Sharpton: Carlson not ‘going over the cliff’ with Trump, GOP

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Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday that Tucker Carlson is avoiding political hardship with his recent denouncement of the Republican Party.

“If he felt that they were in a position to do some of the things he believed, he wouldn’t be saying it. Or if he had faith that this president and his successor was going to do things and win, I think he would save his bet,” Sharpton told MS NOW’s Ari Melber on “The Beat.”

“I think that he sees them going over the cliff, and he’s not going over with him,” he added, referencing President Trump and the GOP.

Carlson recently said he was done with Republicans, stating in a podcast appearance that “the poll numbers now tell a pretty clear story about it.”

‘I would not support the Republican Party, there’s no chance,” he added. “Not because I support the Democratic Party. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

The conservative pundit questioned how any American “could support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States.”

“It’s not possible to vote for people like that and I’m not going to,” he said. “I voted Republican my entire life, I worked at Fox News … I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican Party, but there’s no defending this because it’s immoral.”

Carlson has previously backed Trump, but he split with the president in the wake of the U.S. military campaign against Iran. He has alleged that the Trump administration was influenced by Israel to start the war.

The GOP is staring down a rough path to the midterms, with the war against Iran polling negatively among Americans, Trump’s approval rating notably low and wider concerns about the economy.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.

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