Tucker Carlson’s comments about Tammy Duckworth earned a fierce outcry, but few bothered to mention his other target: Ilhan Omar.
Carlson went on for a while after that, but he was more animated by Duckworth’s refusal to come on his show in the segment, and seemed content to hoist up Omar’s image and use her as a trusted boogeyman alongside his new target. But it still seemed notable that while the segment was worth a full write-up in the Times, Omar was mentioned only in passing.
Duckworth is a combat veteran, a former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who earned a Purple Heart after her Black Hawk helicopter was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade. She lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm. The vulgarity of suggesting she’s a “callous hack” who hates her country is obvious, and if I had to guess, Carlson’s provocations on Tuesday night were designed to draw Democrats and his CNN adversaries into condemning him. It’s good for ratings: His show was No.
But his claims about Omar were no less grave than his comments about Duckworth, and they haven’t been for the past two years, since Omar was elected to Congress. She now travels with
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