Congratulations, America. The end of Tucker Carlson Tonight marks a great day for the Republic. Really.
On Monday's Last Word, guest host Ali Velshi spoke to NBC's Ben Collins, who covers the "dystopia beat" for NBC News:
ALI VELSHI: Ben, on Twitter today, you said, "Tucker was singularly skilled at mainstreaming white nationalist talking points and acting incredulous when anyone called him on it. But he mastered the steady drip. Over five years, the Great Replacement went from 8chan manifestos to Primetime on Fox News. It was no accident."
This is something you have taught me for years, the way in which wacky, outside, weirdo conspiracy theories get white-washed. At one point, through Alex Jones, then it goes into Fox, and then it gets out to mainstream conservatives who watch Fox, not thinking that it is 8chan and Alex Jones, and yet, they end up with the same messages.
BEN COLLINS, NBC NEWS: Yeah, you know, the more this has gone on, the more you're viewing a momentous occasion for the health of the Republic, here. I know that sounds nuts, but listen for a second. For this man's ties to 4chan, Tucker was effectively a composite character of a 4chan message board user, and I don't mean that as a joke. I mean that, as that's where he got his stories.
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