Tucker Carlson and his producer were rudely roughed up by Israeli Security as they were trying to leave Israel.
Carlson went there to interview US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, and suffered so much abuse that he complained to his former employee and now Daily Mail reporter about the treatment. Carlson was "interrogated," had his passport seized, and his producer was "dragged" into an interrogation room.
Shocking stuff. And we even have the video to see the evidence for ourselves!
Might be time to look into the fact that Phillip Nieto of the Daily Mail used to be employed by Tucker Carlson.
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) February 18, 2026
Really slimy stuff. pic.twitter.com/VgBwuSyrr5
Carlson's sycophants...I mean supporters...were similarly distressed by his treatment. Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene insists that "we won't tolerate this," although I am not sure who the "we" of whom she speaks actually are, but they will certainly are pissed off and ready to go to war with our supposed ally, those backstabbers.
American citizen and journalist Tucker Carlson detained in Israel after interviewing our U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) February 18, 2026
We won’t tolerate this.
You just made it worse. pic.twitter.com/bx4hvSYvEa
Evil Zionists, of course, dispute the claim and call it nonsense, even using profanity to insult the impeccably honest and unbiased journalist who certainly wouldn't lie about his experiences. They claim that they treated Carlson like any other VIP—Carlson was using a special terminal reserved for special visitors, including Ambassador Huckabee himself—but we all know that Zionists are liars who think nothing of oppressing Christians and murdering babies.
BREAKING: Former PM of Israel Naftali Bennett rips into Tucker Carlson for his stunt today, lying to the media, to create an international incident. pic.twitter.com/1PMRD18bPy
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 18, 2026
The video tells the tale. Tucker looks positively terrified, worried that he might wind up in some secret Mossad prison. Perhaps in a cell hundreds of feet underground, where the transmitter Carlson had inserted in his molar couldn't reach the satellite tasked to tracking him.
Or perhaps a dangerous Jewish space laser will pick him off. Or did they slip a pager into his jacket pocket as they roughed him up?
Why did the Jews make Tucker do this? https://t.co/nDBt6qvIQW
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) February 19, 2026
I have been sympathetic to the Zionist entity, but I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene, this is a step too far. Carlson would certainly not have been treated like that at any random TSA checkpoint. He shouldn't be subjected to treatment like that!
It's not like he is somebody dangerous like Tulsi Gabbard or anything.
To Tucker Carlson, the VIP Lounge is an "interrogation room."
— Joel Mowbray (@joelmowbray) February 18, 2026
May we all be "detained" where they serve free drinks & snacks.
In short, Tucker Carlson is lying.
That's why he gave the "exclusive" to his former Daily Caller employee, @nieto_phillip.
No tough questions or… pic.twitter.com/4URhr53QyW
The irony is, as we have seen with Candace Owens' insane lies, reality doesn't matter to people when they have decided to follow somebody like Carlson or Owens. This incident will have zero impact on Carlson's credibility with the people who are in his camp.
BREAKING: Ambsssafor Huckabee confirms that Tucker Carlson’s claim of being interrogated is a complete fabrication.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 18, 2026
As in every airport, you are asked routine questions and they scan your passport. That’s not interrogation, it’s basic security. pic.twitter.com/D6AHqKGvVx
Carlson is saying what they want to believe, and they will continue to believe it no matter what facts are given to them.
Surely the video is AI, or some clever Mossad plot, and Mike Huckabee is a shill for Zionists and probably eats matzo with the blood of Christian children mixed in.
The crazy "right-wing" social media stars serve as an alternative to Pravda for their own audience. The people who gravitate to them are just as interested in living in their own Truman Show as the people who watch MSNBC/MSNOW.
The big difference is scale, not kind. Pravda has a much larger audience and still has a fair amount of street cred with ordinary Americans, while Owens and Carlson have a niche audience that is fervent but will not grow much. There is no echo chamber that builds them up.
But, as I ranted earlier, there are people who are so brainwashed that anything as weak as mere evidence will not move them.
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