The Singular Courage of Tucker Carlson

The Singular Courage of Tucker Carlson
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“In the United States today, this is the language of the revolution’s media advance team. They want to silence one of our most prominent voices of opposition…”

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“In the United States today, this is the language of the revolution’s media advance team. They want to silence one of our most prominent voices of opposition…”

We have reached the point in the United States where publicly stating one’s political opinion is physically dangerous and often socially and professionally suicidal. Bernell Trammell, a 60-year-old black man, was shot to death on July 23rd at approximately 12:30 in the afternoon in front of his Milwaukee store, where he displayed handmade “Re-elect Trump 2020” posters. Recently, he had walked through his neighborhood advocating for various Christian teachings and proclaiming his support for President Donald Trump. Local resident Adebisi Agoro said, “He had a lot of different views, but it was his last view that made people be outrageous with him.”

Trammell was also the target of angry posts on neighborhood Facebook pages, Agoro said. In a recently posted video Trammell himself noted the local attitude toward him that forced him to find a different location to speak openly about his beliefs: “I moved over here because over there, they’re just about ready to kill me.”

Bernell Trammell was correct. In spite of the fact that he was a Black Lives Matter supporter, there was no mention of his brazen daylight murder by Black Lives Matter or their supporters in the media including CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, or The New York Times.

In their own versions of murder by media, several of the companies above brazenly attacked 16-year-old Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann for his offense of wearing a red MAGA hat while smiling at a Native American rights aggressor. In the now typical “big lie” style of journalism, Sandmann was falsely accused, vilified, and threatened for attacking the man who confronted him. As final proof of their character assassination slander, CNN and The Washington Post have now settled Sandmann’s defamation lawsuits against them. The other media companies are expected to follow suit.

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Publisher's Note:

This work is preserved in Merion West’s archive of articles and poems published from 2016 through early 2025. Explore the archive