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Tucker Carlson: “Twitter is real life is what you're saying?”

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Published December 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 33:41

But the reality is the news that is made on X Twitter really pollinates to those other platforms extensively and I think drives all the action. So Twitter is real life is what you're saying? I think that it is, yeah. Could you understand what's happening in the country without reading it? I don't think so. Because you would be limited in the inputs to your system. (33:41–33:43)

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