Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson is facing blowback for comments he made while eulogizing Charlie Kirk on Sunday at a service for the activist who was assassinated earlier this month.

Noting he considered Kirk to be a "Christian evangelist," Carlson said the killing reminded him of the death of Jesus Christ, as told through the Bible.

"Jesus shows up and he starts talking about the people in power and he starts doing the worst thing you can do, which is tell the truth," Carlson began. "And they hate it and they just go bonkers. And they become obsessed with making him stop."

The former Fox News host said he can "picture the scene in a lamp-lit room with a bunch of guys sitting around eating hummus thinking about, 'What do we do about this guy telling the truth about us. We must make him stop talking!'"

The pundit's comments were met with blowback from some on social media and in the press, who accused him of........

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