We’re so accustomed to Tucker Carlson saying crazy stuff that his declaration last week that President Joe Biden should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment barely rippled through the national conversation. Because it was both silly and unsurprising. Of course this scowling hypocrite would suggest that Biden’s penchant for talking off-script is somehow worse, mental-stability-wise, than his predecessor’s four years of demonstrable and dangerous psychosis.
Alas, there’s no constitutional provision for removing a mentally unstable cable news host. But since Carlson has raised the issue, let’s review his own behavior — and that of a certain former president he still defends, which speaks volumes about his judgment.
Carlson’s diatribe last week centered on Biden’s comment about Russian leader Vladimir Putin — “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power” — which every rational person on the planet is thinking, but which, yes, a U.S. president probably shouldn’t be saying out loud.
