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I take no pleasure in the subject of this column. But it is an important one.
It’s important to us as Americans, as conservatives, as Christians, and as Jews. It’s especially important to those of us who call ourselves Christian Zionists, as I proudly do.
I have known Tucker Carlson for well over twenty years – not intimately, certainly. Not as a close friend. But as a like-minded colleague whose tremendous media savvy and marketing skills propelled him into the stratosphere of broadcast journalism.
I think we first met when he was co-hosting CNN’s Crossfire, and he invited me on to discuss my 2002 book,
We both worked at NBC in the mid-2000s, and Tucker interviewed me when he was an anchor on MSNBC (before it, too, went off the deep end) just after I had returned from Israel covering the 2006 war with Hezbollah for Newsmax and NBC News.
Later, he graciously platformed some of my columns on his new website, the Daily Caller, and in 2011, we were both honored on the same podium with journalism prizes from Accuracy in Media.
I also appeared many times on a weekly radio show hosted by his father, Ambassador Dick Carlson, in Bethesda, Maryland. Dick was a noted “Christian Zionist,” and a vice-chair of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy, a pro-Israel group. The sound engineer was Tucker’s brother, Buckley.
All this to say, I like Tucker Carlson.
But something happened to Tucker Carlson in early 2023 that profoundly changed him.
In his own words, he was “physically mauled by a demon or something unseen that left claw marks on my sides. Then I was seized with this very intense desire to read the Bible.”
The demon attacked him during his sleep, with his wife at his side and four dogs in the bed. In the interview he gave the Blaze 18 months later, he said he still bore the marks and woke up in the morning to find blood in the sheets.
So what about that intense desire to read the Bible? Tucker says he purchased a Bible, but one without commentary, because he did not trust Christian preachers; in fact, he disdained most of them.
And in reading that Bible, he discovered the anti-Semitic narrative that he put on display in his speech at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, when he spouted the age-old blood libel that the Jews killed Christ, the Messiah.
In Tucker’s account, which was not just heretical but inaccurate, he said that Jesus was a revolutionary who challenged the Jewish ruling class, so of course they wanted to get rid of him.
But as we learn from the Gospels, the truth is just the opposite. Jews had been expecting a Messiah who would liberate them from the Romans, and, in their view, Jesus was not it.
Jesus told those who followed his Way to respect the rulers, not rebel against them, because his Kingdom was elsewhere, not of this earth.
For centuries, the Catholic Church as well as the Reformation under Martin Luther, continued to embrace the blood libel that the Jews were “Christ-killers.” It was a great stain on Christian believers everywhere and for all times.
It wasn’t until the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany that the Christian Pope – Pius XI – officially denounced anti-Semitism, saying in 1938, “Spiritually, we are all Semites.” He later issued several encyclicals condemning racial hatred and Nazi ideology.
Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI made the Church’s rejection of anti-Semitism even more explicit. But of course, if you reject Christian preachers, you might have missed that.
Tucker has welcomed onto his podcast a host of Jew-hating personalities, some who openly professed an admiration of Adolf Hitler, denied the Holocaust, and who called for killing Jews. Many have falsely accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Gazans.
Tucker himself has denounced “Christian Zionists” as people infected with a “brain virus,” and has repeatedly attacked conservatives such as Ted Cruz who he calls supporters of an “Israel First” mentality.
Earlier this year, Tucker blasted what he called the “utterly pointless bombing of Iran” by the US and Israel, saying that the Islamic regime was “not even in the top 25 threats to us.”
He has called Hamas and the Iranians “peacemakers,” and promoted guests who call Sharia law a perfectly benign legal system.
You can find the litany of Tucker’s own brain virus all over the Internet, especially since the disastrous brief speech recently by Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, who whitewashed Tucker’s anti-Semitism and reaffirmed his place within the conservative movement.
Let me be clear. There is no place within the conservative movement for someone espousing anti-Semitic views, as Tucker Carlson has been doing at every occasion in recent months.
There is no mainstreaming Jew-hatred. There is no tolerance of a “difference of opinion” when that opinion has been shown by history and by current events (October 7) as an invitation to genocide.
Stop watching Tucker’s podcasts. Stop funding the Heritage Foundation. And don’t vote for phony conservatives (such as Marjorie Taylor Greene) who think Tucker is right in condemning the “Israel-Firsters.” I am a proud supporter of Israel, and a proud American.
In attacking the “Israel-Firsters” Tucker is attacking the entire America First movement.
Many Americans have a special place in their heart for Israel because they understand that American values come from the Bible. You don’t become a Christian without first adopting the Jewish Bible. That’s why we call it, our Judeo-Christian heritage. Jesus was, after all, a Rabbi, and never abandoned the Law.
I wrote a book in 2003, called Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America, that describes how Muslim Jew-hatred, enshrined in the Koran, was used by al-Qaeda as an excuse to attack America.
This is no different. Tucker Carlson’s pernicious — and evil — interpretation of the Christian Bible as an anti-Semitic text should be familiar to any student of history. It has led to centuries of anti-Jewish pogroms, and ultimately the Holocaust.
As America First conservatives we must denounce this interpretation openly, repeatedly, and vigorously. As Jesus said, Get thee behind me, Satan.
Timmerman is a senior fellow at the America First Policy Institute. His latest work of non-fiction, The Iran House: Tales of Revolution, Persecution, War, and Intrigue, was recently published by Bombardier Books.
Paul writes in 1 Thess 2 14-16
“14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:”
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Are y’all gonna delete this comment, coming straight from the Holy Word of God? <<< Shameful if you do…
For me… I will stick with the Truth
What is obvious is…
Not all Jews are responsible for Christ Jesus Death… just like… not all Americans are responsible for 911.
“OMG, I’m so persecuted” says the Voice of Christian Authority on earth. “My comments are being deleted.”
Yes Intrepid… with your Spiritual shortcomings it’s evident that you struggle trying to find meaning in life…
It must be quite lonely being you…
So judgmental You do realize when you are sitting around making up stuff about me (one of your fav activities) you are really describing yourself and your one man church.
There is nothing I say that is made up…
It’s all based on what you’ve told us… including your satanic ELCA Lutheran fake church and how you use it to get females so you can “Get Laid”…
Now then Intrepid… tell us about your Mockery of God’s Holy Bema Seat… this will cement your Spiritual Shortcomings…
We’re waiting…
Proof that you can be named Paul and be a complete idiot.
“Not all Jews are responsible for Christ Jesus Death”
Can you name a Jew who was responsible for the death of Jesus?
For your information: there is no contemporary written evidence, nor any direct historical source from that period, that formally attests to the participation of Jewish members in the condemnation or death of Jesus.
Contemporary (or near-contemporary) historical sources do not mention an official Jewish trial, nor any clear responsibility of Jewish groups in the death of Jesus.
Accounts accusing Jews come exclusively from Christian texts written several decades later, in a context of conflict.
No Roman document, official archive, or ancient Jewish testimony confirms such participation.
You’re delusional. Explicit Roman documents recount the trial. Pharasees, Saducces, Sanhedrien. The Jewish scribes begged the Roman’s to let them post THEIR temple guards at the tomb.. The Roman’s told them to pound sand and put their own detail there because they witnessed how vile the priest class treated Jesus.. You must live in a cave.
You claim the existence of explicit Roman documents, but can you cite these sources precisely, since no contemporary Roman text—neither Tacitus, nor Pliny the Younger, nor Flavius Josephus—recounts a trial explicitly implicating Jewish officials in the condemnation of Jesus. Furthermore, the Jewish institutions of the time, such as the Sanhedrin, did not have the jurisdiction to pronounce a death sentence, which fell under Roman authority. The accounts suggesting the responsibility of the Jewish clergy come primarily from the Gospels, written several decades after the events in a context of religious and political rivalries. As it stands, no external historical evidence corroborates your claim, which calls for caution before collectively accusing an entire community.
Google Ai Repprts:
“Yes, the historian
Flavius Josephus mentions that Jesus was crucified by Pontius Pilate at the suggestion of “principal men” among the Jews. While the original text has been disputed and potentially embellished by Christian scribes, a more neutral version found in a 10th-century Arabic manuscript suggests that Jesus was a wise man crucified by Pilate after being accused by Jewish leaders”
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Therefore you Nicolas Carras are making false claims…
@sumsrent says
We cannot know for certain exactly what Josephus wrote about Jesus because his original manuscript has disappeared, the texts we have are medieval copies, often modified, and there are likely Christian interpolations. The historical context of the early centuries, marked by strong tensions between Christians and Jews, may have led some copyists or authors to alter or exaggerate certain passages to discredit the Jews. We find no specific name of a Jewish leader, high priest, or religious authority who would have demanded his death. Josephus is generally very precise and detailed when he recounts the events and figures of his time. In his works, notably *The Jewish War* and *Jewish Antiquities*, he often provides full names, official titles, precise descriptions of events, political rivalries, and biographies of religious, military, and political leaders. For example, he speaks at length about high priests like Caiaphas and Annas, Roman governors, and rebels, detailing their actions. Therefore, in the case of Jesus, his lack of specific names is indeed surprising, especially since this event was central in the Jewish and Roman context.
Nicolas…
the Jewish historian
Josephus wrote in his work *Antiquities of the Jews* that Jesus was crucified at the suggestion of “principal men among us” (referring to the principal Jewish men). He states that Pontius Pilate condemned Jesus to the cross after being influenced by these Jewish leaders
(yes… the same writings you refer to)
Josephus writes that the principal men among the Jews accused Jesus, and as a result, Pilate condemned him to the cross. This account is found in Book 18 of Antiquities of the Jews.
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Yes Nicolas… there was probably so many “Men” it wasn’t worth naming all them… so as not to be unfair… or… singling out specific ones… aye?
Try again Nicolas…
@sumsrent says
The text comes exclusively from medieval Christian copies, all about 800 years after Josephus. The manuscript has disappeared. There is absolutely no certainty. And again, no details, no names of Jews involved. It’s very vague. Medieval Greek version (the best known): καὶ ὅτε οἱ πρῶτοι ἄνδρες παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐπεκαλέσαντο ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, σταυρῷ ἐπιτετιμήκως Πιλᾶτος, οὐκ ἐπαύσαντο οἱ τὸ πρῶτον αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσαντες.
“And when the first men among us accused him, Pilate condemned him to the cross, and those who had loved him from the beginning did not cease to love him.”
“οἱ πρῶτοι ἄνδρες παρ᾽ ἡμῖν” = the first men among us : vague, general formula, without names.
Scholars consider this phrase probably altered or added by copyists.
It cannot be taken as reliable and direct testimony against specific Jewish leaders.
Which Roman texts? There are none.
Not my scripture!
Saul, the first antisemite.
Both Christ Jesus and Paul were Jews…
I believe your comment is quackery…
il like tucker but the incident about the sleep attack is basicly he’s a hunter and probably has killed many animals for fun. all life has sóuls that exist aftér death if u think u are gétting away with this wait and see!
Isn’t it Christian theology that Jesus Christ’s mission was to die for the sins of man, and that belief in Him as the Son of God would absolve sin and allow entry to Heaven? So His crucifixion was preordained and necessary, regardless of which mortals enacted it, whether the Jews of that time and place or the Romans. As a Jew, I have never been able to rectify the inconsistency in calling the Jews Christ-killers. Had He lived out His life, He would not have “died for our sins.” Please explain.
satan had the power over life and death… consider the Book of Job… where God told satan that he couldn’t kill Job…
Which brings us to the ‘Victory’ of the Cross… Christ Jesus being sinless was killed by satan…
Then Christ Jesus descended to the depths and took the keys of death from satan…
Proving satan step over the boundaries… and lost the power over death from those who did not have God’s hand of protection on them…
Which is why the Jewish performed sacrifices in order to be forgiven of their sins…
Now… we have the shed Blood of Christ Jesus to save us. The Ultimate Sacrifice… the literal Lamb of God…
Lead silverware and drinking cups? Lead was never removed from the paint in his residence? Herbicide or thorium accidental poisoning? Dementia has fully set in. He can’t navigate issues or reality. Tucker is no longer there.
Why has he not thought about a neuological etiology for his problems. I do not like Carlson, but it would be malpractice on any clinician’s part not to suggest he sees a neurologist who could rule out some form of seizure disorder or a neoplasm. This comment is not meant to be derisive, but would be the proper response to these :”manifestations,:”
A strange tale. Seems like Carlson has his own demons to deal with.
Why is everyone so obsessed with Tucker Carlson? Why does everyone analyze and discuss every thing he says? What has he done to deserve so much attention and publicity?
All he has ever done is giggle, say stupid things and act like he knows what he is talking about. He doesn’t.
So he is on TV. So he has a blog. So he makes speeches. Big deal. That does not make him an authority on anything and certainly not someone who deserves the income, publicity and attention he gets. When you get famous you start to believe that everything that comes out of your mouth is wise and that people need to hear every thing you have ever thought, even if just thought of it. Tucker Carlson is one of those guys with a huge ego and no filter.
Anyone can have a blog. Anyone can be on TV. Anyone can have a website.
If you have a blog and are on TV you have to keep growing your audience to increase your income. The best way to get people to listen to you and increase your visibility and grow your audience is to say outrageous things. The best way to do that is to bash Israel and the Jews. Then everyone will talk about the latest thing you said.
That never fails. It is not original. It has been going on for thousands of years. But, sadly, it still works.
Tucker Carlson has taken page one from the Donald Trump Playbook: There is no such thing as bad publicity. As long as people are talking about you, they are not talking about anyone else. And it doesn’t matter what they are saying about you as long as it is about you.
Everyone paying attention to Tucker Carlson and talking about him and discussing every idiotic thing he says is doing exactly what he wants. Everyone should just stop.
Is Tucker attempting to become some updated version of Hitler-Mohamed, an evil nutjob propagandist fueled by bizarre claims of supernatural experiences? Kicking his creepy schtick to the curb needs to be a litmus test for remaining in good standing in MAGA.
You didn’t address how similar the Koran is to the Talmud.
I’ve read both. What’s your evidence?
I’ve read Joshua. Too bad that one made it into the Bible.
I take it you are an atheist, otherwise you would not reject Holy Scripture.
Both hate Jesus and reject Him as the Son of God.
Similar rituals, food restrictions and beliefs in sacrifice.
Hatred of whites, ie; Europeans.
Hatred of Christians, even messianic jews.
That should get you started. You’re welcome.
You mean the food restrictions from Deuteronomy 14:3?
You sound full of hatred yourself. Why not look in the mirror?
How do you know what I read, ignoramus? You sound like a jihadi to me.
The Talmud is not a holy book. It is a collection of debates.
You either haven’t read it or just read badly translated half sentences.
Conservatives are not the Democrats. With the Democrats, it was an extreme wing that was ignored. Unimportant? Why bother? Slowly that extreme anti-American, anti-Jewish moved slowly, very slowly to take power. Bit by bit. Now they are the Democrat Party. You must call out what at the moment is unimportant, because the next moment they take over the MAGA & Conservative movement. NAZIs and Communists never controlled the majority, so beware.
Matthew 27:22-31
22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Whom do you think was speaking in the crowd? The Romans? Hardly? They couldnt care less about the man. The scribes and pharisees, the jewish elite, are the ones crying for blood and asking that it be on them and their children….
But of course, now I am an antisemite for pointing that out……
Never trusted him.
He will do anything to maintain his high standard of living.
He is nuts and has been for a long time.
People liked what he said to please them. He believes in nothing but his own well being.
I remember when the Left said that Limbaugh was putting on a “conservative” act to make a fine living. They could not have been more wrong but that is something they are used to.
Carlson – now he is who they could say this and be correct.
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UNBELIEVABLE! Watch as Israel-hater Tucker Carlson bends over to kiss the feet of his generous Muslim benefactor, Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
My sentiments exactly. Something has always been off about him and now he’s gone off the deep end.
Not to sure I believe his demon story either.
I am very happy that the Jewish people have their own country. But this is America, not Israel. I have foreign culture fatigue. The incompatibilities of so many are continually damaging America. I’m America first, all the religious, cultural, foreigner nationalists can go back to the countries they love and respect.
Tell that to President Trump. He seems to think that part of the President’s is to engage with foreign policy. You prefer the 1930s, I take it. Look how well that worked out.
Invasion of our country by incompatible foreigners is hardly foreign policy. Trump is out of his mind it looks like.
Jews who are fourth-generation Americans, Nobel-prize winners, athletes, businessmen, and scholars, are not incompatible foreigners. What is your Muslim name, Tammy?
You don’t have to tell me to quit listening to Carlson; I already have.
I read Shakedown. In it you learn who the real Jesse Jackson is. He was greedy and didn’t want any racial healing because his business was like a hostage taking and business was good for him.
Dont know what really happened to Tucker.
There is a difference between The Bible and The New Testament. If one wishes to read The Bible, I stronly suggest those by Artscroll which are original translations from original Hebrew and Aramic and not the most common translations from the Greek Septugent.
As an Agnostic, I see by reading the Greek Translation of The Bible and New Testament, it is clear that Rome was brought to Jerusalem and not the other way round.
Further, the historical Jesus seems to be a different persons a
Then portrayed in The New Testament as he seemed to be a ultra-nationalist Jew that partook against the pagan Roman invader and occupier of Judah. Being a leader in a rebellious cause, he was made example of by Imperialist Rome alongside other Jewish rebels.
The rest seems to be interpretatikns through Roman censures of Paul, John etc.
The first to leave during war is truth….why expect anything different Mr. Carlson?
Paul makes it very clear in Romans 11: 21-29 that the Jews are not to. be despised or put down by Christians. He says,
“25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.” 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.” Thus, we are saved by Christ, but that salvation in no way legitimizes hostility towards Jews.
Paul makes it very clear in Romans 11: 25-31 that the Jews are not to. be despised or put down by Christians. He says,
“25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.” 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.” Thus, we are saved by Christ, but that salvation in no way legitimizes hostility towards Jews.
I think Tucker’s claw marks were from the 4 dogs in the bed. He needs counseling
Or he is taking mind altering drugs.
The writing was on the walls for years before Tucker came out of the neo-Nazi closet. For years he was defending and trying to legitimate Iran, having rejected all American efforts to crack down on their extremist mullahs. Also he never interviewed a Jewish person.
I just hope the TPUSA youth can see through his shallowness and lies.
There’s brain viruses, and then there’s Night Letters from the deep state explaining what will happen to your family if you don’t change your tune.
Just my silly joke : If Tucker Carlson takes up preaching, could he be called ‘Friar Tucker’?
The Romans crucified Jesus. Down with Italy!
it has been very unsettling to listen to tucker laugh , ”by their fruits you shall know them . ” when you have a moment or two grab a copy of edersheims [ the life and times of jesus the messiah ] as only a messianic jew can tell it . you will need to put your thinking cap on and delete all your pre – conceived ideas of yeshua . i think tucker has become a ” kapo ”