{"id":2661456,"date":"2026-09-15T08:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-defends-el-sayed-on-9-11-condemns-his-gop-opponent-mike-rogers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:15:00","slug":"tucker-carlson-defends-el-sayed-on-9-11-condemns-his-gop-opponent-mike-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-defends-el-sayed-on-9-11-condemns-his-gop-opponent-mike-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson Defends El-Sayed on 9\/11, Condemns His GOP Opponent Mike Rogers"},"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\">24<\/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-carlson-defends-el-sayed-on-9-11-condemns-his-gop-opponent-mike-rogers%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=2661456&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--><p>Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is increasingly expressing anti-establishment views, diverging from traditional Republican positions. He recently supported Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, aligning with his criticism of U.S.responses to 9\/11 and questioning the legitimacy of certain military actions. Carlson praised El-Sayed\u2019s remarks that the U.S. response to 9\/11 caused unneeded suffering elsewhere, and defended his campaign against Republican opponent Mike Rogers by criticizing Rogers\u2019 war stances. While not explicitly endorsing El-Sayed,Carlson&#8217;s comments and tone suggest he is sympathizing with candidates and viewpoints critical of U.S. foreign policy and military interventions, reflecting a notable shift in his political stance, especially amid tensions related to Iran and Israel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson continues to separate himself from all things Republican and GOP.<\/p>\n<p>And the polarizing podcast host is doing so in increasingly aggressive ways.<\/p>\n<p>No example of that may be clearer than one of his more recent nuclear hot takes, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/13\/us-news\/tucker-carlson-all-but-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-says-he-was-obviously-right-about-9-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Carlson basically agreed with and amplified the anti-American 9\/11 rhetoric that has been pushed by Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.<\/p>\n<p>As a 2021 quote attributed to El-Sayed began to circulate online, Carlson saw fit to not only defend El-Sayed, but said that the Michigan Democrat is \u201cobviously right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And what, exactly, is El-Sayed so right about?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c9\/11 scarred our country in profound ways, but what we did after 9\/11 scarred millions of other people,\u201d El-Sayed said in 2021. \u201cWhen we talk about 9\/11, we often fail to center them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed had also posted in a since-deleted X post: \u201cToday, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, &#038; infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow, I\u2019ll mourn ~1M lives, millions of injuries, &#038; infrastructural devastation in 3 countries, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson appears to be fully on board with that rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post reported that in his Friday newsletter, Carlson penned the following: \u201cEl-Sayed did not celebrate airplane hijackings or cheerlead Al-Qaeda; he simply said that the U.S. conducting terrorism of its own in response to 9\/11 was not exactly an appropriate reaction. He is obviously right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson was not done, however. Despite being a GOP avatar for the better part of his adult life, Carlson stunned swathes of onlookers as he effectively supported El-Sayed in his Senate race against Republican candidate Mike Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson took particular issue with Rogers describing El-Sayed\u2019s campaign as \u201cdisgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHold on a second,\u201d Carlson wrote. \u201cDisgusting? Understanding that the Bush administration was wrong to kill hundreds of thousands of people and waste trillions of dollars in Iraq, even though, again, Iraq did not do 9\/11, is disgusting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cWe are really not sure who Mike Rogers is, but if anyone in Michigan\u2019s Senate race is \u2018unfit to serve in public office,\u2019 it is him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson was particularly critical of Rogers\u2019 stances on the ongoing war in Iran and past wars, a topic that has all but consumed Carlson in his ongoing personality shift.<\/p>\n<p>While Carlson may have stopped <em>just <\/em>short of actually endorsing El-Sayed, most pundits and observers \u2014 some in agreement with Carlson, others in disagreement \u2014 have all effectively characterized the former Fox host as at least supporting El-Sayed\u2019s candidacy. 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