Tucker Carlson Calls Ex-Writer’s Racist Posts ‘Wrong’ – But Lashes Out at ‘Ghouls’ Celebrating ‘Destruction of a Young Man’
resignation of his former top writer Blake Neff, saying that Neff’s racist, sexist and homophobic comments on an online message board were “wrong” — but also chastising “the ghouls now beating their chests in triumph at the destruction of a young man.”Carlson further suggested that his critics were acting self-righteously in their response to news about Neff. “When when we pose as blameless in order to hurt other people, we are committing the gravest sin of all, and we will be punished for it,” Carlson said.The primetime host began by acknowledging that Neff had indeed posted racist material under a pseudonym, a fact that CNN Business discovered and reported on Friday.