Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch has been considered a kingmaker in Republican circles. Now two men he shunned — former President Donald Trump and former Fox star Tucker Carlson — are in the spotlight.
Right-wing personality Tucker Carlson laughs as he stands alongside Congressman Byron Donalds, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Murdoch has accompanied top executives at Fox News and the Wall Street Journal in visiting their teams in Milwaukee. Yet Murdoch was sure to notice Tucker Carlson, the former Fox primetime star whom the Murdochsafter a raft of scandals at the network, standing nearly shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump in the candidate’s own viewing box. Carlson received a hero’s welcome from former colleagues as he entered Fox’s green room at the convention site on Tuesday night, according to.
He, along with Trump Jr., had lobbied Trump on behalf of Vance, and he was the one standing and applauding alongside the former president on the convention’s opening night. His influence has helped to elevate the profile of Hungarian President, now a political ally of Trump. He has sought to force himself into the news cycle through interviews with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Steve Bannon, Aaron Rodgers and Alex Jones among others.
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