Tucker Carlson drops bombs Alberta won't soon forget
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jan 25, 2024 • Last updated 2 days ago • 4 minute read
There’s nothing Tucker Carlson does better than to get under the skin of leftist progressives.
There’s nothing Tucker Carlson does better than getting under the skin of leftist progressives.
And, man, did he ever do that Wednesday during appearances in Calgary and Edmonton.
While Carlson may have wanted to “liberate” Canada from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, members of his Liberal government accused Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of courting “far-right American politics” and lambasted her for sharing the stage with the former Fox News host.
While he teased that Trudeau may “collapse on the weight of his ludicrousness and end up going back to Cuba,” there was no comment that upset more than Carlson’s joke: “I know in Canada it’s official policy that coming out of the closet is good, unless you’re the prime minister.”
Needless to say, liberals were not amused.
“Textbook homophobia: Using the insinuation someone is gay to portray them as weak, effeminate and worthy of mockery,” Fae Johnston, self-described “Queer and Trans Activist,” posted on X.
In another X post Johnston added, “If you are the premier of Alberta and you go on stage with someone the same night they make a homophobic joke, you’re saying it’s okay to make that joke.”
While some on social media defended Carlson by saying it was merely a joke and teased that Trudeau should “freeze his bank account,” there were many angry at Smith for not calling him out. But Smith was there to talk about energy and push back on the climate agenda that has helped slow Canada’s economy.
The crowd inside the packed halls in Alberta loved Carlson. The government and Ottawa scene not so much.
“A lot can be said about a person by the company they keep, Danielle Smith,” federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault — the MP for Edmonton Centre and appointed in 2016 as Trudeau’s “special advisor on LGBTQ2 issues” — told the Toronto Sun in a statement issued through the Prime Minister’s Office. “This is a clear example of Canadian conservative politicians bringing far-right American politics to Canada.”
Of course, that criticism was taken with a grain of salt in Alberta, where the popular American commentator stirred things up by starting his trip with a social media post of a prank call he made to Trudeau’s office, then hit Canada hard, saying, “You have political prisoners rotting in Alberta” and calling the country’s big cities “atrocities.”
Said Carlson: “Why is Toronto the face of Canada?”
An avid fly fisherman, Carlson has been to other parts of the country, including Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, and he cited the “beauty” of those places.
While Smith told Carlson in Calgary that her province will soon “double oil production” with the intent of showing Americans how Canada is a friend and ally who can help them with “energy independence,” Carlson said Alberta should “stop being embarrassed” about trying to produce more energy.
But his encouragement and his appearances, which also included a stop in Edmonton and sharing the stage with Canadian conservative legends Dr. Jordan Peterson, Rex Murphy and Conrad Black, did not go over well with the Liberal government.
“Tucker Carlson was too extreme for Fox News so they fired him, yet he’s being embraced by conservative politicians here in Canada,” said Boissonnault. “They’re showing their true colours by choosing to share the stage with someone as dangerous and divisive as Tucker Carlson.”
Carlson, however, called Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland “dangerous” for not stopping the RCMP from arresting Rebel News reporter David Menzies earlier this month, and on the MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) law he said “any organization that kills 50,000 people is a genocidal organization.” He also called a push toward “transgenderism” a “new state religion” that is designed to replace Christianity.
The popular commentator who has been rumoured to be considered Donald Trump’s potential running mate pick as vice-president for November, seemed to be having a ball hammering the Canadian lib-left political class and the crowd of 5,000 in Calgary and 10,000 later in Edmonton seemed to be eating it up. He teased that he heard the CBC was in the crowd and offered the opportunity for a backstage interview, saying he “dares” them to air it.
Boissonnault, meanwhile, didn’t find any of it funny.
“At a time when Albertans are faced with anxiety over their pension plans, housing, and health care, the premier is spending her time talking MAGA conspiracy theories with a Pro-Putin propogandist – do your job, premier.”
Smith criticized Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault as someone “who is best known for stealing the CN Tower” — as a Greenpeace activist, Guilbeault scaled the CN Tower to protest climate change in 2001, making the point that she is doing her job by saying buying Alberta’s oil is more ethical than purchasing it from places like Iran or Venezuela.
The Liberals may not have appreciated Smith sharing a stage with Carlson, but the audience sure did.
They gave her a standing ovation.
Carlson may not have liberated Canada, but he did manage to complete his mission of upsetting a whole bunch of Liberals.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
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Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jan 25, 2024 • Last updated 2 days ago • 4 minute read
There’s nothing Tucker Carlson does better than to get under the skin of leftist progressives.
There’s nothing Tucker Carlson does better than getting under the skin of leftist progressives.
And, man, did he ever do that Wednesday during appearances in Calgary and Edmonton.
While Carlson may have wanted to “liberate” Canada from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, members of his Liberal government accused Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of courting “far-right American politics” and lambasted her for sharing the stage with the former Fox News host.
While he teased that Trudeau may “collapse on the weight of his ludicrousness and end up going back to Cuba,” there was no comment that upset more than Carlson’s joke: “I know in Canada it’s official policy that coming out of the closet is good, unless you’re the prime minister.”
Needless to say, liberals were not amused.
“Textbook homophobia: Using the insinuation someone is gay to portray them as weak, effeminate and worthy of mockery,” Fae Johnston, self-described “Queer and Trans Activist,” posted on X.
In another X post Johnston added, “If you are the premier of Alberta and you go on stage with someone the same night they make a homophobic joke, you’re saying it’s okay to make that joke.”
While some on social media defended Carlson by saying it was merely a joke and teased that Trudeau should “freeze his bank account,” there were many angry at Smith for not calling him out. But Smith was there to talk about energy and push back on the climate agenda that has helped slow Canada’s economy.
The crowd inside the packed halls in Alberta loved Carlson. The government and Ottawa scene not so much.
“A lot can be said about a person by the company they keep, Danielle Smith,” federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault — the MP for Edmonton Centre and appointed in 2016 as Trudeau’s “special advisor on LGBTQ2 issues” — told the Toronto Sun in a statement issued through the Prime Minister’s Office. “This is a clear example of Canadian conservative politicians bringing far-right American politics to Canada.”
Of course, that criticism was taken with a grain of salt in Alberta, where the popular American commentator stirred things up by starting his trip with a social media post of a prank call he made to Trudeau’s office, then hit Canada hard, saying, “You have political prisoners rotting in Alberta” and calling the country’s big cities “atrocities.”
Said Carlson: “Why is Toronto the face of Canada?”
An avid fly fisherman, Carlson has been to other parts of the country, including Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, and he cited the “beauty” of those places.
While Smith told Carlson in Calgary that her province will soon “double oil production” with the intent of showing Americans how Canada is a friend and ally who can help them with “energy independence,” Carlson said Alberta should “stop being embarrassed” about trying to produce more energy.
But his encouragement and his appearances, which also included a stop in Edmonton and sharing the stage with Canadian conservative legends Dr. Jordan Peterson, Rex Murphy and Conrad Black, did not go over well with the Liberal government.
“Tucker Carlson was too extreme for Fox News so they fired him, yet he’s being embraced by conservative politicians here in Canada,” said Boissonnault. “They’re showing their true colours by choosing to share the stage with someone as dangerous and divisive as Tucker Carlson.”
Carlson, however, called Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland “dangerous” for not stopping the RCMP from arresting Rebel News reporter David Menzies earlier this month, and on the MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) law he said “any organization that kills 50,000 people is a genocidal organization.” He also called a push toward “transgenderism” a “new state religion” that is designed to replace Christianity.
The popular commentator who has been rumoured to be considered Donald Trump’s potential running mate pick as vice-president for November, seemed to be having a ball hammering the Canadian lib-left political class and the crowd of 5,000 in Calgary and 10,000 later in Edmonton seemed to be eating it up. He teased that he heard the CBC was in the crowd and offered the opportunity for a backstage interview, saying he “dares” them to air it.
Boissonnault, meanwhile, didn’t find any of it funny.
“At a time when Albertans are faced with anxiety over their pension plans, housing, and health care, the premier is spending her time talking MAGA conspiracy theories with a Pro-Putin propogandist – do your job, premier.”
Smith criticized Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault as someone “who is best known for stealing the CN Tower” — as a Greenpeace activist, Guilbeault scaled the CN Tower to protest climate change in 2001, making the point that she is doing her job by saying buying Alberta’s oil is more ethical than purchasing it from places like Iran or Venezuela.
The Liberals may not have appreciated Smith sharing a stage with Carlson, but the audience sure did.
They gave her a standing ovation.
Carlson may not have liberated Canada, but he did manage to complete his mission of upsetting a whole bunch of Liberals.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
WARMINGTON: Tucker Carlson drops bombs Alberta won't soon forget
There’s nothing Tucker Carlson does better than to get under the skin of leftist progressives.
