Opinion | Tucker Carlson’s attack on Ted Cruz establishes him as the first cable-news monarch

As we have noted in this space before, blame the political violence of the left in America has been given priority of King Tucker from the early days of his reign. In May 2017, after Montana Republican Greg Gianforte slam body a reporter, host of Fox News riffed: “America really faces a threat of political violence. All in all, it didn’t come from infant evangelicals in Montana. It also doesn’t come from President Trump, regardless of his flaws. The threat today comes from the progressive left and its growing enthusiasm for force as a political tool. ” Carlson processed subsequent events, including January 6, through that filter: Exaggerate the instability on the left, justify the right.