>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT. ONE THING ABOUT AMERICANS, THEY LOVE AUSTRALIA. MOST AMERICANS HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE. IT'S A LONG WAY AWAY. BUT WHEN AMERICANS THINK OF AUSTRALIANS, THEY IMAGINE A FREER, TOUGHER VERSION OF THEMSELVES. STEVE ERWIN, CROCODILE DUNDEE, THAT KIND OF THING. SO A HUGE RESERVE OF AFFECTION IN THE UNITED STATES FOR AUSTRALIA, IT'S CULTURE, AND IT'S PEOPLE. IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT MOST AMERICANS HAVE NOT UPDATED OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT AUSTRALIA IN A WHILE AND THE REALITY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE IMAGINED. CASE IN POINT, TWO YEARS AGO, JUNE, 2019, THE FEDERAL POLICE IN SYDNEY RAIDED THE OFFICES OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTER, ABC. THEY WERE NOT UNCLEAR AT ALL ABOUT WHY THEY RAIDED. THEY SAID IT OUT LOUD. DAYS BEFORE THE RAID, ABC BROADCAST ALLEGATIONS OF A WHISTLEBLOWER THAT EMBARRASSED THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA. THE MILITARY LEADERS HAD KILLED CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN INCLUDING CHILDREN AND HAD LIED ABOUT IT. THE ABC BROADCAST, THAT STORY, IT WASN'T A CRIME TO BROADCAST THE STORY IN AUSTRALIA'S POLICE DIDN'T PRETEND IT WAS. INSTEAD, THEY SERVED THE BROADCASTER FROM THE WARRANT THAT AUTHORIZED THEM, THE POLICE, TO COVER UP ANY EVIDENCE OF THE AUSTRALIA MILITARY'S MISCONDUCT. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. THE WARRANT, WE'RE QUOTING IT, ALLOWED THE POLICE TO QUOTE, ADD, COPY, DELETE, OR ALTER ANY MATERIAL THEY WANTED TO ALTER ON THE BROADCASTER'S COMPUTER. THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF THING HAPPENS IN A FREE COUNTRY TO PUT IT MILDLY. BUT YET AUSTRALIA'S POLICE FORCES NEVER SUFFERED CONSEQUENCES FOR DOING IT. MANY AUSTRALIANS, THE POLLS SHOW, SUPPORTED IT. THEY AWARDED THE MILITARY WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. MOST OF IT WAS TO KEEP THE AUSTRALIAN'S SAFE FROM THE MALIGNING INFLUENCE OF THE CHINESE AUTHORITARIANISM. EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMED A LOT LIKE CHINESE AUTHORITARIANISM ITSELF. TWO YEARS LATER? WHAT DOES AUSTRALIA LOOK LIKE? IT LOOKS LIKE CHINA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. THAT'S THE TRUTH. PEOPLE WERE WELDED INSIDE OF THEIR APARTMENTS TO STARVE, THE GUYS IN HAZMAT SUITS FORCING PEOPLE TO QUARANTINE BOXES AND DRIVING AWAY TO SOME UNKNOWN DESTINATION. AT THE TIME, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, INCLUDING TONY FAUCI SAID NOTHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN IN OUR COUNTRY OR IN THE WEST. BUT THAT WAS WRONG. BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE NOW HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN AUSTRALIA, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU TRY TO LEAVE YOUR APARTMENT. >> ANTHONY KNOWS HE'S COVID POSITIVE WHEN HE STEPS INTO THE PUBLIC LIFT, ALREADY BREAKING SO MANY RULES, HE DOESN'T BOTHER TO COVER HIS MOUTH AS HE SNEEZES AND SPLATTERS. THE 27-YEAR-OLD IS STILL INFECTIOUS, BUT HAS GONE MISSING FROM HIS WENTWORTH POINT APARTMENTS. A WARRANT NOW ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST. >> THIS 27-YEAR-OLD CHAP WHO APPARENTLY HAS EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT HE DOESN'T CARE WHETHER HE SPREADS THE VIRUS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE WORST OF THE WORST. >> Tucker: SO, A NATIONAL HAN HUNT FOR -- MAN HUNT FOR A MAN WHO SNEEZED IN AN ELEVATOR. THAT'S THE STATE OF PLAY IN AUSTRALIA. NOT EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY IS ONBOARD BY THIS. BECAUSE THEY WERE DISARMED BY THE GOVERNMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. IT'S ACCELERATED. LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. THEY'RE BEING CRUSHED. THIS WAS THE SCENE IN MELBOURNE, THE SECOND MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE COUNTRY IN THE PAST MONTH. WATCH. [ BLEEP ] >> WE'RE TRYING TO GET -- HOME. WE'RE ING GET HOME. >> Tucker: THE GOVERNMENT CRACKING DOWN ON EXTREMISTS? NO, JUST ORDINARY AUSTRALIANS DEMONSTRATING PEACEFULLY AGAINST THE LOCKDOWNS, BEATEN BY POLICE. THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTAGE LIKE THIS FROM AUSTRALIAMENT. IN A MOMENT, WE'LL SHOW YOU MORE. SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS FROM THE AMERICAN VANTAGE IS THIS ISN'T ALL OF AUSTRALIA, THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS NOT LOCKED DOWN. IN AUSTRALIA, MOST OF THE LOCKDOWNS ARE ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, WHERE THE CAPITAL IS, WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS THE MOST CONTROL. THE WESTERN PART, THE WEST POPULATED PART OF AUSTRALIA, MEANWHILE, HOME TO THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL RESOURCES ISN'T LOCKED DOWN AT ALL. 50,000 FANS JUST CROWDED INSIDE OF A STADIUM FOR A RUGBY MATCH FOR PERTH, THE CAPITAL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, NO ONE WAS BEATEN WITH KNIFE STICKS OR HOSED BY THE POLICE. IT WAS NOT A SUPER SPREADER EVENT. WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAD VIRTUALLY NO CASES OF COVID. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? HOW DOES WESTERN AUSTRALIA NOT LOCK DOWN BUT REMAIN VIRTUALLY COVID FREE? SIMPLE? BY CONTROLLING THE BORDERS. WESTERN AUSTRALIA DID NOT LET THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STREAM IN FROM ANYWHERE THEY WANTED TO IN THE WORLD, THEY'RE NOT TEXAS. THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT PROTECTING THE BORDERS. THEY'RE RACIST. IT SEEMED COMMON SENSE, IT WORKED. HERE'S THE REVEALING THING. IN AUSTRALIA, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ANGRY THAT WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAS CLOSED IT'S BORDERS. THEY WANT THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY TO OPEN THOSE BORDERS. REALLY? WHY WOULD THAT BE? WELL, ACCORDING TO ABC NEWS, AUSTRALIA IS ARGUING THAT THE WESTERN BORDER RESTRICTIONS ARE A DRAG ON THE NATIONAL AUTONOMY, END QUOTE. THAT'S INTERESTING. BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH THE AUSTRALIA ECONOMY RIGHT NOW DOESN'T COME FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA CLOSING THE BORDERS, IT COMES FROM THE LOCKDOWNS. THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST DRAG ON THE NATIONAL ECONOMY EVER CONCEIVED IN AUSTRALIA. SO ARE THE POLICE S.W.A.T. TEAMS BEATING PEOPLE FOR GOING OUTSIDE. COVID MANDATES ARE A FAR GREATER THREAT TO AUSTRALIA'S ECONOMY AND THE SOCIAL FABRIC THAN COVID ITSELF. HERE'S THE HEALTH MINISTER IN QUEENSLAND IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA EXPLAIN THAT OUTDOOR MASK MANDATES ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF TWO NEW COVID CASES, THAT'S TWO, NOT 200,000 OR 2,000. BUT TWO. WATCH? >> WHAT THESE TWO NEW CASES MEAN IS WE'LL BE EXTENDING THE DIRECTIVE IN RELATION TO MASK WEARING TO THE GOLD COAST. >> Tucker: OKAY, WE WANT TO PAUSE TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE SCOPE OF THE PANDEMIC IN AUSTRALIA. TO DATE, COVID HAS CAUSED 1300, QUOTE, RECORDED DEATHS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. AUSTRALIA HAD 25 MILLION PEOPLE. NOW, THAT 1300 FIGURE INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO DIED WITH PROBABLE COVID? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE HAVE NO IDEA. NO ONE HAS EVER DEFINED IT. IN ALBERTA, CANADA, THIS MIGHT TELL YOU SOMETHING, ANYONE WHO STAYS HOME FROM ANY ILLNESS WOULD BE COUNT BID THE GOVERNMENT AS A COVID PATIENT. THEN SHE PRETENDED SHE DIDN'T SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S INSANE, BUT IT'S ON VIDEO, SO WE KNOW SHE DID. AUSTRALIA ADOPTED A SIMILAR STANDARD. ANYONE WHO LEAVES HOME IS APPARENTLY COUNTED AS A COVID PATIENT. A MAN IN MELBOURNE THIS SUNDAY WHO MADE A MISTAKE OF WALKING A BLOCK FROM HIS HOUSE. >> HE LIS A BLOCK AWAY. >> HE HAS NO REASON TO BE HERE. HE DOESN'T HAVE A REASON TO BE OUT TODAY. >> HOLD ON, HE HAS A FACEMASK IN HIS POCKET. HE WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE. HE CAME TO GET LUNCH WITH ME. >> I'M HAVING A CIGARETTE. I HAVE TWO MASKS IN MY POCKET. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? >> Tucker: THE INTERESTING THING, THE AUTHORITARIANISM, THAT'S TERRIFYING IT CAN HAPPEN IN AN ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY, IN AUSTRALIA OF ALL PLACES. HE NEVER ASKED THE MAN IF HE'S BEEN VACCINATED. THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION THEY WOULD ASK BECAUSE VACCINATION WORKS, DOESN'T IT? THAT'S WHY IT'S MANDATORY, RIGHT? THE LEADERS ARE PRETENDING THAT THE VACCINATION STATUS MATTERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, EASTERN AUSTRALIA. THE UNVACCINATED WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETAIN THEIR FREEDOMS. >> THE MESSAGE TO THE UNVACCINATED IS YOU WILL NOT ACHIEVE FURTHER FREEDOM UNLESS YOU GET VACCINATED. THE FURTHER AND FINAL MESSAGE TO REGIONAL NEW SOUTH WALES AND IT WILL BE INDIVIDUALS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BE VACCINATED WHO WILL LOSE THEIR FREEDOMS ON THE 11th OF OCTOBER. >> Tucker: NO MORE FREEDOM IF YOU DON'T GET THE VAX. BUT THEY WILL ARREST YOU FOR BEING OUTSIDE SMOKING A CIGARETTE A BLOCK FROM YOUR HOME WITHOUT A MASK AND NOT EVEN ASK YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED. SO, VACCINATION STATUS ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT AS A HEALTH MATTER, WOULDN'T THAT BE THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASK? BUT THEY DIDN'T BOTHER. MEANWHILE, IN THE SAME AUSTRALIAN STATE, NEW SOUTH WALES, OFFICIALS ARE TELLING PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'RE VACCINATED OR NOT, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO CHURCH. >> IN THE NAME OF JESUS, IT'S IN THE CITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. >> IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT PASSAGE THIS PASTOR IS PREACHING FROM, BUT IT'S NOT THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER. HIS CHURCH, THE CHRIST EMBASSY IN BLACKTOWN IS IN LOCKDOWN -- HARD LOCKDOWN. THERE'S NO QR CODE ON THE DOOR COSTING THE ORGANIZATION $5,000. EACH OF THESE 30 ADULT WORSHIPPERS FINED $1,000. >> WHETHER IT'S A SOCCER MATCH, WHETHER IT'S A CHURCH SERVICE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU CANNOT -- YOU CANNOT GATHER AS THEY DID AT BLACKTOWN. >> Tucker: OH, SO YOU HAVE TO GET VACCINATED TO HAVE ANY OF YOUR FREEDOMS. BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE VACCINATED, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO CHURCH. SO, WHAT IS THE POINT OF VACCINATION? WHY DO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA LOCK EVERYBODY DOWN IF THERE'S NO ACTUAL WAY TO STOP THE LOCKDOWNS? AND MORE TO THE POINT, WHY DO THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IF CLOSING THE BORDERS ACTUALLY HAS KEPT THE POPULATION SAFE? WELL, THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS THERE FOR THE SAME REASON THEY WANT IT HERE. IN NEW SOUTH WALES, ONE OFFICIAL, THE STATE'S HEALTH OFFICER, EXPLAINED IT OUT LOUD. WATCH. >> WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WHAT CONTACT TRACING LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER -- YES, IT WILL BE PUBS AND CLUBS AND OTHER THING IFS WE HAVE A POSITIVE CASE THERE. >> Tucker: OH, THE NEW WORLD ORDER. SHE SAID IT OUT LOUD. THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING STORY, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE REST OF THE ANGLO SPHERE, VERY MUCH INCLUDING US, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY GLOBALLY MOST MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS HAVE REFUSED TO COVER IT. THAT COMMENT, THE ONE YOU SAW THE NEW WORLD ORDER GOT BARELY ANY COVERAGE AT ALL. ALL OF THE FOOTAGE WE SHOWED YOU TODAY IS MOSTLY BEING IGNORED IN THE UNITED STATES, WHY? IT'S POSSIBLE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA MIGHT BE INSTRUCTIVE TO US IN THE UNITED STATES. IN JUST TWO YEARS, THE AUSTRALIAN POLICE WENT FROM RAIDING NEWS ROOMS TO BEATING PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. SO, MAYBE THE LESSON IS THINGS CAN CHANGE VERY QUICKLY. ONE MOMENT, THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD IS MOCKING CHINA FOR BEING DISTAUPE YEAH AND AUTOCRATIC. THE NEXT MOMENT THEY'RE HUNTING
Frankenstein himself could not have sewn together a more outrageous assemblage of disconnected facts, footage and interpretation in pursuit of the dystopian American conservative conspiracy. Fox News naively ending up in bed with Mark McGowan’s Labor stronghold is some kind of sublime cosmic joke. Yet another Covid miracle!
Well that's going to fuck up my algorithm.
Am I listening to an American tell me that it's dangerous that cops are beating people in the street. And that that might inform what happens in America? Feel like I slipped into an alternate timeline.
This is hilarious. Tucker was very critical of NSW. I think Tucker got caught out thinking the Liberal Party was a small l for liberal left-wing government, as Americans equate liberal views with the Left. And he was so supportive of the left wing government in WA! Priceless.
I can now understand on some level why his loyal conservative fans like him. When he asks those stupid leading questions with that quizzical look on his face but you actually agree with him (which I don’t think I have before this vid) it is quite effective at eliciting the “hear hear” response.
Anyway my arguments with the east coast fam have just become a lot simpler than explaining why it might be better to wait and see than promising a Christmas opening etc:
You all just want wa to open its borders so you can unleash the new world order on us! Watch tucker if you don’t believe me!
The people I worry for who already generally have a very fragile mental state but typically love tucker are the covid deniers in Australia who hate McGowan policies: they are going to feel completely betrayed.
This was hilarious. It was all over the place! I wasn’t expecting to get thru 12 minutes of Tucker Carlson but I have no regrets.
Ok, that’s enough internet for today
Right wing talking heads like this (and some left wing ones, to be fair) basically only cover other countries to tell Americans how much better America is.
Usually it's a bit more subtle than this though. Even Tucker's audience might sniff out the propaganda in this one (then again...)
That's was more interesting than I thought, I was just expecting him spewing non sense about vaccine and lockdown but he presents his opinion by mixing it with facts presented properly (raiding the journalists is bad, WA keeping the border closed is keeping covid out) to make it look like what he says is common sense and right.