Hillary Clinton Blasts ‘Useful Idiot’ Tucker Carlson over Putin Interview: ‘It’s Really Quite Sad’

WAGNER: “Tucker Carlson is in Moscow right now interviewing Vladimir Putin.”
Hillary: “Right.”
WAGNER: “The first American — I’ll say journalist to interview Putin since the war in Ukraine. What does that tell you about Tucker Carlson and right-wing media and also Vladimir Putin?”
Hillary: “Well, it shows me what I think we’ve all known. He’s what is called a useful idiot. I mean, if you actually read translations of what is being said on Russian media, they make fun of him. I mean, he’s like a puppy dog. You know, he somehow, after having been fired from so many outlets in the United States, he — I would not be surprised if he emerges with a contract with a Russian outlet because he is a useful idiot. He says things that are not true, he parrots Vladimir Putin’s pack of lies about Ukraine. So, I do not see why Putin wouldn’t give him an interview, because through him he can continue to lie about what his objectives are in Ukraine and what he expects to see happen. It’s really quite sad that not just somebody like Tucker Carlson, who has, as I said, been fired so many times because he seems unable to correlate his reporting with the truth, but also because it’s a sign that there are people in this country right now who are like a fifth column for Vladimir Putin. Why? I don’t know. I mean, why are certain Republicans throwing their lot in? Why are other Americans basically believing Putin? Why did Trump believe Putin more than our 11 intelligence agencies?”
WAGNER: “Hmm, I don’t know, do you have a working theory on that?”
Hillary: “I do have a working theory. But it is more than just the political partisan advantage. There is a yearning for leaders who can kill and imprison their opponents, destroy the press, lead a life that is one of impunity, unbound by any laws. There is a yearning among certain people in our country for that kind of leadership. And I find that absolutely gobsmacking terrifying.”