U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) told a British journalist that he would “kill” independent conservative journalist Tucker Carlson during a hot mic incident. After finishing an interview with GB News, Crenshaw referred to Carlson as the “worst person” and noted that they had never met in person. “If I ever meet him, I’ll fucking kill him,” Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL representing a Houston-area district, appeared to say.
During the interview, Crenshaw criticized Carlson’s stance against continued U.S. funding for the war in Ukraine, which has been a recurring point of contention between them, but also a point of growing discontent with the majority of Americans who voted for President Donald Trump. “Just coming back to this $100 billion to Ukraine, I know that people like Tucker Carlson would make the argument that there’s a real opportunity cost there. You know, we could have spent that money on the border or fixing, you know, issues in America. What do you make of that argument that all this money could have been spent to help Americans and not Ukrainians?” the congressman was asked.
“You can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time,” Crenshaw replied. “You know, we spend 75, 80 percent of our budget on a welfare state in America, on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I would love to ask Tucker what he thinks that $100 billion should be spent on and if he would vote for it as a conservative. Tucker doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Tucker likes to visit Moscow and talk about how great the grocery stores are. So I don’t really take his advice very seriously.”
The clip sparked outrage on social media, with U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) criticizing her colleague for what appeared to be a violent threat. When asked by MTG whether he had threatened to kill Carlson, Crenshaw dismissed the question with a “lol, no.” His post was then accompanied by a community note linking to the clip of his exact remark. Carlson himself also responded to Crenshaw’s statements by inviting him to sit for an interview. “Why don’t you come sit for an interview and we’ll see how you do? I’ll send you my address,” the former Fox News host posted on X.
