Tucker Carlson: “He turned down the most obvious opportunity in politics to…”

“And the second thing I noticed, which I don't think anyone has remarked upon in public, but I'm just going to, since I don't have a script, like, why not? Is that He turned down the most obvious opportunity in politics to inflame the nation after being shot. to inflame the nation, which is an opportunity that almost every other politician I've ever met, and certainly his opponents would have taken instantly, and they would have said, well, what is this?” (04:52–04:59)

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