All of Liberaldom is blaming Republicans, Fox News, and Tucker Carlson for motivating the Buffalo shooter with “Replacement Theory” rhetoric. The “Replacement Theory” is actually an invention of the left but that’s bedsides the point. Joe Biden too has cited “Replacement Theory” for the reason the Buffalo shooter went on a killing spree but he is reluctant to name names. The reason, it turns out, is because he doesn’t want to give Tucker Carlson any more attention.
Yesterday, when Biden went to Buffalo for a photo-op, he spent considerable time talking about how “Replacement Theory” inspired shooter Peyton Gendron. He alluded to the idea that “certain” politicians and “certain” media outlets have pushed the theory that democrats are flooding the country with illegal aliens to establish a powerful voting base and replace white conservative voters. He did not however name names.
Asked about this, Biden gave a typically Biden answer:
Pres. Biden asked if Tucker Carlson ‘deserves some blame’ for Buffalo mass shooting: “I believe anybody who echoes replacement theory is to blame – not for this particular crime – but it’s for no purpose, no purpose except profit and/or political benefit. And it’s wrong.” pic.twitter.com/2XoTD7e32v
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“Do you believe that certain members of Congress, the Republican Party as well as Tucker Carlson who echoed the replacement theory deserve some blame for the violence…,” asked a reporter.
Biden didn’t wait for the question to be fully asked before he answered.
“I believe anybody who echoes the replacement mem is to blame, not for this particular crime, but it’s for no purpose, no purpose except profit and or political benefit and it’s wrong. It’s simply wrong,” replied Biden.
So Biden does blame Republicans and Tucker Carlson for the Buffalo shooting for echoing “replacement mem” but not for the Buffalo shooting? Whatever, Joe.
Clearly Joe is trying not to specifically name Tucker Carlson, even though he did, and Politico explains why:
But despite describing the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, the president declined to do any actual exposing on Tuesday. He did not name individuals who he believed were responsible for spreading “replacement theory” dogma that compelled the Buffalo shooter to act. Instead, he cast blame on institutions and nameless politicians who he said were cynically pushing the theory for profit and power.
Biden’s aides say that his reticence is deliberate, and that it underscores just how delicate he and his administration view the current tinderbox that is American politics. They have been reluctant to call out individuals by name precisely out of fear that it would distract from the “substance” of the problem and give more attention to the conspiracy, which holds that white Americans are being replaced by nonwhite immigrants orchestrated by a cabal of elites eager to see Democrats win office.
Senior aides have felt that pressure from fellow Republicans and, importantly, advertisers would be more effective in pushing individuals like Fox News host Tucker Carlson to distance themselves from replacement theory. As one senior aide put it, there was no desire to give Carlson a clip of a presidential attack that the host could “use in his A-block every night.”
Basically Biden won’t name Carlson because he doesn’t want to give the Fox host any attention or ammunition. I told you it was stupid. Tucker annihilates Biden on a nightly basis because senile Joe gives him so much material to work with. On top of which Carlson is one of the highest rated cable programs out there. He’s got a lot more attention than Joe Biden ever gets.
I have an alternate theory as to why Biden won’t blame Tucker Carlson for the Buffalo shooting: it’s slander and he doesn’t want to get sued. Joe’s already looking at a lawsuit from Kyle Rittenhouse, who he called a white supremacist militia member, so the last thing he wants when he leaves office is another slander suit from Fox News.
