Tucker Carlson: “This conversation, this text exchange, happened several…”

“Great guy, Jason Mares. Served with him in the House. He was in the House. And he's just a great individual. He's a Republican incumbent. He's the Republican general. Exactly. So This conversation, this text exchange, happened several years ago. And when it happened, the Republican to whom he was texting, I don't have any idea what that was about, but it happened. Sent this exchange to the speaker, who was being threatened by Jay Jones.” (32:25–32:30)

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