Tucker Responds to Trump Assassination Attempt and JD Vance for VP | Milwaukee, WI Speech
In a Nutshell
Tucker argues the assassination attempt revealed a spiritual war against humanity itself, with Trump winning the election through his instinctive bravery in facing the crowd while bleeding. The real motivation behind opposition to Trump is his refusal to start wars, not immigration or economics. True strength is calm service to others rather than weak authoritarian displays, and people should reject engagement with dying media outlets while focusing on local action and physical reality.
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Tucker Carlson opens by expressing admiration for people who pay heavy prices for telling the truth and are cast out of their groups, noting that people around the country are destroying it on purpose. He specifically mentions what has been done at the border completely changing the population by letting in millions and millions of people. Carlson states his role is to tell the truth to the extent he can see it, always with the knowledge that we see everything through a glass darkly. He emphasizes that you cannot allow people to force you to lie, period.
Carlson discusses having guns at home and often on his person when in the United States, proud to defend himself and those he loves against violence. He affirms that the very first thing you should do every single day is tell all the people you love that you love, noting that affirming things out loud makes them real and simultaneously acknowledges the truth that we don't know what's going to happen today.
Carlson describes arriving in Milwaukee and taking an hour and a half to get to the venue due to security, noting that all the security guys look like they should have been in Butler PA on Saturday. He expresses gratitude for being at the convention despite initially not wanting to come, having spent the whole day starting at 5:00 a.m. dealing with politics.
Carlson describes forgetting how repulsive the political process is and how feline and ruthless the players are. He explains why he doesn't like politicians, noting that he deals with people who believe in things and are generally sincere, but politicians mean only that they want power. He describes the jockeying around the VP position as crazy to watch, with politicians around power acting like alligators jumping up and snapping at a flank steak.
Carlson reflects on his 35 years in Washington noticing that almost every politician had a weird personal life - secretly gay, into drugs, alcoholic, or cheating on their wife. He questions why this is the case, concluding that deception is at the core of who politicians are, and when pursuing power this comes out rather than straightforward discussion of outcomes.
Carlson announces that JD Vance is the VP pick and that every bad person he's ever met in Washington was aligned against him. He notes that Vance is one of the only members of the Senate with a happy marriage. The opposition came not on personal grounds but because they thought Vance would be harder to manipulate and slightly less enthusiastic about killing people in pointless wars.
Carlson states that what happened on Saturday - the assassination attempt against President Trump - reminded people there is a spiritual battle underway with no logical way to understand current events in temporal terms. The forces have decided to take off the mask, with their only goal being chaos, violence, and destruction. He explains this is not ultimately political but much deeper and older, comparing it to 1789 in France, 1936 in Spain, 1917 in Russia, and 1975 in Cambodia.
Carlson argues that the defining movements of our time - transhumanism, AI, and the climate cult - are inherently anti-people. He explains that if evolutionary biology teaches that species act in their own interest to procreate and pass on genes, then movements against carrying on genes and procreating are not human. He notes that no animal species kills itself or commits genocide, making these phenomena supernatural.
Carlson identifies Christians as the group these forces hate most and are terrified of, hoping to eliminate. He notes that throughout history, Christians have been the first to be killed in every revolution - during the Cultural Revolution in China, the French Revolution where nuns were beheaded, and the Spanish Civil War where a statue of Jesus was executed by firing squad.
Carlson explains that anybody who pledges a higher loyalty than to the people in charge is a threat, but notes it's specifically Christianity that triggers these leaders, not other religions like Islam. He respects all religions that acknowledge people are not God, but emphasizes that Christianity is the religion of Jesus that makes them angry.
Carlson declares that Trump just won the election through his response to the assassination attempt. When shot, Trump stood up without knowing whether there were other shooters and faced the crowd, raising his hand and saying "fight, fight, fight." The crowd didn't bolt but watched intently and applauded when he stood up. Carlson notes that a brave leader gives his people heart, and leadership is about how brave you are, not how you talk.
Carlson reveals that what the political enemies care about is war - the power to kill. They don't care about immigration despite the country being colonized, don't care about the economy, and don't care about Trump's language. They care about the power to hurt other people, which is why they hated Trump for not committing the US to a brand new war since Jimmy Carter, and for calling the Iraq War a mistake.
When asked about bringing people into the movement after the assassination attempt, Carlson advises that anyone who thinks the status quo is a good idea is probably not convincible. He suggests never giving up on anyone but probably best to pray for those people instead of talking to them about politics.
Carlson identifies bad leadership as the core problem, specifically weak men. He describes how schools indoctrinate kids and try to turn them into "freaks," noting that in the country he grew up in, the dad would physically confront the counselor. He emphasizes that strength is the basic requirement of leadership, and weak leadership is an oxymoron.
Carlson analyzes Trump's response to being shot as strength that is impossible to fake - being shot in the face, bleeding, and forcing the Secret Service to allow him to stand up and face the crowd. He notes that anyone who watches that video comes away thinking that person has to lead the country.
Carlson provides a precise definition of strength: it's not abusive or authoritarian behavior, which is what weak people do. True strength is calm - someone who's actually strong is in command and doesn't need to prove it. The second characteristic is that strength serves others, with willingness to die for the people you lead as a prerequisite.
Carlson advises against engaging with dying outlets like MSNBC and CNN, noting his nephew gets more viewers drunk on X than MSNBC prime time. He describes Don Jr.'s response to MSNBC questioning family separation at the border as simply saying "yeah go away" - not yelling, just refusing to engage. He suggests this posture of being calm and in command restores tranquility faster than any rhetorical argument.
Carlson emphasizes that bravery is the essential quality, and the lesson from Saturday is that you don't have to hurt anyone to save your country, but you do have to be willing to be hurt. When approaching school board meetings, he advises not allowing others to seize the moral high ground through rhetorical tricks. The approach should be calm but with moral force: "I will not accept that under no circumstance. I will do everything I can as long as I draw breath to stop you from doing that to my children."
Carlson describes the good life as rooted in physical reality rather than abstract digital existence. His rule is that if he can't smell it, it's not really real. He emphasizes spending time with people you can touch and smell, having animals (especially dogs) as essential to bringing people back to reality, and nature and trees as necessary for well-being.
Carlson advises against spending life in a fake world and suggests practical steps like not allowing cell phones in bedrooms, noting that technology is a mixed blessing at best and often represents enslavement rather than progress.
Carlson identifies the most important long-term question as whether the country holds together, which requires a consensus view on what it is to be an American. With the population changed so radically, not enough people have enough in common, risking the country breaking apart. He notes that only a leader can establish what Americans have in common beyond competing groups trying to take prizes from each other.
Carlson observes that the big change in the last week is that the social sanction levied against people for supporting Trump is disappearing fast. He cites Elon Musk's endorsement immediately after the shooting and Bill Ackman's endorsement as watershed moments signaling to others that they can support Trump without losing social standing.
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