{"id":7833,"date":"2023-04-25T21:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T21:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=7833"},"modified":"2023-04-25T21:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T21:37:18","slug":"bannon-fox-news-fired-carlson-to-keep-top-populist-voice-off-of-primetime-kneecap-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=7833","title":{"rendered":"Bannon: Fox News Fired Carlson to Keep Top Populist Voice \u2018Off of Primetime\u2019 & Kneecap Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 25, 2023 at 05:29PM\u00a0 \u00a0 Bannon: Fox News Fired Carlson to Keep Top Populist Voice \u2018Off of Primetime\u2019 & Kneecap Trump<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tucker Carlson\u2019s remaining contract at Fox News was paid in full to prevent him from venturing out on his own and providing a voice for the conservative populists ahead of 2024, claimed former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, here\u2019s what the Tucker drill is going to be. He\u2019s got a long-term contract. The Wall Street Journal said yesterday that he was negotiating an extension to 2029. Right? And I think he still has got a couple of years, two or three years left on the contract. Just like Lou Dobbs and the other guys. They pay him out under the terms because they don\u2019t want to set up their competitors. They pay him out the $20 million. He doesn\u2019t have the option of going somewhere else,\u201d Bannon said on his \u201cWar Room\u201d broadcast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Bannon explained Tucker\u2019s firing is part of the establishment GOP and Fox News\u2019 efforts to do whatever they can to ensure former President Donald Trump doesn\u2019t reclaim the presidency in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to take the voice of Populism and the voice of MAGA off of primetime,\u201d he continued. \u201cAs I said in that speech, if DeSantis is not the guy to do it, they\u2019ll find Glenn Youngkin or Tim Scott or Brian Kemp. They\u2019ll find anybody to chop-block Trump in the primary. If that doesn\u2019t work, they\u2019ll get in back of Joe Biden. Right? And it\u2019s all about stopping Trump and stopping MAGA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bannon said that by paying out the remainder of Tucker\u2019s contract, he\u2019d be unable to start his own venture until the contract time expires.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026I think what they\u2019re going to do is try to pay him out on his contract. And just like they do with Lou Dobbs, other guys, and Megyn Kelly, it\u2019s only when your contract expires can then you start your podcast,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis play, I believe, and I could be wrong, this play is to make sure that the Trump movement MAGA, and even where Tucker maybe is not full MAGA, he covers the issues in a sophisticated way for the audience to be able to kind of say, okay, I understand this, and grapple onto it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the punch list of what he covers, it\u2019s amazing. They want that off primetime. They don\u2019t want to give any support to Trump,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Infowars founder Alex Jones had made a similar statement when predicting Carlson\u2019s firing last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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via Infowars https:\/\/ift.tt\/JLF4GUN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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