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>> Tucker: A GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO
"TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT."
ELON MUSK BOUGHT TWITTER WITH A
RESTORE OF FREE SPEECH TO
AMERICA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THRILLED BY
THAT AND HAS APPEARED TO THEM IT
FELT LIKE LIBERATION.
FINALLY THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY
THINK OUT LOUD.
THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN A LIFE
OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
THEY CAN BE FULL CITIZENS
AGAINST.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF
POWERFUL PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY
WITH THIS NEWS.
THEY WERE HIGHLY UPSET TWITTER
WILL BE MISSING ITS STRUCTURE.
ACO YOU ONCE, THIS IS JUST WAY
TOO MUCH FREE SPEECH.
THE NAACP AGREED WITH THAT AND
OF COURSE, "THE WASHINGTON POST"
TOOK A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
IT IS TERRIFYING EXPLAINED
JEFF BEZOS’ PERSONAL NEWSPAPER
WHEN BILLIONAIRES START BUYING
THE MEDIA OUTLETS.
MSNBC AND CNN DID NOT LAUGH AT
THAT CLAIM BUT AMPLIFIED 2 TO
AND ADDED SOME HERE AT ELON MUSK
AS AAS A HARD-CORE WHITE
SUPREMACIST.
WHO KNEW?
TECHNICALLY ELON MUSK AS AN
AFRICAN AMERICAN BUT 2022 HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A SURPRISE.
HOW DID HE MAKE SENSE OF ALL OF
THIS WATCHING FROM HOME?
HERE YOU HAVE ONE NEWS STORY BUT
TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED
INTERPRETATIONS OF THE STORY.
WHO IS RIGHT?
WHO ARE THE GOOD GUYS AND WHO
ARE THE VILLAINS?
WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT THIS
ALL DAY AND A SIMPLE TEST TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU TWO
IMAGES, BOTH ARE FAMOUS AND YOU
HAVE SEEN BOTH OF THEM VERY MANY
TIMES, IN THE 1980s, GET A PEN
AND PAPER AND RECORD YOUR
REACTION TO IT.
REMEMBER THERE ARE NO RIGHT OR
WRONG ANSWERS.
WATCH.
>> OVERNIGHT THE WALL WENT UP AN
OVERNIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS WERE
CUT OFF FROM EACH OTHER, A CITY
IN A COUNTRY DIVIDED.
THERE WAS A SCRAMBLE TO GET OUT.
PEOPLE JUMPING FROM BUILDINGS
EVEN AS THE WINDOWS.
OVER THE YEARS THERE WERE
NUMEROUS ESCAPE ATTEMPTS BY THE
CHECKPOINTS, TUNNELS AND HOT AIR
BALLOONS.
THREE DECADES LATER, COMMUNISM
BEGAN TO CRUMBLE ACROSS THE
SOVIET UNION APPEAR THE CRACKS
APPEARED AND EVENTUALLY THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN.
CAME TUMBLING DOWN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Tucker: SO THE LAST PICTURE
AS YOU KNOW WHERE BERLIN IN THE
FALL OF 1989.
ASK YOURSELF, WHAT DID YOU JUST
SEE?
DID YOU WITNESS TRIUMPH OF THE
SPIRIT OVER FORCES OF
TOTALITARIAN CONTROL, OR DID YOU
FIND YOURSELF IGNORED BY THE
SENSELESS VANDALISM OF
GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE?
WHO DID YOU SYMPATHIZE WITH AS
YOU WATCH THE VIDEO?
WAS IT THE PROTESTERS BREAKING
DOWN THE HATED WALL, OR DID YOU
FIND YOURSELF FEELING FOR THE
PRISON GUARD IN THE BACKGROUND?
A LOT MORE TROUBLE KEEPING TRACK
OF PEOPLE ONCE THE SENSELESS
BARRIERS ARE REMOVED.
BE HONEST, WRITE DOWN YOUR
ANSWERS.
NOW WE ARE ONTO THE SECOND
IMAGE.
BEIJING, CHINA, A FEW MONTHS
EARLIER.
WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE?
THERE IS A MAN STANDING ALONE IN
FRONT OF THE TANK.
IS THAT MAN A HERO RISKING HIS
LIFE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, WHERE IS
HE A HOOLIGAN IMPEDING THE
PROCESS OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE?
WHO DO YOU SYMPATHIZE FOR, THE
MAN OR THE TANK?
THESE MAY SEEM LIKE EASY
QUESTIONS BUT THAT IS ONLY
BECAUSE THESE ARE IMAGES MORE
THAN 30 YEARS OLD.
EVERYONE SUPPORTS THE FALL OF
THE BERLIN WALL AND FREEDOM
SQUARE.
BUT IT WAS A MIXED BAG AND
ACTUALLY A LOT OF HIGHLY
RESPECTED PEOPLE THOUGHT THE
BERLIN WALL SHOULD STAY UP
INCLUDING MARGARET THATCHER AND
THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE AND A
LOT OF OTHERS.
THAT MAY SOUND SHOCKING TO YOU,
BUT REALLY IT IS NOT SO
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE
WITNESSING NOW.
NOW, TODAY, WE ARE WITNESSING
WELL RESPECTED PEOPLE ARGUING
WITH A STRAIGHT FACE THAT
TWITTER, ONE OF OUR MAIN AVENUES
FOR SOLVING POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES SHOULD REMAIN
CENSORED.
THEY ARE TELLING YOU AGAIN WITH
A STRAIGHT FACE YOU CANNOT HAVE
A DEMOCRACY WHERE EVERYONE IS
ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN A
CONVERSATION.
NO, IN ORDER TO REPRESENT THE
PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC MUST BE
FORCED TO SHUT UP.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
SO WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU WANT?
THE MAN OR THE TANK?
KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU CHOSE
THE TANK, YOU ARE BY
DEFINITION -- WE ARE NOT JUDGING
BUT WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW
THAT.
THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU HAVE A LOT
OF COMPANY.
HERE IS MSNBC.
>> THERE ARE STUDIES SHOWING
THAT THIS POWER CAN BE USED TO
COLLECTIONS.
IF SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO USE IT
THAT WAY.
AND LAW AND POLICY.
YOU WANT TO RIG THE DISCOURSE
AND CONTROL THE TERMS.
IF YOU OWN FACEBOOK OR TWITTER
OR WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU CAN
SECRETLY BAN ONE PARTY’S
CANDIDATE FOR ALL OF ITS
CANDIDATES, ALL OF ITS NOMINEES,
OR YOU CAN SECRETLY TURN DOWN
STUFF AND TURN UP FOR SOMETHING
ELSE.
THE REST OF US MIGHT NOT FIND
OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER THE
ELECTION.
>> Tucker: IF A BILLIONAIRE
CONTROLLED TWITTER, HE COULD RIG
THE DISCOURSE PEER THAT IS A
FAIR POINT.
HE IS THINKING ABOUT OWNING A
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY AS YOU CAN
"SECRETLY BAN ONE PARTY’S
CANDIDATE."
OR SCARIER THAN THAT, "SECRETLY
TURN DOWN THE REACH OF THEIR
STUFF OR REACH SOMETHING ELSE
AND THE REST OF US MIGHT NOT
FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER
THE ELECTION."
YEAH, THAT IS A TERRIFYING
PROSPECT PURE DEMOCRACY COULD
NOT WITHSTAND THAT.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT CABLE
TELEVISION THAT COMPLETELY
PEOPLE SELF-AWARENESS QUENTIN
DON’T I?
AND I EACH DID A STUDY ON THAT.
AND UNFAIR AND THAT ANALYSIS WE
DO NOT MEET TO SUGGEST IT IS
ONLY DEMOCRATS WHO FAVOR
SPONSORSHIP FOR POLITICAL END IN
PUBLIC WITH LEAD OR TOO.
A REPORT BY
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," FOR
EXAMPLE KEVIN McCARTHY OF
CALIFORNIA TOLD HIS CLOSE FRIEND
LIZ CHENEY THAT HE HOPED THE
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES WOULD
CENSOR MORE CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.
DONALD TRUMP, THE SITTING
PRESIDENT SILENCED BY THOSE
COMPANIES BUT THE McCARTHY
WANTED THE TECH ALL THE GUARDS
TO DO MORE AND FORCED
DISOBEDIENT LAWMAKERS OFF THE
INTERNET.
"CAN’T THEY TAKE THEIR TWITTER
ACCOUNTS AWAY TOO?
"
THOSE ARE THE TAPE-RECORDED
WORDS OF KEVIN KEVIN McCARTHY
AND IN PRIVATE MSNBC
CONTRIBUTOR.
UNLESS CONSERVATIVES GET THEIR
ACT TOGETHER RIGHT AWAY, KEVIN
McCARTHY ONE OF THE HIGHLY
LIBERAL ALLIES IS LIKELY TO BE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN JANUARY.
THAT WOULD MEAN YOU WOULD HAVE A
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS LED BY A
PUPPET OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
SO YOU WOULDN’T KNOW ANY OF THIS
LIST IT WAS LEAKED.
YOU CAN START TO SEE WHY THE
PEOPLE IN CHARGE OPPOSED
TRANSPARENCY AND FERVENTLY
SUPPORT CENSORSHIP ON BOTH
SIDES.
WHY?
THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM,
THE LESS SATISFIED YOU ARE
LIKELY TO BECOME WITH THEIR
LEADERSHIP.
HERE IS THE UNIT GENERAL CNN’S
GUARD WANTING TO PRESENT CANNOT
HAVE TOO MUCH LIBERTY.
>> IF YOU GET INVITED TO
SOMETHING WHERE THERE ARE NO
RULES IN TOTAL FREEDOM FOR
EVERYBODY, YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO
GO TO THAT PARTY?
WERE DO YOU DECIDE TO STAY HOME?
>> YOU ARE GOING TO STAY HOME.
[LAUGHTER]
ACTUALLY, IF YOU LET PEOPLE
CHOOSE, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE GOING TO DO.
FOR EXAMPLE CNN JUST MEANT MORE
THAN A QUARTER OF $8 BILLION ON
STREAMING SERVICE THAT IN THE
END AFFECTED 10,000 VIEWERS.
RIGHT, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD A
CHOICE AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY
CHOSE.
SO IF YOU ARE PART OF A COMPANY
THAT MADE A DECISION LIKE THAT,
YOU WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR
OF SQUELCHING THE COMPETITION
WITH CENSORSHIP BECAUSE IF YOU
DIDN’T HAVE A MONOPOLY, YOU
WOULD WITHER AND DIE.
PEOPLE WOULD START ASKING
QUESTIONS LIKE "WHY IS EQUITY SO
IMPORTANT CAN?
"WHY DO YOU CARE WHAT TV
PERSONALITIES LOOK LIKE?
SHOULDN’T WE CARE WHAT THEY DO
AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE COME ABOUT
THEIR CHARACTERS?
OVER ON "THE VIEW" SON HE IS
HOPING THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE
ALLOWED TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
>> ON TWITTER IT IS
PREDOMINANTLY STRAIGHT WHITE
NANO.
SO WHEN ELON MUSK SAID "WOW,
THIS IS ABOUT FREE SPEECH, IT
SEEMS TO ME IT IS ABOUT
FREE SPEECH OF STRAIGHT, WHITE
MEN."
>> ELON MUSK LIVES IN A WORLD IN
WHICH THE ONLY KIND OF
FREE SPEECH IS WEITZMAN FEELING
FREE -- WHITE MEN FEELING FREE
TO SAY WHATEVER THE HELL THEY
WANT.
>> Tucker: NOW, WE COULD REBUT
THOSE POINTS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
RACIST AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING
ABOUT IT FOR SOME REASON, BUT
THAT IS NOT REALLY THE BIG
POINT.
THE BIG POINT AND I WILL RESTATE
IT BECAUSE IT IS THE WHOLE POINT
IS THIS: ANYONE WHO IS ANGRY BY
THE PROSPECT OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS EXPRESSING THEIR
OPINIONS IS A STALINIST AND
SHOULD BE FEARED.
WE NO LONGER NEED TO GUESS WHO
THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
THEY HAVE CONVENIENTLY SELF
IDENTIFIED.
IT IS A CLARIFYING MOMENT, BUT
IS ALSO A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE
AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO GOING
BACK.
ONCE THE KIDNAPPER SHOWS YOU HIS
FACE, HE CAN’T RELEASE YOU.
GOD KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
JUMPED INTO THIS SIGNALING TO
USE THE WEIGHT OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO CRUSH YOU ON MUSK
BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO SPEAK
FREELY.
THE DAY THAT HE ANNOUNCES BY
TWITTER AT THE OPENED A PROBE
BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR
COMPANY WITH WEALTH TO MAKE HIM
TO BUY TWITTER.
AT THE SAME TIME THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SALLYS MEDIA
ALLOWING TO DEFAME ELON MUSK AND
DESTROY HIM AS A MAN BECAUSE
THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.
HE’S A RACIST!
[LAUGHTER]
THEY ARE ABOUT TO DO THAT TO US
AGAIN HERE AT
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" EDITORIAL
BOARD WITH CENSORSHIP IN A
NEWSPAPER.
ON TWITTER, THE TIMES COMPLAINT
ELON MUSK BODY SHAME PEOPLE AND
HE COULD ALSO QUOTE
POOH-POOH, SOUND HEALTH
REGULATIONS AND SHOUT DOWN
CRITICS.
THAT CANNOT BE ALLOWED.
THOU SHALL NOT BODY SHAME
TONY FAUCI.
TONY FAUCI IS A VERY TALL MAN.
BY THE WAY, THE VACCINES WORKED
FLAWLESSLY.
NOT VERY SUBTLE.
CNBC WITH A CHARACTER
ASSASSINATION.
THAT CHANNEL GRANTED IMMUNITY TO
A SOURCE IDENTIFIED TOO CLOSE TO
THE BIGGEST TELECOM VALLEY
MEGA-DONORS.
WHAT DID THE SOURCE COME OVER TO
CNBC TO SAY?
MUSK IS GREAT BUSINESSMAN BUT I
WOULD NOT TRUST HIM WITH MY
DAUGHTER.
OH, SO NOW HE’S A RAPIST NOW.
GOT IT.
NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER BUT YOU
SHOULD BE AFRAID FOR YOUR
DAUGHTERS BECAUSE ELON MUSK ONCE
FREE SPEECH.
"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" BETWEEN
HEALTH SEGMENT STRONGLY AGREES
WITH THAT.
WATCH THEM TELL YOU FREE SPEECH
AND DANGEROUS WOMEN LAY MORE
THAN ABORTION CLINICS, TIKTOK.
>> SOME CRITICS ARE CONCERNED
FREE SPEECH WILL COLLIDE WITH
GROWING SAFETY PROBLEMS ON
TWITTER, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN
AND MINORITIES.
>> DO YOU TRUST ELON MUSK TO
MAKE TWITTER BETTER FOR WOMEN?
>> NO, I DON’T TRUST YOU UNLESS
TO MAKE TWITTER BETTER FOR WOMEN
AT ALL.
>> Tucker: OH, DISPATCH FOR
WOMEN!
[LAUGHTER]
THE RICH AND TITLED LADIES BUT
ELON MUSK, THEY DON’T HAVE A
VOICE.
THE ONE THING THEY SAY THEY
LOVE, THERE IS NO DIVERSITY IN
TWITTER.
99% OF THE NATIONS, TWITTER
EMPLOYEES, 99%, 98.7% TO BE
PRECISE.
NOW, HOW MUCH IS THAT?
FOR PERSPECTIVE, KIM JONG UN GOT
A MUCH SMALLER LEVEL TO SUPPORT
WORKERS AT THE CENTRAL STEEL
PLANT RECENTLY.
SO 99% OF ANYTHING IS A BAD
SIGN.
IT IS A TERRIFYING LEVEL OF
CONFORMITY.
IT SUGGESTS BRING DEPTH.
BUT BRING DEPTH IS WHAT THEY ARE
DEMANDING.
AND THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING IS