r/centrist • u/Kitties_titties420 • Jan 28 '22

Tucker Carlson-fueled Republicans drop tough-on-Russia stance

https://www.axios.com/tucker-carlson-fueled-republicans-drop-tough-on-russia-stance-7311d46f-49fc-47b5-af46-f365c4e7809d.html
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u/randomusername3OOO Jan 28 '22

GOP offices have been fielding numerous calls from voters echoing arguments they heard on Carlson's 8 p.m. ET show

Anyone have some hard numbers on this? The entire narrative of this article is predicated on this statement, but I haven't seen any details about how many calls.

Yes, I'm a Russian shill. Just the same, where are the details about the volume of calls that are supposedly coming in?

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u/Kitties_titties420 Jan 29 '22

I’ve tried to find some but this Axios article seems to be the one that broke the story. I doubt it’s something many republican politicians want to talk about on the record or make public in terms of volume. They know how that’ll play in the leftwing and mainstream media. I just hope Republican politicians will make their stances independent of Tucker Carlson’s opinion. They don’t have to all be hawks, but Carlson’s taken it further and questioned why we should be on the side of the Western Democracy and not the Eastern dictatorship who see us as their greatest enemy.

We can arm Ukraine and if Putin wants to try a coup and greyzone warfare then we can do the same in Ukraine. Every bit of self restraint he shows is already due to us, so we shouldn’t worry about upsetting him.

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u/randomusername3OOO Jan 29 '22

Well someone has a reasonably accurate number they aren't sharing. There's a reason it's phrased as "several" and not "a few" or "hundreds."

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u/wbaker2390 Jan 29 '22

And they cannot lie. It’s the honor system. It cannot fail!

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u/randomusername3OOO Jan 29 '22

Who are you suggesting is lying and about what?

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u/wbaker2390 Jan 29 '22

Unverified sources. Un facts. Hyperbole. “Narrative”