Tucker Carlson: “Putin has been the most effective leader in my lifetime.”

“Look it up and you can say, well, that's all a lie. Okay, well, show me me one. Yeah. Okay, Go there. And look, I not moving to Russia, but, I mean, Putin has been the most effective leader in my lifetime. I can't think of a more effective one. He's been a very stable leader for. Russia, but why is he more evil than Joe Biden? Yeah, well, I can't even conceptualize that.” (1:44:08–1:44:13)

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