Tucker Carlson Officially Dumps The Republican Party - Though He’s Not Becoming A Democrat

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is officially breaking pinch the Republican Party aft spending decades arsenic 1 of its astir influential backers successful nan media.

On a caller section of nan Can’t Be Censored podcast, Carlson accused nan statement of “treasonous” actions and putting nan interests of firm donors and Israel supra those of American citizens, particularly regarding nan Iran war.

“I would not support nan Republican Party,” Carlson said. “There’s nary chance I would support nan Republican Party. I’m not going to support the Democratic Party — I don’t cognize what I’m going to do.”

“I voted Republican my full life,” nan podcaster continued. “I worked astatine Fox News, CNN, MSNBC. I’ve been a accordant defender for 35 years of nan Republican Party, — I mean, a very accordant defender. There’s nary defending this because it’s amoral and it’s precisely nan other of what a governmental statement successful a populist is charged pinch doing, which is representing its ain voters, its ain citizens, its ain nation. And they’re not doing that.”

Carlson added that his defection, arsenic good arsenic polling showing nan Iran warfare is unpopular, should service arsenic a wake-up telephone for the Republican Party.

“If I’m out, past I deliberation a batch of different group are out,” he said.

The Independent has contacted nan Republican National Committee and White House for comment.

Carlson’s comments travel aft months of nationalist feuding betwixt him and statement leaders.

In April, he accused nan Trump management of failing to tally nan state good and pursuing unnecessary overseas wars, publically apologizing for having campaigned connected Trump’s behalf.

Carlson said he was “tormented by it” and that he was “sorry for misleading people.”

That month, Carlson besides criticized nan president aft he told Iran to “open nan F***in’ Strait” of Hormuz aliases they would beryllium “living successful Hell.”

“Who do you deliberation you are?” Carlson said connected his show. “You’re tweeting retired nan f-word connected Easter morning?

This spring, amid Carlson’s predominant scathing disapproval of nan Iran warfare and power of Israel connected U.S. overseas policy, President Trump fired backmost that Carlson had “lost his way” and was nary longer a portion of nan MAGA movement.

“I knew that a agelong clip ago, and he's not MAGA. MAGA is redeeming our country,” nan president said successful an question and reply successful March.

Former congressman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has suffered a akin falling retired pinch nan statement and nan president, successful portion complete positions connected overseas wars and Israel.

"What nan American group voted for pinch MAGA was to put nan American group first,” she said successful a November question and reply connected CNN. “Stop sending overseas aid, and extremity being progressive successful overseas wars...They very overmuch merit to beryllium put first. Cost of surviving is acold excessively high. Health security is wholly retired of control, and that’s – those are 2 issues I’ve been very vocal connected for months and months now.”

She has besides accused nan Trump management of backing Israel’s “genocide” successful Gaza.

Israel has been a accordant wedge betwixt Carlson and overmuch of nan GOP, and nan podcaster faced allegations of antisemitism for his friends 2025 question and reply pinch white supremacist Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.

A ample mostly of Americans want nan Iran warfare to extremity and deliberation nan costs of nan warfare did not warrant nan result, according to a CBS canvass released connected Sunday.