RFK Jr. says Tucker Carlson has ‘each proper’ to talk to Putin
- Carlson arrived in Moscow on February 1, fueling hypothesis a few sit-down
- Russian state media fueled the rumors on Monday, posting a video they claimed confirmed Carson leaving the Russian Presidential Administration
- Neither Carson nor the Kremlin have confirmed if an interview came about
Robert F Kennedy has expressed his assist of a possible sit-down between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin.
‘The legacy media is in shambles as a result of we’ve caught onto their lies and propaganda. Tucker Carlson has each proper to interview Putin,’ the third-Party presidential candidate mentioned on Sunday.
‘We want extra transparency as an alternative of much less. It was once understood journalists would interview world leaders, even these with whom we have been at warfare.’
Kennedy’s submit on X comes amid ongoing hypothesis that Carlson could change into the primary Westerner to interview the Russian despot throughout the warfare in Ukraine.
Russian state media fueled the rumors on Monday, posting a video they claimed confirmed Carlson leaving the Russian Presidential Administration. The outlet, nevertheless, would nonetheless not verify the interview came about.
Robert F Kennedy has expressed his assist of a possible sit-down between Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson (heart), 54, was noticed within the Russian capital at a Spartacus efficiency in Bolshoi Theatre, in keeping with media in Russia
The former Fox News star saved his playing cards near the chest on Monday, after Russian media confirmed footage of him at a number of spots round Moscow, together with at a field on the Bolshoi Theatre and consuming at a resort.
‘It is gorgeous,’ Carlson mentioned of Moscow in an interview aired by the Izvestia newspaper. ‘I simply wished to see it as a result of, you realize, I’ve learn a lot about it however I’ve by no means seen it earlier than.’
When requested if he was in Moscow to interview Putin, Carlson mentioned: ‘We’ll see’ and smiled.
The former Fox News host, 54, reportedly arrived within the capital on February 1 and was noticed at a Spartacus efficiency in Bolshoi Theatre.
Back in 2021, Carlson claimed the National Security Agency started ‘spying’ on him after he mentioned he was making an attempt to interview Putin.
Carlson mentioned that his communications have been intercepted by the NSA, and that his identification – which ought to by regulation have been saved a secret – was ‘unmasked’ by senior intelligence officers. Carlson claimed that the content material of his emails and texts was then disseminated, in a bid to discredit him.
Images of Carlson shared by Russian media led to many believing he could possibly be the primary Western journalist to interview Putin for the reason that nation’s invasion of Ukraine
The former information anchor, who has defended Putin previously, claimed he beforehand tried to interview the Russian president final yr however that he was stopped by the US authorities
His claims haven’t been confirmed.
The Kremlin has additionally refused to substantiate it Putin could be sitting down with the American podcaster.
In an announcement, it mentioned: ‘We can hardly be anticipated to supply data on the motion of international journalists… Many international journalists come to Russia each day, many proceed to work right here, and we welcome this,.
‘We don’t have anything to announce when it comes to the president’s interviews to international media.’
Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has additionally defended the prospect of Carlson interviewing Putin and hit out at these criticizing him.
‘We have a free press on this nation and its individuals like Tucker Carlson who we rely on to talk the reality,’ she wrote on X on Saturday.
Images of Carlson shared by Russian media led to many believing he could possibly be the first Western journalist to interview Putin for the reason that nation’s invasion of Ukraine.
‘Democrats and their propagandists within the media are spasming on the prospect of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin,’ politician Greene mentioned.
‘They really feel entitled to the place of gatekeeper and imagine they’re those who inform you what to assume and imagine.
An image of Carlson seems to point out him at a Spartacus efficiency on the Bolshoi Theatre
‘They HATE when somebody like Tucker goes “off script”.’
Carlson reportedly arrived in Moscow on February 1 after flying in from Istanbul and it’s his first time within the nation.
The former information anchor, who has defended Putin previously, claimed he beforehand tried to interview the Russian president final yr however that he was stopped by the US authorities.
He has opposed America’s assist for Ukraine and instructed that the West is accountable for the invasion.
His present Tucker Carlson Tonight was as soon as essentially the most seen cable information present within the US earlier than it was taken off-air in April 2023.
Carlson has now began his personal present X the place he has interviewed Hungarian prime minister Victor Orban and controversial determine Andrew Tate.
The first rumors a few potential interview with Putin first surfaced in the summertime as Russian state tv ran adverts of Carlson saying ‘Russia, the high-profile American presenter is shifting to a different stage. Here.’
Russia 1 channel anchor Vladimir Solovyov pleaded with Carlson to ‘come be a part of us’ after his abrupt departure from Fox News.
While Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov mentioned in September that the ‘time will come’ for a Western media interview with the Russian president.
He added: ‘Whether Carlson will probably be amongst those that will probably be thought of for an interview, effectively, let’s wait and see.’
Bill Kristol, former chief of workers to the vp of the United States within the Reagan administration, instructed that Carlson be briefly banned from reentering the US.
‘Perhaps we’d like a complete and full shutdown of Tucker Carlson re-entering the United States till our nation’s representatives can work out what’s going on,’ he mentioned.
DailyMail.com has contacted Tucker Carlson for remark.
