Text shows Tucker Carlson describing how a ‘group of Trump guys’ jumped an ‘Antifa kid,’ saying, ‘It’s not how white men fight’
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A text message shows Tucker Carlson describing a video that showed a “group of Trump guys” jumping an “Antifa kid,” lamenting that “It’s not how white men fight.”
The text, which was obtained by The New York Times, was redacted from public court documents in Dominion’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News that was settled for a record $787.5 million last month.
Carlson sent the text to one of his producers the day after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to the Times.
However, Fox executives were made aware of the messages before the trial was set to begin last month and were concerned that it could come to light in the course of the trial, according to the Times.
The full text message was published by the Times on Tuesday. In it, Carlson explained the video he had watched showed at least three guys against one. It’s unclear the race of the person who was being beaten.
“Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it,” the text said, according to the Times.
“Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn’t good for me. I’m becoming something I don’t want to be. The Antifa creep is a human being. Much as I despise what he says and does, much as I’m sure I’d hate him personally if I knew him, I shouldn’t gloat over his suffering. I should be bothered by it. I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed,” Carlson continued, according to the Times. “If I don’t care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?”
Carlson, who was accused of promoting white nationalist talking points on his show, was abruptly ousted from the network last week.
An attorney representing Carlson did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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