Tucker Carlson: “You often hear we get the leaders we deserve. That's a total…”

“None of you deserve your leaders. None of you. I don't care. It's true. Even the people who vote for them don't deserve them. If I can just say, You often hear we get the leaders we deserve. That's a total lie. No, you don't. No, you don't. And you see that around the world. I've been to plenty of countries with horrible leaders. Those people don't deserve them. Nobody deserves leaders like that.” (24:13–24:17)

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