Tucker Carlson Blasted By Military General For Calling Pregnant Soldiers “A Mockery”

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March 11, 2021, 11:06 am

Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson has made a lot of people angry over the years by making sexist, racist, transphobic, and various other bigoted statements on his show, repeatedly losing him advertisers.

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However, one of his most recent segments trashing pregnant soldiers and soldiers who are women, calling them “a mockery of the U.S. military,” may have shattered his previous record for pissing people off.

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It was so bad that Carlson has four-star generals directly agreeing with people saying that he “couldn’t be more wrong.”

I agree Pat . Thousands of women serve honorably every day around the globe. They are beacons of freedom and they prove Carlson wrong through determination and dedication. We are fortunate they serve with us. https://t.co/R4dycOXknl

— GEN Paul E. Funk II (@PaulFunk2) March 11, 2021

In spite of having a name that should definitely be stolen by the nearest funk band, that is a real four-star U.S. military general trashing Tucker Carlson.

The pundit spent Tuesday night on a segment claiming that Joe Biden is “feminizing” the U.S. military, which is apparently supposed to be a bad thing, after the president spoke about women in uniform on International Women’s Day.

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“While China’s military becomes more masculine as it’s assembled the world’s largest navy, our military needs to become as Joe Biden says more feminine, whatever feminine means anymore since men and women no longer exist,” he said.

Senator Tammy Duckworth, retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, may have entered the best response to Tucker’s attack on countless soldiers and veterans.

F*ck Tucker Carlson. While he was practicing his two-step, America’s female warriors were hunting down Al Qaeda and proving the strength of America’s women.

Happy belated International Women’s Day to everyone but Tucker, who even I can dance better than. pic.twitter.com/E4wchht9lA

— Tammy Duckworth (@TammyforIL) March 11, 2021

“F— Tucker Carlson,” she wrote. “While he was practicing his two-step, America’s female warriors were hunting down Al Qaeda and proving the strength of America’s women.”

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“Happy belated International Women’s Day to everyone but Tucker, who even I can dance better than.”

Even U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had time to respond to Carlson’s comments, expressing through Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby that this sexism made him sick.

“The Secretary certainly shares the revulsion of so many others to what Mr. Carlson said,” Kirby told reporters. He also expressed that the military is continuing its efforts to make the institution more inclusive for everybody.

“We pledge to do better, and we will. What we absolutely won’t do is take personnel advice from a talk show host, or the Chinese military. Maybe those folks feel like they have something to prove. That’s on them.”

As the hours wore on, Carlson faced a carpet-bombing of criticism for his comments, turning into perhaps the least controversial military campaign in U.S. history.

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Hey @TuckerCarlson , I’ve logged 20 years in the Corps, 2000 flight hours, 3 combat tours, 3 kids delivered on active duty. How about you?

— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) March 11, 2021

I signed up to serve my country at 18. @TuckerCarlson did not.

I served with women who risked their lives to protect our country. Tucker did not.

While he denigrates those who serve, our military remains the best fighting force due, in large part, to our amazing servicewomen.

— Rep. Mikie Sherrill (@RepSherrill) March 11, 2021

Tucker Carlson doesn’t think women can serve in the military. Pretty bold words from a frozen food heir who couldn’t be bothered to serve himself.

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— VoteVets (@votevets) March 11, 2021

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Ignorant bully @TuckerCarlson is now attacking pregnant servicewomen for being temporarily nondeployable. 3 to 8% of servicemembers are nondeployable at any given time. Fewer than 1% are pregnant. All have the honor of putting their lives on the line. Tucker has no honor at all.

— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) March 11, 2021

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I want you to process what it must have felt like as a female Marine, soldier or sailor in the mess hall or in the base gym, watching Tucker Carlson persuading your teammates that they shouldn’t want you serving with them.

Think through how humiliating & hurtful that would be.

— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) March 11, 2021

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In the summer of 1990, before first Gulf War, @TuckerCarlson was a rising senior at Trinity College. He was 21. He could have taken a few years off to enlist and serve in a time of war. But he didn’t. He waited until after graduation and applied to the CIA. He was rejected.

— Charlotte Clymer (@cmclymer) March 11, 2021

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*First Published: March 11, 2021, 11:06 am