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Tucker Carlson: “We are going to determine what's important.”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

Tucker Carlson's Speech on Government Accountability and National Concerns at Charlie Kirk Event

Published July 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:55

So I guess what I would say before I have an actual aneurysm is unless we say to the people in charge, We are going to determine what's important. You need to listen to us, your voters, about what we actually care about. I'll take a lecture for about 10 minutes. I can do that. (27:55–27:58)

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Asserts that the public should dictate policy priorities.

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“We have like 60 million illegal aliens in the country.”
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“You got 65 million people here illegally, according to the administration.”
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“Anybody...who serves in a foreign military should lose his citizenship immediately.”
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“The DOJ didn't release lots of incriminating sex videos with Epstein and his billionaire pals because they don't have them.”
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“The cover-up has been going on since 2007, almost 20 years.”
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“The search warrant was written in such a way to make sure that the feds never got their hands on the actually incriminating evidence.”
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“Jeffrey Epstein was working on behalf of Intel Services, probably not American.”
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“It's extremely obvious to anyone who watches that this guy had direct connections to a foreign government.”
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“Every single person in Washington, D.C. thinks that [Jeffrey Epstein was running a blackmail operation on behalf of a foreign government].”
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“As long as we're sending you money, if you are committing crimes on our soil, we have an absolute right to know.”
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“Why aren't [the U.S. military] employed to make my country better?”
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“They get housing vouchers and free education and free cell phones and plane tickets.”
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“Young people can't afford homes.”
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“35 year olds with really good jobs can't afford a house unless they stretch and go deep into debt.”
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“If people don't own things, they don't feel ownership of the country they're in.”
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“Normal people with normal jobs no longer believe they can win in this system.”
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“All the money is going to the worst people.”
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“Credit card debt is the single biggest cause of human suffering that I'm aware of in the United States.”
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“Credit card interest rates are incredibly high.”
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“If you borrow enough from a bank, you're kind of in charge of the bank.”
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“Credit cards are being pushed on kids like crack.”
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“You're going to see race and ethnic hatred.”
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“Any kind of amnesty is not only a bad idea, it's like, outrageous.”
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“There are a lot of Americans who've served in the idf. They should lose their citizenship.”
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“There's a lot of Americans who've served in Ukraine, and they should lose their citizenship.”
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“You shouldn't be allowed to serve in government if you're not a U.S. citizen or you're a dual citizen.”
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“We've had a Cuba embargo... and it is still working to undermine the interests of the United States.”
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“I don't understand why the US Military is stationed in Japan, Korea... while ignoring our own continent.”
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“There's migrants coming through Mexico. How are they our ally?”
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“Citizenship has to be the thing that holds us together as a country.”
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“This continuation of identity politics is the most destructive thing we can do.”
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“There is nobody rich, poor, no matter what your religion, what your color, who's held to a different legal standard.”
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