Tucker Carlson: “The official numbers may be 16 [American deaths].”

“But we thought it'd be interesting just to pull up the official numbers to the extent they exist. We don't know, by the way, with total certainty how many Americans have died. The official numbers may be 16 [American deaths]. Is that true? We hope it's no more. Every death is a tragedy, but we just don't know. But there are official numbers.” (00:38–00:41)

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