Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said that he is done with the Republican Party and will no longer support it or consider himself aligned with it.
"I'm out," Carlson said on an episode of the "Can't Be Censored" podcast.
"I would not support the Republican Party. There's no chance I would support the Republican Party," Carlson said, before adding that he also said he wouldn't back Democrats either. In terms of the upcoming election, he said he wasn't sure what he'd do.
Carlson is a long-time conservative commentator who is best known for his time at Fox News, where he hosted Tucker Carlson Tonight from 2016 to 2023. He left the network less than a week after Fox settled a defamation case with Dominion Voting Systems for $787 million over segments that were aired on the network that promoted false claims of election fraud related to the 2020 election, NPR reported.
In the episode of Can't Be Censored, Carlson said he had defended the Republican Party throughout his 35-year career, which also included stints at MSNBC and CNN.
"How could I or any American voter support a political party that's not loyal to the United States. That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens. It's not possible to vote for people like that, and I'm not going to," Carslon said.
The Associated Press reported that although Carlson has publicly supported President Trump, including in 2024, he has been increasingly critical of U.S. foreign policy. Specifically, Carlson has criticized the decision to go to war in Iran and the U.S. government's support of Israel.
"They are making decisions on the basis of other criteria, what's best for this company, what's best for Israel, what's best for our donors," said during the podcast episode. "That's not just, like, they are off in the wrong direction, like, that is unacceptable, that's treasonous, it's immoral, it can't continue."
