JD Vance Dishonored Himself for Tucker Carlson

The vice president seems to have made his decision.

Joseph Ford Cotto | September 7, 2026

Vice President J.D. Vance has made his decision.

On September 3, he stood in the White House briefing room and refused to cut Tucker Carlson loose.  He said everyone knows they are friends.  He said Carlson has declared things he disagrees with.  He said Carlson has uttered things about President Donald J. Trump that are just wrong.

Vance then claimed he would not throw a friend under the bus over political disagreements, because that would be a terrible place for the country to go.

That is not statesmanship.  That is evasion.

Carlson is not a restless ally with one bad week.  On June 18, he announced he would not support the Republican Party.  He asked how any American could back a party he called disloyal to the United States.  He said it is not possible to vote for Republicans.  He branded the GOP immoral.  He said he is out, and he expects others to follow.

Carlson accused the White House and Republicans of putting Israel and big donors ahead of American citizens.  He called that the opposite of what the GOP should be, alleging it treasonous.  He claimed that America First had been dumped for what helps Israel and campaign contributors, instead of U.S. families.

Trump rebuked that garbage.

In April, the president denounced Carlson as a clueless, broken, low-I.Q. person who never finished college and was fired by Fox News.  Trump said Carlson, and others like him, are lunatics and losers who push the opposite of MAGA.  They do this by fighting strong action against the Iranian Islamist theocracy, our world’s top sponsor of terror.

Vance nonetheless treats Carlson as an ally.

That loyalty has a history.  Carlson mentored Vance.  In the 2022 Ohio U.S. Senate race, he gave Vance more airtime on his top-rated Fox News show than any other candidate.  Carlson sold Vance as the working-class American voice against........

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