{"id":2010934,"date":"2023-08-24T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-and-fox-news-failure-to-press-gop-presidential-candidates-on-covid-tyranny-is-a-disservice-to-its-many-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:58:23","slug":"tucker-and-fox-news-failure-to-press-gop-presidential-candidates-on-covid-tyranny-is-a-disservice-to-its-many-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-and-fox-news-failure-to-press-gop-presidential-candidates-on-covid-tyranny-is-a-disservice-to-its-many-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker and Fox News&#8217; neglect to challenge GOP candidates on Covid tyranny is unfair to those affected."},"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\">34<\/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%2Ftucker-and-fox-news-failure-to-press-gop-presidential-candidates-on-covid-tyranny-is-a-disservice-to-its-many-victims%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=2010934&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>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Communities across America are still grappling with the repercussions of authoritarian Covid policies. So, why didn\u2019t Tucker Carlson or Fox News hosts Bret\u2062 Baier\u200d and Martha MacCallum ask any of the 2024 GOP presidential primary candidates a single meaningful question \u200con the topic?<\/p>\n<p>During his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1694513603251241143?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sit-down \u2064interview<\/a> with Donald Trump, Carlson never once pressed the former \u2063president \u200bover his handling \u200cof\u2063 the federal government\u2019s\u2063 Covid response, including\u2063 Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxNordau\/status\/1648061363539922967?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defense<\/a> of lockdowns and elevation\u2062 of figures such as Anthony Fauci. Nor did Carlson \u2014 \u2063who has previously used his platform to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/tucker-carlson-covid-vaccine-johnson-and-johnson-pause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ask questions<\/a> about the safety \u2062and efficacy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/28\/by-refusing-to-acknowledge-the-jabs-risks-trump-helps-the-covid-cult-evade-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">risky Covid shots<\/a> \u2014 \u2063press Trump on his\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/28\/by-refusing-to-acknowledge-the-jabs-risks-trump-helps-the-covid-cult-evade-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued promotion<\/a> of the jabs and claims they \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-on-fauci-i-was-not-actually-allowed-to-fire-him-but-i-wouldnt-usually-let-that-get-in-my-way\/\" title=\"Trump on Fauci: Couldn't fire him, but that wouldn't stop me.\">saved 100 million lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Baier and MacCallum \u2062similarly neglected\u200b to ask any of the participating\u2062 GOP presidential candidates during Wednesday\u2019s debate \u2062about the tyrannical abuse of government \u2062and corporate power to\u2063 squash Americans\u2019 liberties under the guise of Covid\u2063 \u201csafety.\u201d The only question asked that was semi-relevant to the subject included one posed to former \u200dVice President Mike Pence by MaCallum, who \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/24\/desantis-and-ramaswamy-were-the-only-gop-debaters-who-understood-their-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> \u2062 if the Covid lockdowns under the Trump administration contributed to rising crime \u2064in American cities.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Pence avoided answering \u2064the \u2063question and instead pivoted to the 2017 \u201cTrump-Pence tax cuts.\u201d Neither Fox\u200b host posed further\u200d questions about any aspect of\u200d Covid fascism to the attending candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The only\u200b candidate in either forum to speak to \u2062the devastating \u200beffects \u200cof the Covid mandates\u200d was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who on two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-and-fox-news-failure-to-press-gop-presidential-candidates-on-covid-tyranny-is-a-disservice-to-its-many-victims\/\" title=\"Tucker and Fox News' neglect to challenge GOP candidates on Covid tyranny is unfair to those affected.\">separate occasions noted<\/a> the damage lockdowns had on the U.S. economy and how \u2062closing \u2064schools harmed America\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<h2>America\u200d Needs A Covid Reckoning<\/h2>\n<p>The fact \u200bthat there \u200dwere no meaningful questions asked about Covid fascism \u200dduring Wednesday\u2019s debate or \u200dthe\u2064 Trump interview\u200b isn\u2019t just appalling; it\u2019s\u200c an\u2064 incredible disservice to the people who were forced to \u2064endure it.<\/p>\n<p>People\u2019s lives were completely upended because of the destructive response our government \u200dofficials orchestrated in the\u2062 name of \u201cscience.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/24\/while-everyone-else-panicked-two-years-ago-the-federalist-was-right-about-lockdowns-doing-more-harm-than-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ineffective lockdowns<\/a> prompted hundreds of \u200dthousands of \u200dsmall\u2063 businesses to permanently close up shop and\u2062 left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/opub\/ted\/2021\/6-2-million-unable-to-work-because-employer-closed-or-lost-business-due-to-the-pandemic-june-2021.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions<\/a> of\u2064 Americans unemployed. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/25\/emails-show-fauci-knew-from-a-2020-federalist-article-that-masking-was-ineffective-but-demanded-it-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Useless mask mandates<\/a> were implemented by governments and businesses alike, restricting users\u2019 breathing while those telling \u200dAmericans to \u201cmask up\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/democratic-politicians-who-violated-covid-19-rules-guidance-list-2020-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violated<\/a> their\u2064 own guidance. Children \u2014 who\u200b are the\u2063 least at-risk when it comes\u200d to Covid mortality \u2014 \u200dwere kept out of school for months, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/11\/thanks-to-needless-covid-school-lockdowns-your-kids-lifetime-earning-potential-plummeted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learning loss<\/a> and a\u2064 decline in social\u2064 skills.<\/p>\n<p>Worst \u2063of all was the despotic \u200cattempts\u200c by government and corporate entities to force Americans into getting \u200ban experimental shot in\u200d order to participate in\u200b public life. In September 2021 \u2014 a month\u2064 after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/05\/health\/us-coronavirus-thursday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> during a CNN interview the jabs don\u2019t stop \u2062the spread \u200dof Covid \u2014 President Joe Biden issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/10\/bidens-vaccine-mandate-is-outrageously-unconstitutional-why-couldnt-lawyers-make-that-argument-to-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal order<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/13\/breaking-supreme-court-blocks-biden-admins-private-sector-osha-vaccine-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mandating<\/a> private businesses \u2064with 100 or more\u2062 employees force their workers to get \u200cthe injection. Cities like as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/12\/us\/san-francisco-vaccine-requirement\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">San Francisco<\/a> and \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/coronavirus\/nycs-strictest-in-nation-vaccine-mandate-takes-effect-as-omicron-surge-intensifies\/3468598\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York City<\/a> took Covid fascism a step further, instituting medical segregation\u200d in their\u2062 cities to prevent the unvaccinated from entering public \u200dvenues.<\/p>\n<p>And who \u200dcould forget the \u200brole of \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ten-gop-senators-counter-bidens-1-9-trillion-relief-plan-request-meeting\/\" title=\"Ten GOP Senators Counter Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Relief Plan, Request Meeting\">health care providers<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/13\/rise-of-the-fourth-reich-makes-the-case-for-the-covid-reckoning-america-desperately-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denying<\/a> potential early treatments to Covid patients and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2021\/10\/05\/uchealth-transplant-unvaccinated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">barring<\/a> unvaccinated \u200bindividuals from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/01\/26\/hospitals-are-denying-transplants-for-patients-who-arent-vaccinated-against-covid-with-backing-from-ethicists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">undergoing<\/a> life-saving organ transplants?<\/p>\n<p>This is\u2064 the reality millions\u200b of Americans endured for years and that\u200c many still grapple with today. There \u2062is no question there must\u200c be\u2064 a nationwide reckoning for\u2063 the\u200c atrocities levied on this\u200b country in the \u2062name of Covid. The individuals responsible for enacting it on the \u200bAmerican \u200bpublic must be forced \u2063to answer for their lies and actions.<\/p>\n<p>If not, then these same actors \u2063won\u2019t \u2062hesitate to do it again and again until\u200c there\u2019s nothing left of the \u2062American experiment.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn\u2064 Fleetwood is \u200ba \u200cstaff \u200bwriter for The Federalist and a\u2064 graduate of the University \u2064of Mary Washington. He \u2064previously served\u200c as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his\u2063 work has been featured in numerous outlets,\u2063 including \u200dRealClearPolitics,\u200d RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him\u2064 on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communities in the US face ongoing challenges from Covid policies. Surprisingly, Tucker Carlson and Fox News hosts failed to address this crucial issue when interviewing 2024 GOP presidential primary candidates. Even during his conversation with Donald Trump, Carlson neglected to ask any meaningful questions on the topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2010935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010934","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}