Tucker Carlson was flabbergasted after watching a segment on Joy Reid\u2019s show in January 2018. The MSNBC host actually hired a genealogist to investigate the Fox News host\u2019s family tree to determine who his ancestors were and how they immigrated to the United States.
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\nReid had been a***king Carlson and claiming his comments and statements on immigration were akin to white supremacy, it was reported. Moderating a panel discussion, Reid asked panelist Jennifer Mendelsohn about some of the research she had done into Carlson\u2019s background. Mendelsohn pointed out that the Fox News host\u2019s great-great-grandfather had left memoirs detailing his own struggles in Europe and how that pushed him to come to America.<\/p>\n
Mendelsohn shared parts of Carlson\u2019s great-great grandfather\u2019s memoir. \u201cHe talked about how the prospects for him in his native Switzerland were bleak \u2014 he was seized with a violent desire to get out and that\u2019s why he came to the US in 1860,\u201d she noted. \u201cPeople in genealogical glass houses shouldn\u2019t throw stones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely, and Tucker\u2019s been one of the more aggressive at putting forward what a lot of people have seen as a pretty blatantly white nationalist view of what immigration should be like,\u201d Reid added in response. Tucker Carlson found out about Reid\u2019s broadcast and decided to devote a segment to addressing it.<\/p>\n
Joy Reid used this document reportedly from Tucker Carlson\u2019s great-great-grandfather on her broadcast (Credit: Screenshot)
\n\u201cJoy Reid interviewed a genealogist, who had done research on my family,\u201d Carlson began. \u201cApparently, one of my ancestors came to this country in 1860 from Switzerland. I didn\u2019t even know that until Reid\u2019s show aired, because I have zero interest in the subject,\u201d he said. \u201cThat was more than 150 years ago,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd is irrelevant to the decisions I make as a father, a citizen, or an employee of Fox News. It tells us precisely nothing about our modern immigration policy. America\u2019s economy has changed quite a bit since the Civil War, but to MSNBC this fact is a conversation-ender.\u201d
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\n\u201cA single 19th Century Swiss relative now means you are required to support green cards for everyone who jumps the border or overstays their visa,\u201d Carlson declared. \u201cBoom! Case closed. As Reid\u2019s guest put it, \u2018People in genealogical glass houses shouldn\u2019t throw stones.\u2019 Meaning me. As is so often the case, it is hard to know whether this is a legitimate point of debate, or whether it was part of an elaborate parody. Monty Python does DACA.\u201d<\/p>\n
After he plays the clip from Joy Reid\u2019s broadcast, Carlson continues. \u201cSo, Joy Red is accusing us of ra***m,\u201d he states. \u201cLet\u2019s pause for a moment and savor the irony of that. Reid\u2019s entire public career has been built on race-baiting. Try to watch her show for 20 minutes and see for yourself. This is the woman who urged the Democratic Party to give up on white voters who voted for Obama and Trump, saying their votes weren\u2019t worth fighting for.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo when Joy Reid accuses you of harboring ra**st thoughts, trust me, it is projection,\u201d Tucker claimed. \u201cBut it is also a political tactic. Reid can\u2019t explain why this country needs to import millions more poor people, nobody on the left can explain that because there is no answer. So they attempt to shut down the conversation with slurs. That\u2019s a shame. Immigration matters. it determines who lives in this country, who chooses our government, and our future. It is hard to think of a public policy topic more central to everything.\u201d<\/p>\n