Far-right Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been one of the most vocal promoters of disinformation regarding the pandemic that's killed over 600 thousand Americans and the lifesaving vaccines for the virus, which have are proven to be safe and effective.
Carlson has falsely suggested the vaccines don't work, and railed against vaccinated-only spaces as a form of "medical Jim Crow."
Now, he's defending felonies to his millions of viewers.
With free vaccines widely available in every state for months now, a number of municipalities and private businesses have begun requiring vaccinations for certain spaces, such as gyms and bars. Requiring vaccines has significantly loosened the urgency of safety precautions that were vital at the height of the pandemic.
Rather than getting the free vaccine, a number of willfully unvaccinated people have begun purchasing fake vaccination cards to infiltrate vaccinated-only spaces. Thousands of these cards were recently confiscated by Customs and Border Protection.
Nevertheless, Carlson defended these felons to his unvaccinated viewers.
Watch below.
Tucker Carlson straight up advocates for unvaccinated people to get fake vaccine cards to avoid mandates:\n\n"Buying a fake vaccination card is an act of desperation by decent, law-abiding Americans who have been forced into a corner by tyrants."pic.twitter.com/d0uoS1nRxz— Justin Baragona (@Justin Baragona) 1630629117
Carlson said:
"Buying a fake vaccination card is not a, quote, 'serious crime.' It's not even close to a serious crime. Buying a fake vaccination card is an act of desperation by decent, law-abiding Americans who have been forced into a corner by tyrants."
His latest deranged screed made waves across social media.
Populism is when you tell people to shell out their hard earned cash to scammers instead of getting the free treatment you also got that could save their liveshttps://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Adam Serwer \ud83c\udf5d (@Adam Serwer \ud83c\udf5d) 1630635201
Tucker is vaccinated. \nTucker\u2019s employer requires its employees to be vaccinated. \nThe fraudulent cards are sold by scammers. \nThe real cards are given out for free.\nThe real cards come with a demonstrably live-saving inoculation, which is also free.https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— southpaw (@southpaw) 1630636002
It's hard for me to imagine hosting a show where I hate my audience so much I actively try to kill themhttps://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Jon Schwarz (@Jon Schwarz) 1630637143
I wonder what his bosses at Fox think about employees showing fake vax cards. After all, the company does have its own version of a vaccine passport that gives employees who have shown proof of vaccination special privileges.https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Oliver Darcy (@Oliver Darcy) 1630635154
At what point is this criminal?https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Steve Marmel (@Steve Marmel) 1630688070
Hey @FoxNews, is there a line for this guy?https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Helen Kennedy (@Helen Kennedy) 1630667009
Nevermind that, by definition, people who buy fake vaccination cards are not "law-abiding Americans," as Carlson claimed.
Quick fact check: If you break the law you are not a law-abiding American.https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Seth Masket (@Seth Masket) 1630676145
they are literally not law-abidinghttps://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Rob (@Rob) 1630638993
It is literally against the lawhttps://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1433588541745999873\u00a0\u2026— Oliver Willis (@Oliver Willis) 1630635013
It's unclear how many of Carlson's viewers will buy fake vaccination cards, considering themselves martyrs along the way.
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