With a chyron that read “walls for me, but not for thee,” Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson ripped CNN on Monday for their reliance on a “border fence” to protect their Atlanta, Georgia headquarters safe from the destruction of the “mostly peaceful” protesters. He was also joined by Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce, who hinted that CNN should have built a wall to keep Chris “Fredo” Cuomo in his house during his quarantine.
“CNN has consistently told you that walls don't work, only racists and dumb people think they do, they are useless pieces of obsolete technology, they’re bigoted,” Carlson began his final segment of the night. “But recently, the mostly peaceful protests in Atlanta threatened CNN's headquarters, the mob came right through the windows.”
Quipping: “So, how did CNN keep these mostly peaceful protesters out? By putting up a border fence, of course.”
Carlson then showed viewers this tweet from Town Hall senior writer Julio Rosas, which had two pictures of a duel chain-link fence and bike rack-style barricade set up in front of their plywood-covered windows.
After being introduced, Bruce called CNN’s erection of a fence “obviously the epitome of hypocrisy.” She also noted that CNN once put out a tweet declaring: “build bridge, not walls,” and joked that “it would have been easier for them to build a bridge into CNN if they just unlock the door.”
Bruce went on to suggested that the fence went up so quickly that the folks at CNN could make some extra cash by going down to the southern border and help build the wall.
“And in all seriousness (…) they have every right to stop people from getting into the building, absolutely. And a fence does the job, a border does the job,” she said, seeming to circle back to the obvious hypocrisy point. “And even CHOP, which you've been discussing, that was the first thing they did, was build a wall. So, there is an understanding that protecting your spaces is necessary.
Shifting back to the jokes, Bruce argued that CNN’s use of a fence was a “testament” President Trump’s policy influence, and that maybe CNN should have built a fence to keep Fredo from flouting quarantine when he knew he was infected with coronavirus:
It's also a testament to Donald Trump’s power, of the people that he's been able to influence in the last three years about how this kind of security is necessary and works. But really, they maybe would have had better luck if they had built a wall around, let's say, one of their anchor's homes who had trouble staying inside during quarantine. That maybe would have worked a little bit better if they put that kind of energy in that kind of a sense, or maybe they're just trying to keep people inside.
Further quipping: “Maybe it's good for the neighborhood. Maybe in Seattle, it's keeping people inside the zone as opposed to keeping people outside wanting to go in. Which, I don't think many people want to go in there.”
“Such a good point. And what a nice way to end the hour. They should work for Border Patrol, I agree,” Carlson concluded.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight
June 22, 2020
8:57:54 p.m. EasternTUCKER CARLSON: Meanwhile, something has been happening for four years, CNN has consistently told you that walls don't work, only racists and dumb people think they do, they are useless pieces of obsolete technology, they’re bigoted! But recently the mostly peaceful protests in Atlanta threatened CNN's headquarters, the mob came right through the windows. So, how did CNN keep these mostly peaceful protesters out? By putting up a border fence, of course.
Tammy Bruce hosts Get Tammy Bruce on Fox Nation. She joins us now. Tammy, what you make of this?
TAMMY Well, obviously the epitome of hypocrisy. But really, it also exposes the fact that at least they’ve been consistent. In January 21 of 2017, they had a Twitter with all caps, “build bridges, not walls.” And I thought it would have been easier for them to build a bridge into CNN if they just unlock the door. That probably would have been -- that would have worked much easier.
But at the same time, Tucker, this wall went up so quickly. If anybody at CNN, their ratings are low, needs money, they clearly can have a job at the southern border. This thing went up overnight. It was miraculous.
And in all seriousness, look, you've got -- they have every right to stop people from getting into the building, absolutely. And a fence does the job, a border does the job. And even CHOP, which you've been discussing, that was the first thing they did, was build a wall. So, there is an understanding that protecting your spaces is necessary.
It's also a testament to Donald Trump’s power, of the people that he's been able to influence in the last three years about how this kind of security is necessary and works. But really, they maybe would have had better luck if they had built a wall around, let's say, one of their anchor's homes who had trouble staying inside during quarantine. That maybe would have worked a little bit better if they put that kind of energy in that kind of a sense, or maybe they're just trying to keep people inside.
Maybe it's good for the neighborhood. Maybe in Seattle, it's keeping people inside the zone as opposed to keeping people outside wanting to go in. Which, I don't think many people want to go in there.
CARLSON: Such a good point. And what a nice way to end the hour. They should work for Border Patrol, I agree. Tammy Bruce, great to see you tonight. Thank you.
