{"id":1476703,"date":"2022-05-16T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476703"},"modified":"2022-05-16T12:59:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T16:59:42","slug":"leftists-blames-tucker-carlson-for-buffalo-massacre-they-didnt-blame-maddow-in-scalise-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-blames-tucker-carlson-for-buffalo-massacre-they-didnt-blame-maddow-in-scalise-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists Blames Tucker Carlson For Buffalo Massacre. They Didn\u2019t Blame Maddow In Scalise Shooting."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftists-blames-tucker-carlson-for-buffalo-massacre-they-didnt-blame-maddow-in-scalise-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/01\/Tucker-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-times\">The New York Times<\/a> and others on the Left linked Fox News personality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tucker-carlson\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>\u00a0to Saturday\u2019s horrific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/shooter-kills-10-wounds-three-in-buffalo-grocery-store-authorities-investigating-as-racially-motivated-attack\">massacre in Buffalo<\/a>, despite no evidence the shooter is a fan or even watched the conservative cable news host\u2019s highly rated show.<\/p>\n<p>The Times cited the gunman\u2019s alleged support for so-called \u201creplacement theory,\u201d an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that claims Jews are importing minorities to change the country\u2019s racial makeup. Some have conflated that theory with claims that Democrats favor amnesty for illegal immigrants in order to change the voting demographics of the country, which Carlson has asserted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo public figure has promoted replacement theory more loudly or relentlessly than the Fox host Tucker Carlson, who has made elite-led demographic change a central theme of his show since joining Fox\u2019s prime-time lineup in 2016,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/15\/us\/replacement-theory-shooting-tucker-carlson.html?referringSource=articleShare\">the Times wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who The Daily Wire is not naming in keeping with its policy to deprive mass killers of the notoriety they often crave, was radicalized online and immersed himself in \u201creplacement theory and other kinds of racist and anti-semitic content,\u201d The Times wrote, apparently relying on a 180-page manifesto believed to have been posted online by the suspect. In that manifesto, the author characterizes himself as \u201cauthoritarian left wing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone like Carlson can introduce viewers to ideas that they then explore more fully online, searches that lead them into far-right spaces that either reinforce their existing views or radicalize them,\u201d a Columbia University historian told the Times for the article.<\/p>\n<p>The Times was not alone in linking Carlson to the incident, in which 10 people were killed and three more wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Far-Left\u00a0California Rep. Adam Schiff, who infamously claimed to have seen evidence that former President Trump had colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election, accused the cable news host of issuing a \u201ccall to arms\u201d to right-wing lunatics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTucker Carlson is many things \u2014 but he\u2019s not stupid,\u201d Schiff tweeted. \u201cWhen he pushes racist conspiracies like \u2018the great replacement,\u2019 he knows the risks. He knows some view his vile hate as a call to arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tucker Carlson is many things \u2014 but he\u2019s not stupid.<\/p>\n<p>When he pushes racist conspiracies like \u201cthe great replacement,\u201d he knows the risks.<\/p>\n<p>He knows some view his vile hate as a call to arms.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is Tucker just doesn\u2019t give a damn about anyone but himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAdamSchiff\/status\/1525855322698653696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMore blood on the hands of @tuckercarlson and @foxnews this killer used their racist talking points to justify killing 10 people. Carlson won\u2019t stop because as he explained to the NY Times, it\u2019s good for ratings. Lives be damned. As Carlson will be at judgement day,\u201d former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, who served under former President Bill Clinton, ranted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More blood on the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tuckercarlson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foxnews<\/a>  this killer used their racist talking points to justify killing 10 people. Carlson won&#8217;t stop because as he explained to the NYTimes, it&#8217;s good for ratings. Lives be damned. As Carlson will be at judgement day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fse5bRvEbN\">https:\/\/t.co\/fse5bRvEbN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelockhart\/status\/1525585940655357952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hollywood actor\/director Rob Reiner, who played the iconic liberal character \u201cMeathead\u201d on the 1970s sitcom \u201cAll in the Family,\u201d spread the blame beyond Carlson,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe racist massacre in Buffalo rest at the feet of Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and the GOP,\u201d Reiner tweeted. \u201cThere are not fine people on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The racist massacre in Buffalo rest at the feet of Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and the GOP. There are not fine people on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Reiner (@robreiner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robreiner\/status\/1525771154375458817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There were others:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The horrific murders in a grocery store on Buffalo&#8217;s predominantly Black East Side were an act of domestic terrorism fueled directly by white supremacist conspiracy theories repeated by Tucker Carlson and supported by Republicans like Matt Gaetz. 1\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rnLjBcf9Ur\">https:\/\/t.co\/rnLjBcf9Ur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndivisibleTeam\/status\/1525626431971201026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to having no evidence that the shooter was a Carlson, or even Fox News, watcher, the far-Left dot-connecting is a departure from past cases involving potential political links to mass shootings. The gunman who targeted Republicans, including then House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, on a Virginia baseball diamond in 2017\u00a0\u201cposted Bernie Sanders signs in the yard\u201d and \u201ccited MSNBC\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Rachel Maddow Show<\/em>\u00a0as one of his favorite television programs,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/06\/14\/illinois-suspect-va-shooting-raged-against-trump-republicans\/102846780\/\">USA Today<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI can\u2019t believe this even needs to be said, but <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Tucker<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Carlson is no more responsible for the Buffalo shooting than Bernie Sanders was for the Congressional baseball field shooting,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicksonright\/status\/1525848662177366016?s=20&#038;t=vaunqzDq2q_DKiItswD37w\">tweeted podcaster Chicks on the Right<\/a>. \u201cIf you\u2019re a person who is <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">blaming<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> anyone other than the shooter you\u2019re a complete idiot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times and others on the Left linked Fox News personality Tucker Carlson\u00a0to Saturday\u2019s horrific massacre in Buffalo, despite no evidence the shooter is a fan or even<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1483239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1476703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}