Tucker Carlson tells story about murder of Jesus at Charlie Kirk’s memorial, igniting criticism

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...Tucker Carlson, the far-right personality who has repeatedly drawn criticism for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, recounted the plot to murder Jesus during his speech at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk. Instead, Carlson likened Kirk to Jesus — and his assassin to those who killed the man worshipped by billions of Christians. “I’m not a person who sees dog whistles quickly or readily, but I sure as s— saw it in Tucker’s speech,” tweeted the conservative commentator Bethany Mandel. “Tucker Carlson used the memorial for Charlie Kirk — a passionate friend of Israel & the Jewish people — to spread antisemitic blood libels,” Dubowitz wrote. “I knew his father, Richard Carlson, Vice-Chair at FDD who strongly supported Jews & Israel.