Left-wing podcaster Briahna Joy Gray has expressed uneasiness over what looks to her like a political realignment.
Thursday on her “Bad Faith” podcast, the former press secretary for Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont’s 2020 presidential campaign told journalist Sana Saeed that “many” liberals would “happily” vote for conservative commentator Tucker Carlson over Democratic Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezof New York should the two square off in the 2028 presidential election.
“It’s crazy. I know many people on the left who would happily vote for Tucker Carlson before AOC,” Gray said.
Then, Gray explained why she found that disconcerting.
“I am frustrated by that dynamic because I don’t want Tucker Carlson to be president,” she added. “I also can’t see myself damaging my own credibility by telling someone to vote for AOC. These options hurt us all.”
Gray referred to some of Carlson’s past statements on immigration as “bigoted,” claiming that he used “dog whistles.”
“I can see him only being known by his most recent self and therefore being quite appealing to a lot of Americans that might actually take umbrage against his past race positions,” Gray said.
Carlson’s “most recent self,” of course, has criticized America’s relationship with Israel. The conservative commentator has also broken with President Donald Trump over the Iran war andother issues.
Hence, Carlson’s alleged appeal to “many” liberals.
“If Carlson runs,” Saeed said, “a huge part of it is going to be Israel,” adding that the establishment media cannot beat him on that subject “because he immediately — and rightly, that’s the sad part — he immediately calls out their hypocrisy.”
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