Communities across America are still grappling with the repercussions of authoritarian Covid policies. So, why didn’t Tucker Carlson or Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum ask any of the 2024 GOP presidential primary candidates a single meaningful question on the topic?
During his sit-down interview with Donald Trump, Carlson never once pressed the former president over his handling of the federal government’s Covid response, including Trump’s defense of lockdowns and elevation of figures such as Anthony Fauci. Nor did Carlson — who has previously used his platform to ask questions about the safety and efficacy of the risky Covid shots — press Trump on his continued promotion of the jabs and claims they saved 100 million lives.
Baier and MacCallum similarly neglected to ask any of the participating GOP presidential candidates during Wednesday’s debate about the tyrannical abuse of government and corporate power to squash Americans’ liberties under the guise of Covid “safety.” The only question asked that was semi-relevant to the subject included one posed to former Vice President Mike Pence by MaCallum, who asked if the Covid lockdowns under the Trump administration contributed to rising crime in American cities.
Unsurprisingly, Pence avoided answering the question and instead pivoted to the 2017 “Trump-Pence tax cuts.” Neither Fox host posed further questions about any aspect of Covid fascism to the attending candidates.
The only candidate in either forum to speak to the devastating effects of the Covid mandates was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who on two separate occasions
