Tucker Carlson: “Charlie Kirk calls me. He's like, I'm thinking about hiring…”

“But who's going to hire Blake? Because he's like, in the New York Times, he's like a bad person when actually he's a great person. Charlie Kirk calls me. He's like, I'm thinking about hiring Blake. I Was like, God bless you, Charlie. What's he like? I said, well, Blake's very eccentric. Like, no kidding. He's the only person who ever lost weight eating junk food.” (26:52–26:56)

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