https://www.newsweek.com/lincoln-pr...rlson-frontrunner-2024-gop-nomination-1545677 One of the founders of the Lincoln Project said on Friday that he believes Fox News' Tucker Carlson will be the Republican party's frontrunner for the 2024 presidential nomination. While appearing on MSNBC's Deadline: White House, Steve Schmidt spoke about the ongoing presidential election and how he thinks things could fare in the coming years. "Look, we have almost 48 percent of this country that's voted for a statist, authoritarian movement with fascistic markers that's hostile to American democracy, to the rule of law — that venerates an individual, that's a cult of personality," Schmidt said. "I think that Tucker Carlson is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2024." Schmidt is one of the founders of the Lincoln Project, the conservative group that opposes President Donald Trump. Schmidt also suggested that Republican candidates "will kowtow to the conspiracy" that Trump "was stabbed in the back by unseen malicious forces of the deep state, that the election was stolen, that it's illegitimate forever." He continued, "More than a majority of the Republican party will believe this was an illegitimate election because they have been poisoned by the [Rupert] Murdoch operation, by OAN, by Sinclair, by the toxic sludge of sewage and crap and disinformation and lies that flows on Facebook into the screens of the American people." Schmidt's comments come amid the ongoing results of the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Biden currently leads Trump in both electoral votes and popular votes, with just a few states left to be called. These states include Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada. Arizona was called by Fox News and the Associated Press as a Biden victory, but several other media outlets have said that the race in the state is too close to call. While the presidential race has not yet been called for either candidate, this is not the first time Carlson's name has come up when discussing the 2024 presidential race. During an interview with the The Independent in September, Vernon Robinson, a former Republican candidate for Congress, made similar comments about the Fox News' personality. "Tucker Carlson will be the Republican nominee," Robinson told The Independent, while adding that Carlson would "solidify America First." Meanwhile, Trump's former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney recently made comments contradicting both Schmidt and Robinson, and said that he would "absolutely" expect Trump to run for a second term in 2024, if he were to lose the 2020 election. Newsweek reached out to Fox News and the Lincoln Project for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
I kind of agree with this if Tucker Carlson actually wants to be POTUS. He has the stability and intellect to go along with charisma. None of the GOP candidates had anywhere near the level of charisma that Trump has and it went a long ways towards him getting the nomination. However, keep in mind that a talk show host gets to control their show. They generally don't have to answer the tough questions themselves. They can cut away and deflect. Anybody writing him off though is doing so at their own peril. He's not somebody I align with ideologically, but he's much smarter than Trump, Biden, or Harris.
Tucker doesn't have charisma. He does have a cult of followers though. He also has that thing where he talks over people during "debates" and people eat it up as being "strong".
I don't know if he's going to run or not, but dismiss him at your own peril. I think he can capture Trump's base while not coming off as a complete buffoon to the majority of people.