when she disavowed Trump.

“So… you’ve suddenly discovered that Donald Trump, the man you treated like a messiah, is not loyal and that the MAGA movement is not safe, not sane, and certainly not rooted in anything constitutional. And you’re shocked that he’s attacking you, endangering you, calling you a traitor. As if you didn’t know he had it in him. Puh-lease.

“Here’s the part you don’t get to skip:

“You helped create this monster. You fed it. You protected it. You celebrated it. And now that it’s finally turning on you, you want sympathy? Understanding? A moment of national concern?

“No. Absolutely not. NOPE.

“You don’t get to unleash political poison into the bloodstream of American politics and then act surprised when it reaches your own veins. You don’t get to cheer on Trump while he smears, threatens, and dehumanizes everyone in his way, and then clutch your fake pearls when he finally does it to you. You don’t get to empower a movement built on conspiracy, cruelty, and violence, and then cry foul when you become its latest target.”

Here’s her full letter:
https://alyssajmilano.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-marjorie-taylor

As for Tucker Carlson, he can fuck off for exactly the same reasons.

SamuelAdams

(89 posts)
45. How was it not intentional?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:31 AM
Yesterday

Weren't there texts by Tucker leaked after 1/6 saying he hated Trump? Those texts made it clear he was lying in public about his support for Trump.

Marie Marie

(11,394 posts)
89. Exactly. My first thought when reading this.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 01:56 PM
Yesterday

Was and still is a huge liar and hypocrite and I pray that he is not our next President.

Gore1FL

(22,965 posts)
53. He's sorry it didn't work out the way he had hoped, not sorry for his actual ambition-driven actions. NT
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:45 AM
Yesterday

PatSeg

(53,261 posts)
54. So Tucker has a brother named Buckley?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:45 AM
Yesterday

Sounds like a rich family in a cartoon strip!

A surprising apology coming from Tucker, but how can anyone ever trust him? Much too little, much too late old boy.

Grim Chieftain

(1,888 posts)
57. Too little too late, Carlson
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:51 AM
Yesterday

You're complicit. People trusted you and valued your opinion. You helped usher in the most evil, corrupt president in US history. Those who were naive enough to trust your "insight" are suffering.

Live with it, twerp.



Bristlecone

(11,137 posts)
58. It was most certainly intentional and this is opportunistic
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:52 AM
Yesterday

There is blood in the water and more sharks are going to follow.

calimary

(90,374 posts)
109. I like how you put that, Bristlecone!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 05:03 PM
21 hrs ago

From what I’ve read, sharks can always find blood, no matter how small a drop it might be.

Wednesdays

(22,845 posts)
61. It's a good start.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:59 AM
Yesterday

Maybe you could help us to elect Democrats now, Tuck?

I won't hold my breath, though.

surfered

(13,822 posts)
62. Your mea culpa is not worth anything. How come the rest of us knew he was a narcissistic idiot who thinks he's a genius
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:02 AM
Yesterday

Baitball Blogger

(52,524 posts)
65. And the next Republican prick to follow in Trump's footsteps, Tucker
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:33 AM
Yesterday

will be right there to escort him down the same path.

Johnny2X2X

(24,339 posts)
66. They still support 95% if what he's doing.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:34 AM
Yesterday

Give me a break. They still Love most of his policies and will defend them no matter how disastrous.

JT45242

(4,068 posts)
67. Is this a warning for his own or the felon's upcoming polonium cocktail
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:34 AM
Yesterday

Both are paid chaos agents of putin

SergeStorms

(20,696 posts)
70. ..."a moment to wrestle with our own consciences"......
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:40 AM
Yesterday

Bullshit. The Carlson boys have no consciences or else they wouldn't be republicans.

Bluetus

(2,957 posts)
72. "in very small ways". Nope. You'll have to do better than that.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:52 AM
Yesterday

A person who voted for Trump and never went to a rally or advocated the MAGA philosophy might have a claim to a "very small" role. But this guy has been promoting Trump on a daily basis to millions of followers for 16 years nonstop.

Tucker, go back and try again, once you really understand what you have done to this country.

hamsterjill

(17,667 posts)
76. I will never forget these people and what their actions contributed toward.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:19 AM
Yesterday

Sorry, Tucker. It's all well and good that you want to apologize. But that does not mean that I will ever forget what you, Candace Owens, MTG, etc. did that contributed to the mess that we are in.

If they can help our cause in any way, then I'm all for it. But we must NEVER forget who they are or believe that they are truly on our side. They flow with the tide and they will go back to supporting MAGA at any given moment - as long as doing that would suit their causes and their pocketbooks.

republianmushroom

(22,449 posts)
77. Your a lying mother fucker tucker carlson
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 11:41 AM
Yesterday

You lied for power and prestige and you still are lying.

AZ8theist

(7,482 posts)
82. TOO LATE ASSHOLE
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:36 PM
Yesterday

You're still an anti-vaccine, anti-evolution, anti-science, anti-humanist DOUCHBAG!!!

GO FUCK YOURSELF

Only a fucking grifting, opportunist MORON thinks Dotard will be loyal to ANYONE for even 1 second.
Unless you kiss his ass constantly, he'll turn on you in a heartbeat.
So now that Dotard is critisizing you, it's time to "appologize"??????

GO FUCK YOURSELF.

Icanthinkformyself

(407 posts)
83. Yes, it was
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:40 PM
Yesterday

intentional. They and the other right wing 'influencers' knew what and who the Convicted Felon is and was. If they didn't it was intentional ignorance.

orleans

(37,050 posts)
86. well...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 12:53 PM
Yesterday

we should forgive tucker, maybe all the rest of them, let bygones be bygones, give them big hugs, be their friends again, and to show how much we forgive them we should buy them all pizzas or buckets of kfc or big macs.






obviously im kidding.
we should not forgive any of them or simply "move on"
i don't care what their excuses are (stupidity, indifference, selfishness, cruelty, greed, etc).

how much money did that weasel carlson make off all the work he did for trump?
if he did grow a conscience then i hope it torments the hell out of him forever more.
"that's all i'll say."
really? he should be apologizing forever.
fuck him


blue-wave

(5,385 posts)
90. Not buying it one bit
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 01:58 PM
Yesterday

And I will never forgive Carlson for the hate he spewed at Ukraine and the love he showed for Putin and Orban (He interviewed both). He can take his Orc loving ass and move it to Siberia for all I care.

Here's an excerpt from an article outlining Carlson's anti-Ukraine propaganda:

Tucker Carlson’s history of pro-Kremlin, anti-Ukraine propaganda

In 2019, Carlson exclaimed on air that he was, in fact, “root[ing] for Russia” in what was then a simmering conflict in Ukraine, before quickly backtracking when the comment drew immediate backlash. Carlson would eventually argue to his viewers that “we should probably take the side of Russia if we have to choose between Russia and Ukraine.”


Read More: https://www.mediamatters.org/russias-invasion-ukraine/tucker-carlsons-history-pro-kremlin-anti-ukraine-propaganda

mitch96

(15,849 posts)
94. 'I Am Sorry" does not equal a free pass...He can go to hell along with his sycophants..nt.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:11 PM
23 hrs ago

Grins

(9,482 posts)
96. " and millions of people like us are the reason..."
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:20 PM
23 hrs ago
“… and millions of people like US are the reason this is happening right now.”
Yes. People like YOU. And they are still out there.

EarthFirst

(4,195 posts)
97. Until the next piece of shit arrives on the scene...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:40 PM
23 hrs ago

Do us a favor; renounce your citizenship and go back to Moscow.

pat_k

(13,531 posts)
99. I'll take the cracks, but AFAIK he remains a Christian nationalist, white supremacist hack
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:54 PM
22 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Apr 21, 2026, 05:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Added on edit:

I should also mention that Carlson is viewed, at least but some whose analyses I respect, as a proxy channel for Putin:

https://america2.news/the-unraveling-of-donald-trump/

The Kremlin seems displeased with Trump's decision to attack Iran; regular proxy channels like Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones have denounced him in droves. Russia has also been supplying intelligence to Iran to assist with targeting U.S. military assets — fighting the United States military by proxy.

returnee

(949 posts)
103. Another sociopathic opportunist...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:25 PM
22 hrs ago

…re-declares himself as a sociopathic opportunist. We know you never mean what you say, but at least we know you can read the writing on the wall.

AverageOldGuy

(4,013 posts)
104. If you are really sorry . . .
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 04:49 PM
21 hrs ago

. . . . drive down to West Virginia to the New River Gorge. Stop your car about halfway across the bridge, get out, and jump the fuck off the bridge . . . it's not a problem except for that sudden stop 876 feet down.

turbinetree

(27,613 posts)
110. Hey Swanson food heir ............pound sand...........look in the mirror you privilege .............P....O.....S....
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 05:08 PM
21 hrs ago

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

COL Mustard

(8,309 posts)
115. Sorry Tucker, now fuck off.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 06:25 PM
20 hrs ago

You had ten years--TEN YEARS--to recognize the monster you helped create and now you want to have forgiveness? FUCK YOU.

Aussie105

(8,046 posts)
119. Tucker trying to reinvent himself?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 07:35 PM
19 hrs ago

An apology that he thinks clears the slate?
And buys him a all is forgiven fresh start?

He bought into the Trump train because it suited him, saw profit in it.

He no longer does.

Smells like a member of the Nazi party denying his past after WW2 ended.

If only apologies were that powerful!

All this apology will do is remind people what a truly horrible person he is.

purr-rat beauty

(1,307 posts)
120. Womp Womp
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:41 PM
18 hrs ago

Tuck can go fuck himself

Along with Minge, Fuentes, Melanoma, and any other enabling zealot.

Rhiannon12866

(257,035 posts)
122. 'I don't buy it': Nicolle reacts to Tucker Carlson's apology for helping to re-elect Trump - Deadline - MS NOW
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:53 PM
17 hrs ago


Former Fox anchor and far-right media personality Tucker Carlson says he's sorry for helping re-elect Donald Trump. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Angelo Carusone and Tim Miller for reaction on Deadline: White House. - Aired on 04/21/2026.


KitFox

(584 posts)
127. Thanks for posting this clip, Rhiannon. When I saw it today, I thought Carusone and Miller had the logical take on
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:15 AM
14 hrs ago

Tucker’s self-serving reasons for this. He really is settling into a Father Coughlin type demagogue role, staking out that position to solidify himself with the maga loyalists. Gives me the creeps. Always appreciate your video postings, Rhiannon.

Rhiannon12866

(257,035 posts)
128. Awww, thanks so much. And I also completely agree with Nicolle Wallace, Carlson has proven that he can't be trusted
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:19 AM
14 hrs ago

Martin68

(27,942 posts)
124. Well, he needn't worry about me. He never mislead me. Might have been responsible for some nausea.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:49 PM
16 hrs ago

LogDog75

(1,320 posts)
129. We don't forgive or nor will we forget what you did
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:26 AM
14 hrs ago

You knew all along who and what the Orange Turd is and you kissed his ass because it made you money. Now, with over half the population against him and his MAGA followers turning away from him you're trying to figure out a new way to make off him by being against him. Just like the Orange Turd, Carlson is nothing but a grifter. Anyone stupid enough to give either of them money should be wearing a bright red "S" for SUCKER on their foreheads.

Aussie105

(8,046 posts)
133. "it made you money. "
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:27 AM
12 hrs ago

That is the bottom line.
Anything that wasn't kosher on a morality or ethics level just didn't come into it.

Tucker has lost that income stream and is now searching for a new one.

Blumancru

(284 posts)
134. It's all pro wrestling now
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:30 AM
12 hrs ago

And a villain switches sides every so often, just to keep the viewers interested.
Carlson is an opportunist and he has apparently concluded that opportunity now lies elsewhere.

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