Tucker Carlson: “The system itself is that, like, you get. In order to get…”

“You decide, in some cases, violent. That is true. Or whatever. How do you get so many people, though? Because, like, you look at some of. The system itself is that, like, you get. In order to get elected, I have to do the following things. I have to basically subvert democracy by carrying water for a tiny group of people against the interests of my actual voters. Like, that itself is a sin. It's a crime. But it's so ubiquitous, you don't even notice it. It's deals like that.” (58:35–58:50)

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