Tucker Carlson: “Protestants were real once. Like they built this country.”

“I mean, I don't get involved in the Protestant, Catholic, orthodox thing because I'm just for Jesus. But if I could just stick up just for one second for my people. Protestants were real once. Like they built this country. They did. I'm sorry, it's just a. It's a. It's a fact. And they really believed in God and they, you know, they were on the right path.” (11:28–11:32)

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