Tucker Carlson Defends El-Sayed's Controversial 9/11 Remarks
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The ugly part of this story is not that a progressive mayor or a lefty streamer said something gross around a solemn anniversary. We have sadly come to expect that. It’s that Tucker Carlson decided to play defense for El-Sayed’s 9/11 remarks anyway, as if the 25th anniversary is just another stop in the attention economy where everyone has to “do a take.
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While today’s headlines will rightly focus on Democrats across the country, from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to progressive streamer Hasan Piker, who have spent the time leading up to the 25th anniversary of 9/11 disrespecting the country and sanitizing anti-American rhetoric, the most shameful betrayal comes from someone who once sat at the very center of the conservative movement.
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The ugly part of this story is not that a progressive mayor or a lefty streamer said something gross around a solemn anniversary. We have sadly come to expect that. It’s that Tucker Carlson decided to play defense for El-Sayed’s 9/11 remarks anyway, as if the 25th anniversary is just another stop in the attention economy where everyone has to “do a take.”
There’s a line between healthy skepticism about forever wars and treating 9/11 like a debatable vibe. Families buried real people. Firefighters ran into buildings that were falling apart. New York still carries it. If El-Sayed chose language that sanded down the evil of that day, the right response isn’t to lawyer it up on a podcast. It’s to say: knock it off. That’s the baseline.
And yes, Democrats like Zohran Mamdani and Hasan Piker deserve the heat they’re getting for sanitizing anti-American rhetoric while demanding public trust and public power. But it lands differently when someone who built a career speaking to conservatives starts giving cover in the same direction. We don’t need to pretend the left is suddenly “complex” on 9/11 because it makes for a spicy segment. We need clarity.
Conservatives can argue about policy for the next 25 years. We can even argue about mistakes made after 9/11. Fine. But the day itself is not a Rorschach test, and the people who blur it on purpose are telling you something about what they value. Stop rewarding the people who won’t draw a line just because they used to be on our side.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.