Tucker Carlson blasted Democratic leaders Wednesday night, accusing them of using the coronavirus pandemic and the unrest over George Floyd‘s death to distract the American public from the negative impacts of lockdowns
The cost of shutting down the United States and denying our citizens desperately needed contact with one another is hard to calculate But the cost has been staggering, the Tucker Carlson Tonight host said The people responsible for doing all of this say they have no regrets about it ‘We faced a global calamity,‘ they say ‘COVID-19 was the worst pandemic since the Spanish flu That flu killed 50 million people We had no choice We did the right thing‘ That‘s what they‘re telling us
In fact, Carlson said, data supports those who say the lockdowns were not necessary
States that never locked down at all, states where people were allowed to live like Americans and not cower indoors alone, in the end turned out no worse than states that had mandatory quarantines he added
The states that did lock down at first but were quick to reopen have not seen explosions of coronavirus cases All of this is the opposite of what they said would happen
According to Carlson, the remarkable story of the coronavirus lockdowns is not getting the media coverage it deserved because of George Floyd‘s death and the aftermath
The media would rather tell you why you need to hate your neighbour for the color of his skin, he said
Carlson went on to blast politicians and the media for ignoring the impact of the lockdowns, pointing out that they are still in effect and people are still suffering
The message is, you were played We were all played Corrupt politicians scared us into giving up control over the most basic questions in our lives, he stated At the same time, they gave more power to their obedient followers, like Antifa, while keeping the rest of us trapped at home and censored online In other words, they used a public health emergency to subvert democracy and install themselves as monarchs