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Fox News’Tucker Carlsonis putting his money where his mouth is when it comes toMarjorie Taylor Greene.
The conservative host of Fox News’Tucker Carlson Tonightchipped in $250 for the Georgia congresswoman’s campaign on Sept. 15, 2021, according to aFederal Election Commission filing.
A source familiar with the matter tells PEOPLE the money was given to Greene’s campaign for a promotional raffle she held to give away a .50-caliber rifle.
“This is the same type of gun that TRIGGERS the Fake News Media and Democrats all across the country,” says awebsite for the giveaway, which sets the weapon’s value at $10,000. “And it’s the same type of gun the hate-America gun-grabbers in DC would love to BAN if they ever get the votes.”
Greene, 47, is seen in apromo videototing and firing the gun to blow up a vehicle labeled “Socialism” in a field from the back of a truck with a Georgia license plate while guitar rock plays in the background.
It’s unclear who won the raffle or if anyone received the weapon from Greene.
The Hillfirst reported Carlson’s donation.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Carlson, 52, is not the only cable news personality to donate to political causes.
Introducing her, Carlson called Greene a true “Washington outsider,” before she spoke about the success of her construction business and slammed the bill for language that describes women as socially and economically disadvantaged.
Carlson and Greene also spoke during an episode of hisvideo podcastTucker Carlson Today. In that conversation she called most members of Congress “losers” who “are not qualified to be there.”
Fromracking up finesfor violating mask rules, tofeudingwith andshoutingat other Republicans as well asconfronting Democrats, gettingbanned from Twitterand beingstripped of her committee assignments, Greene has stirred up plenty of controversy during her first term in Congress, which began in 2020.
source: people.com
