Democracy Dies in Darkness

A welcome consequence of the Tucker Carlson fiasco

The conservative podcaster forces a reckoning on the right after his Nick Fuentes interview.

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Tucker Carlson speaks during the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 21 in Glendale, Arizona. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Every now and then, a movement, like a house, needs a good scrubbing. For the deep clean taking place in the conservative movement to eradicate bigots and antisemites, we can thank Tucker Carlson, the once-charming, bow-tied boy wonder of an erstwhile kinder, gentler Republican Party.

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