# Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 24, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119 "2023-04-24T16:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 63
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119/63 "2023-04-24T18:19:48Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > And Trump and DeSantis are policy masterminds?! Well, we have a whole thread (started by moi) in which we discuss DeSantis’s political chances, and I’m not bullish on them: > [@DeSantis can't win the GOP nomination or the general election in 2024 {How Trump plays into this is allowed}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-cant-win-the-gop-nomination-or-the-general-election-in-2024-how-trump-plays-into-this-is-allowed/980249/): > > We talked a bit about Ron DeSantis in a thread I recently started here ([Nikki Haley announces US presidential run for 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikki-haley-announces-us-presidential-run-for-2024/979953/)), so I thought we discuss his run in greater detail here. First, let’s not argue the point that DeSantis (or Haley) could theoretically win the GOP nomination. Either could, since there is no strong GOP candidate. But based on the current field (those two plus Trump, Pompeo, and a few even weaker prospects) whoever wins is going to be a weak candidate about whom few are ent… But no, I don’t think those two are anything-minds other than moron-minds. > [@](#): > > With the political environment as it is, Tucker would definitely be a threat. Smarter than Trump, more human than DeSantis and just as bigoted and hate-filled as both. And arguably as popular among the MAGA crowd as Trump. He’s popular as a _servant_ and _propagandist_ of MAGA, but Carlson is not the leader type. You get the Goebbels vs. Hitler distinction, right? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119)._