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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

‘Tribal warfare’: Tucker Carlson attacks Biden’s pledge to appoint Black, female Supreme Court justice

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson said President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the US Supreme Court was an “identity politics” exercise that would bring about “tribal warfare”.

Mr Carlson, whose monologues on his prime-time Tucker Carlson Tonight programme are frequently replete with white nationalist tropes and racialised rhetoric, on Wednesday also accused Mr Biden of prioritising his potential court pick’s skin colour over any other qualifications.

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