Why is The Anglosphere allowing Covid to defeat it? Tucker Carlson says US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada are ‘committing suicide collectively’ with slow erosion of rights
- Lockdowns, masks and vaccine passports are still being widely enforced
- In Australia, state-wide lockdowns have been imposed after only a few infections
- Carlson accused governments of destroying civil rights with draconian rules
Tucker Carlson has slammed English-speaking democracies for ‘allowing Covid to defeat them’ by imposing harsh lockdowns at the expense of civil liberties.
The Fox News host accused the various governments of ‘committing suicide’ by kowtowing to the virus with draconian restrictions in response to relatively few deaths.
He said on his Fox show: ‘The Anglosphere [is] committing suicide collectively.
‘Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and Great Britain, what do they have in common?
‘They speak the same language, they have the same culture and all of them are allowing Covid to defeat them.’
Carlson said the countries were not responding to the science but were instead intent on destroying the ‘rights that we took for granted’.
Tucker Carlson has slammed English-speaking democracies for ‘allowing Covid to defeat them’ by imposing harsh lockdowns at the expense of civil liberties
In Australia, severe lockdowns have been imposed despite only nine deaths this summer, while the US is considering mandatory vaccinations even though the majority of the country is already fully inoculated.
Carlson said: ‘In Australia, people are not allowed on the beach and not allowed to ask why either.
‘We know that because Sky News Australia, which has the same owners as this channel, has just been banned on YouTube in Australia. Why is that?
‘Well, Sky News Australia reported that outdoor mask mandates and universal lockdowns may not be necessary to defeat COVID or very effective in defeating COVID.
‘They reported that the science is far from settled on those questions, and they are right. It is far from settled.’
In the UK, even though most restrictions have been eased after a huge vaccination campaign, face masks are still being encouraged and mandatory vaccination passports are being considered to enter clubs, bars and universities.
The Fox News host accused the various governments of ‘committing suicide’ by kowtowing to the virus with draconian restrictions
Meanwhile in the US, there are ongoing debates about enforcing federal vaccine mandates, with senior Democrats eager to push towards herd immunity.
Federal workers have been required to sign forms attesting they’ve been vaccinated or else comply with new rules on mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and more.
Despite these ongoing concerns about the virus from those in government, President Barack Obama is hosting an extravagant birthday party with 500 guests, even though the CDC is recommending only virtual gatherings.
Carlson said it highlights the contempt shown by the elite towards the Americans who have suffered so much in the past 18 months.
The former president is set to turn 60 on August 4, and is said to be planning a large soiree at his 7,000-square-foot mansion in the Edgarton section of Martha’s Vineyard next weekend.
An official familiar with the plans told Axios that there are 475 confirmed guests for the party – including Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg – with more than 200 staff members.
The CDC, however, recommends that people hold large gatherings virtually.
‘So it turns out Martha’s Vineyard is exempt from the new COVID rules,’ Carlson said on his episode Monday night.
The former president is turning 60 on August 4 and is planning a soiree at his Martha’s Vineyard home
FOX News host Tucker Carlson claimed former President Barack Obama was skirting CDC rules by planning to have nearly 500 people at his birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard
He later said former First Lady Michelle Obama previously claimed she was oppressed, ‘but when she’s at home, she goes big, for she and her husband, the king of the Democratic Party, he’s turning 60, so naturally they’re celebrating with 200 servants.’
He jokingly asked whether elephants would be brought in and asked what CDC Director Rochelle Walensky would think about Obama’s plans.
‘Talk about a super-spreader event,’ Carlson said, before introducing Mark Steyn, a conservative author, to further discuss the plans for the party – especially the fact that 200 staff members would be on hand.
Steyn joked that he did not mind the large amount of staff members, saying they would be the most diverse group at the party.
‘We’re basically back to medieval Europe, where it’s the same 400 people who go to all the parties,’ he said. ‘As you know, Obama’s got Oprah and George Clooney, just as Oprah and George Clooney went to Harry and Meghan’s wedding, even though they never met either of them.
‘I mean you have to feel sorry for George and Oprah,’ he continued, ‘just going to the parties of people you don’t know is a really sad and miserable existence.’
‘But I have to say, when you look at this, 500 guests, 200 fawning footmen and under butlers, what’s interesting to me is the way that people are actually perfectly happy with this,’ Steyn said, adding: ‘A disturbing number of people are quite happy to be subjects.
‘They say “Oh yeah, I couldn’t go to granny’s 90th birthday, but it’s perfectly fine for Barack Obama to have 500 people because our rulers are so much better than us.’
Carlson replied that he agreed, and said: ‘The fierce egalitarian spirit of American society is dying and that’s our fault.’
The party is said to include a performance by Pearl Jam, seen here at a concert in 2018
The party will be held outside the Obamas’ 7,000-square-foot home in Edgarton he and former first lady Michelle bought in 2019 for nearly $12 million (pictured)
The ex-president is requiring all guests to be COVID tested and vaccinated.
The party will be held outdoors on the Obama’s $12 million 30-acre waterfront property and a ‘COVID coordinator’ will be on hand to ensure all proper protocols are being followed.
It remains unclear what proof of a negative COVID test or a vaccine will be required, and whether guests will be required to wear masks.
In an interview with CNN, though, Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said Sunday on CNN that big parties should be avoided.
‘If you’re talking about a small party like I might have at my house for six or eight people who are all fully vaccinated, I do not believe, at this point, we need to put masks on to be next to each other,’ he said.
‘But if there were 100 people, and, of course, how are you really going to be sure about people’s vaccination status?’
Obama’s party will take place next weekend at the $11.57 million seven-bedroom home he and Michelle bought in 2019, which includes an in-ground pool and plenty of space to relax on warm summer days.
The party will also feature a performance by Pearl Jam.
A spokesperson for the former first family told The Sun the guest list ‘includes a number of family members and friends to mark the occasion,’ but The Hill reports guests include Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg.
President Joe Biden will not be attending the soiree, the White House announced, with a spokesperson telling Axios in a statement: ‘While President Biden is unable to attend this weekend, he looks forward to catching up with former President Obama soon ad properly welcoming him into the over 60 club.’
A local hairdresser was also reportedly hired to style one of the Pearl Jam member’s hair before their big performance.
In lieu of gifts, Axios reports, guests are being asked to ‘consider giving to programs that work to support boys and young men of color, and their families here at home in the United States, empower adolescent girls around the world and equip the next generation of emerging community leaders.’
The party is reportedly being paid for by the Obamas’ personal funds.
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