Tucker Carlson: “He's certainly better than what we have now in Syria.”

“You were the only other person. And I thought, am I going insane? There's no evidence this happen. I don't even know Assad. I didn't have strong feelings about Assad. He's certainly better than what we have now in Syria. But I, I was just like, this just seems as like a reporting matter, like a lie. And you were the only other person saying that. The only other person.” (28:50–28:53)

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