{"id":1478594,"date":"2022-05-17T17:14:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T21:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478594"},"modified":"2022-05-17T17:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T21:14:55","slug":"coward-schumer-takes-a-twitter-lashing-for-refusing-to-debate-tucker-carlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coward-schumer-takes-a-twitter-lashing-for-refusing-to-debate-tucker-carlson\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Coward\u2019: Schumer Takes A Twitter-Lashing For Refusing To Debate Tucker Carlson"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcoward-schumer-takes-a-twitter-lashing-for-refusing-to-debate-tucker-carlson%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=1478594&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\/05\/GettyImages-1139127443.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took quite a bit of backlash on Twitter after first announcing that Fox News host Tucker Carlson had invited him to appear on the show and debate him, then saying that he had declined the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>It all started with a letter <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-a-poison-chuck-schumer-uses-senate-floor-to-berate-fox-news-after-buffalo-shooting\/\">Schumer sent<\/a> to Fox News, calling on the network to \u201cimmediately cease the reckless amplification of the so-called \u2018Great Replacement theory\u2019\u201d on any future broadcasts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Schumer letter to the Murdochs and Fox execs: &#8220;I write to urge you to immediately cease the reckless amplification of the so-called &#8216;Great Replacement theory&#8217; on your network&#8217;s broadcasts&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ykeIa8Be3o\">pic.twitter.com\/ykeIa8Be3o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1526568386448306176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the letter and on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Schumer laid most of the blame at Carlson\u2019s feet, alleging that the popular host had mentioned Replacement Theory on his popular prime time show some 400 times since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Within hours, Schumer announced that Carlson had responded to the letter by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/chuck-schumer-declines-tucker-carlson-invite-after-accusing-fox-news-of-inspiring-buffalo-shooter\/\">inviting him<\/a> to appear on \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@TuckerCarlson invited me on his show tonight to debate the letter I sent to @FoxNews,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cI\u2019m declining. Tucker Carlson needs to stop promoting the racist, dangerous \u2018Replacement Theory.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TuckerCarlson<\/a> invited me on his show tonight to debate the letter I sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m declining. Tucker Carlson needs to stop promoting the racist, dangerous \u2018Replacement Theory\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1526623234132688896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics immediately bashed Schumer for refusing to appear on the show, noting that it was consistently the highest-rated cable news show in prime time, and that if he really wanted his message to reach a broader audience, he should have jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t you say that to him directly? Coward,\u201d Jim Treacher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtLOL\/status\/1526634835367837696\">tweeted<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtLOL\/status\/1526645601215078401\">adding<\/a>, \u201cChuck Schumer refused the debate because he knew he\u2019d lose, and now he\u2019s trying to save face before Tucker tells his audience. There\u2019s no other reason to announce it like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have the opportunity to argue your viewpoint in front of America\u2019s largest news audience and instead you sent out a tweet \u2026 Is there a word lower than coward?\u201d the Consumer Freedom Project <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreedomConsumer\/status\/1526642523069943808\">wondered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Erich Hartmann <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erichhartmann\/status\/1526636539136065538\">added<\/a>, \u201cThis is insane. Who in their right mind would decline a chance to make their case to tens of millions of people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time Chuck Schumer has ever declined to get in front of a camera,\u201d David Harsanyi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/status\/1526640233827037184\">quipped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019re scared of debate,\u201d syndicated radio host Dana Loesch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1526634030535409668\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow radio host Clay Travis agreed, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1526631704974213120\">adding<\/a>, \u201cSo you\u2019re a coward who isn\u2019t willing to actually debate &#038; defend your position. Thanks for clarifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChuck Schumer is the bro in the bar yelling \u2018Hold me back!\u2019\u201d John Cooper <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejcoop\/status\/1526632667688669186\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Hyde <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateHydeNY\/status\/1526628097910616064\">cracked<\/a>, \u201cI said publicly that I could beat up Floyd Mayweather. He called and challenged me to a fight. I\u2019m declining. Floyd Mayweather needs to stop resorting to violence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took quite a bit of backlash on Twitter after first announcing that Fox News host Tucker Carlson had invited him to appear on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1483472,"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-1478594","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\/1478594","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}