Tucker Carlson and other ex-MAGA dissidents are floating a challenge to America’s two-party system, but what’s the real endgame? Carl Cannon warns that Carlson wouldn’t need to win to matter: If he gets on the ballot in any of these key states in a general election, I mean, he could be an influence. “Is this a gambit to try and fire a shot across, you know, the USS GOP and say, ‘If you run Marco Rubio, Carlson will run,'” Carl Cannon asked. “The fear among Republicans is that Tucker would siphon just enough votes to assure a Democratic victory.” Is he trying to pick between two likely candidates, JD Vance and Senator Marco Rubio? Is he trying to tip the scales in favor of JD Vance? “The fear among Republicans – and when I say Republicans, I’m talking about the modern Republican Party, which is the Trump Party – is that Tucker would siphon just enough votes to assure a Democratic victory.” “Carlson doesn’t have to carry states. If he gets on the ballot in any of these key states in a general election, I mean, he could be an influence,” he said.
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