Leftist Who Confronted Tucker Carlson in Fly Fishing Shop Worked For CIA-Founded Front Group

Dan Bailey, the man who confronted Tucker Carlson in a fly fishing shop in Livingston, Montana, formerly worked at an organization that was founded as a front group for the CIA. The Asia Foundation (TAF) is a non-profit that was established as a CIA proprietary in 1951 "to undertake cultural and educational activities on behalf of the United States Government in ways not open to official U.S. agencies." According to a 2017 MuckRock article, the CIA has been using the organization as a front for other activities as well, including psychological warfare.

Here's the exchange between Tucker and Bailey:

[Dan] Bailey can be heard saying, "I don't care, man. Dude, you are the worst human being known to mankind." Carlson tells him, "I appreciate that," and says, "I'm not gonna debate," as Bailey tells him, "I want you to know that. What you have done to this state, to the United States, to everything else in this world. I don't care that your daughter's here. What you have done to people's families, what you have done to everybody else in this world..."

Carlson then tells Bailey, "Settle down, son," and begins to walk away. Bailey follows Carlson, saying, "Son? Call me son..."

Dude, you're like a terrible person, man. No really dude, you're like really bad, the stuff you've done... wow... like, I literally can't even, it's like the worst ever and stuff, literally, the whole world... the state... the families... like, wow dude... WOW!