Tucker Carlson: “The American dream is not that you wake up and, like, you…”

“The promise of America is that things get a little better. Not maybe radically better, but your kids have a shot at a little better life than you had. That's the american dream. The American dream is not that you wake up and, like, you don't even recognize this place. And you know for a fact that your kids are not gonna be going to the little cottage they share with their cousins up north.” (31:49–31:54)

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