Tucker Carlson: Massie loss ‘obviously the death of MAGA’

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson attacked President Trump and lamented the primary loss handed to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who the president lobbied voters in Kentucky to oust in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s election.

“This is the saddest moment in a long time. It’s not just the death of Thomas Massie’s immediate political career, which may be resurrected, one never knows,” Carlson said on a recent episode of his podcast and video show.

“It’s obviously the death of MAGA, whatever that was, but it’s also of course the end of the Republican party as we thought we knew it,” he added in comments first highlighted by Mediaite.

Massie lost to the Trump-backed Ed Gallrein by more than 9 points Tuesday after weeks of blasting the president over U.S. foreign policy and the Justice Department’s handling of the files tied to convicted........

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