{"id":175269,"date":"2025-06-17T21:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-to-bat-for-tucker-carlson-says-hes-really-cool-and-popular\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T21:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:24:44","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-to-bat-for-tucker-carlson-says-hes-really-cool-and-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-to-bat-for-tucker-carlson-says-hes-really-cool-and-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes to Bat for Tucker Carlson, Says He\u2019s Really Cool and Popular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> took a moment on Monday night to defend <strong>Tucker Carlson<\/strong> after <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> called the former Fox News host \u201ckooky\u201d for criticizing the president\u2019s <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-went-opposing-israels-strikes-iran-reluctant-support-rcna213091\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-went-opposing-israels-strikes-iran-reluctant-support-rcna213091&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-went-opposing-israels-strikes-iran-reluctant-support-rcna213091\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">support<\/a> of Israel\u2019s attacks on Iran. Yes, it\u2019s a real Mad Libs From Hell moment.<\/p>\n<p>Following a Truth Social post in which Trump <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5353896-trump-knocks-kooky-carlson-over-iran-criticism\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5353896-trump-knocks-kooky-carlson-over-iran-criticism\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5353896-trump-knocks-kooky-carlson-over-iran-criticism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cSomebody please explain to kooky\u00a0Tucker Carlson\u00a0that, \u2018IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!\u2019\u201d Greene took to X to <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell<\/a> her followers: \u201cTucker Carlson is one of my favorite people. He fiercely loves his wife, children, and our country. Since being fired by the neocon network Fox News, he has more popularity and viewers than ever before. He unapologetically believes the same things I do. That if we don\u2019t fight for our own country and our own people then we will no longer have a country for our children and our grandchildren. And foreign wars\/intervention\/regime change put America last, kill innocent people, are making us broke, and will ultimately lead to our destruction. That\u2019s not kooky. That\u2019s what millions of Americans voted for. It\u2019s what we believe is America First.\u201d<\/p>\n<div aria-label=\"social media post\" class=\"TwitterEmbedContainer-ggEzfU fHwbKp\">\n<div class=\"MessageBannerWrapper-krrtvl bfexgY ConsentBannerWrapper-bMdLtU WTFWJ\" data-testid=\"message-banner\">\n<div class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ MessageBannerContent-gLUJfX iUEiRd hfDfPc lbXvvx\">\n<h4 class=\"ConsentBannerTitle-lgaGAH gOfech\">X content<\/h4>\n<p>This content can also be viewed on the site it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934769969989927281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Opens in a new window\" class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLink-eNWuiM ConsentBannerLink-dJZMSz iUEiRd hfDfPc joAuXZ\">originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Greene\u2019s defense of Carlson came one day after she <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934375883332046933\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934375883332046933&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1934375883332046933\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">declared<\/a> that \u201ceveryone is finding out who are real America First\/MAGA and who were fake,\u201d and that \u201canyone slobbering for the U.S. to become fully involved in the Israel\/Iran war is not America First\/MAGA,\u201d a claim appearing to suggest that Donald Trump is not a real MAGA guy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/17\/nx-s1-5436819\/trump-iran-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given his current take on the situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Going against Trump is not the only surprising thing the Georgia congresswoman did yesterday. She also claimed during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/matt-gaetz-ethics-committee-report-will-be-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraced<\/a> former representative turned cable-news host <strong>Matt Gaetz<\/strong> that Fox News has \u201cbrainwashed\u201d Americans into supporting war with Iran. \u201cWe\u2019ve watched for decades propaganda news,\u201d Greene <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tears-into-propaganda-fox-news-new-york-post-american-people-have-been-brainwashed\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tears-into-propaganda-fox-news-new-york-post-american-people-have-been-brainwashed\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/marjorie-taylor-greene-tears-into-propaganda-fox-news-new-york-post-american-people-have-been-brainwashed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> during her appearance on\u00a0<em>The Matt Gaetz Show.<\/em> \u201cI\u2019ll call out Fox News and the\u00a0<em>New York Post.<\/em> They\u2019re known to be the neocon network news. We have propaganda news on our side just like the left does, and the American people have been brainwashed into believing that America has to engage in these foreign wars in order for us to survive, and it\u2019s absolutely not true.\u201d Carlson had similarly harsh words for his former longtime employer, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-nukes-fox-news-and-mark-levin-in-fiery-bannon-interview-trying-to-knock-elderly-viewers-off-their-feet\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-nukes-fox-news-and-mark-levin-in-fiery-bannon-interview-trying-to-knock-elderly-viewers-off-their-feet\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-nukes-fox-news-and-mark-levin-in-fiery-bannon-interview-trying-to-knock-elderly-viewers-off-their-feet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">telling<\/a> <strong>Steve Bannon:<\/strong> \u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is what they always do, which is just turning up the propaganda hose to full blast and just trying to, you know, knock elderly Fox viewers off their feet and make them submit.\u201d (He did not say if he engaged in spreading propaganda during his 14 years at the network, but it seems <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/09\/tucker-carlson-putin-orban-propaganda\/675380\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/09\/tucker-carlson-putin-orban-propaganda\/675380\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/09\/tucker-carlson-putin-orban-propaganda\/675380\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he might have<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Greene\u2019s and Carlson\u2019s hostility toward Trump has not gone over well with certain members of MAGA nation. Conspiracy theorist and <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oval Office guest<\/a> <strong>Laura Loomer,<\/strong> for instance, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1934805420729676262\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1934805420729676262&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1934805420729676262\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called<\/a> for her followers to post screenshots of Republicans\u2019 recent negative comments about Trump, writing \u201cI have most of them. But I don\u2019t want to miss any.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-to-bat-for-tucker-carlson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marjorie Taylor Greene took a moment on Monday night to defend Tucker Carlson after Donald Trump called the former Fox News host \u201ckooky\u201d for criticizing the president\u2019s support of Israel\u2019s attacks on Iran. Yes, it\u2019s a real Mad Libs From Hell moment. Following a Truth Social post in which Trump wrote, \u201cSomebody please explain to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[469,1650],"class_list":{"0":"post-175269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","9":"tag-tucker-carlson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}