Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York celebrated Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News on Monday, cheering on efforts to censor the massively influential commentator.
“Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, couldn’t have happened to a better guy,” she says in a TikTok video, ultimately concluding that “deplatforming works and it is important.”
“Deplatforming works and is important”
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) April 25, 2023
AOC celebrates Fox News terminating Tucker Carlson pic.twitter.com/1KoJrTDqNR
The progressive lawmaker, who is already fundraising off the host’s exit from Fox News, called on Congress to “explore” ways to regulate the network on Sunday.
"We have very real issues with what is permissible on air," she said during an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. "We saw that with Jan. 6 and we saw that in the lead up to Jan. 6 and how we navigate questions — not just a freedom of speech but also accountability for incitement of violence — this is the line that we have to really explore through law as well."
AOC continued, "I believe that when it comes to broadcast television, like Fox News, these are subject to federal law, federal regulation in terms of what’s allowed on air and what isn't. When you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence — very clearly incitement of violence. And that is the line that we have to be willing to contend with."
.@AOC: "When you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence." pic.twitter.com/qjnnDQrtqj
— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) April 23, 2023
Reacting to the lawmaker's remarks, Twitter users pointed out why she was wrong.
1. AOC is embarrassingly awful.
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) April 25, 2023
2. As if he’s just gonna disappear into he night.
3. He’s now bigger than ever.
4. Have a feeling I know where he’ll end up.
5. 💪🇺🇸 https://t.co/dGNlm54mW3
She seems genuinely happy. Doesn't she realize that Tucker Carlson is now unleashed and with more potential than ever to continue being the leader voice of the real opposition?
— Sweet Momster (@sweet_momster) April 25, 2023
Deplatforming works??
— Danish (@VidenDanish) April 25, 2023
Tucker is going to come back with a new show, perhaps independent, and make so much money
Probably more money than he did at fox
If she doesn't think that multiple platforms are scrambling to come up with the money and drooling at the prospect of having Tucker Carlson exclusive, she is sadly mistaken.
— Zbroxx (@zbroxx) April 25, 2023
He wasn't de-platformed, he was set free. Just wait for uncensored Tucker Carlson