Tucker Carlson Says Every GOP Senator Must Support Tulsi Gabbard Or They Are An ‘Enemy of the United States’

Fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson accused any Republican Senator who votes against Tulsi Gabbard to lead the U.S. intelligence community of being “an enemy” of the country during a wild Thursday night speech.

Carlson joined the likes of Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Jr. in addressing Turning Point USA’s annual “America Fest” conference in Phoenix.

Carlson, who recently sparked controversy for an interview with far-left economist Jeffrey Sachs about Syria and Israel, has long been a defender of Gabbard – the former hard-left Democratic congresswoman Donald Trump has nominated to be director of national intelligence. Carlson told Sachs during his interview earlier in the week that he can’t understand “Why am I required to hate Assad?”

“Tulsi Gabbard went and met with Assad. She’s been attacked ever since. Has anyone ever explained why Americans should hate Assad?” Carlson demanded of Sachs, who spent most of the interview attacking U.S. intelligence agencies.

Carlson told the crowd of young Trump supporters in Arizona, “She served in the U.S. military for 20 years. So, by the way, if she was a foreign agent, how exactly was she carrying a gun in the U.S. military? It’s absurd.”

“You will know who’s on which side by the reaction of Tulsi Gabbard. If there are Republican senators who are voting against Tulsi Gabbard confirmation, then either in the Intel committee or in the open Senate, you will know that person is not only my enemy as someone who voted for change, for openness, for transparency, for an end to corruption, for draining of the swamp. You know, that person is an enemy of the United States. Period,” he raged.

“It’s really that simple. And you will get the same story. It’s national security. We can’t let our enemies know. We can’t trust Tulsi Gabbard. No, we can’t trust you,” Carlson concluded.

Gabbard, who ran for president as a Democrat in 2020 and was a fierce critic of Trump, is seen as having a tough road ahead in the Senate.

Reuters reported this week that “eight Republican senators are unsure about supporting former Democratic member of congress Tulsi Gabbard to become America’s top spy, according to a Trump transition source and a second source with knowledge of the issue, increasing doubts about whether her nomination will secure Senate confirmation.”

Gabbard has long sparked criticism for her statements on the war in Ukraine, which have been seen as being pro-Russia. Gabbard’s 2017 visit to meet with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and the kind words she had for him afterward have also made headlines in recent days, following the brutal dictator’s fall and further revelations of the crimes against humanity he committed while oppressing his population. In the past, she adamantly opposed Trump’s foreign policy, going so far as to call him Saudi Arabia’s “bitch.”