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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Tucker Carlson leads rightwing charge to blame everyone but Putin

Fox News host Tucker Carlson speaks at AmericaFest 2021 in Arizona, USA, December 2021.
Carlson no longer praises Putin but continues to blame Democrats and others for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

As Russian troops encircled Ukraine, politicians and media pundits in the US were largely united in their condemnation of Vladimir Putin’s imminent attack.

Tucker Carlson, however, took a different approach. Hours before Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine, Fox News’ biggest star was still praising the Russian president.

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