Tucker Carlson scoffs at 'geniuses' who say Assad was behind chemical attack in Syria

Fox News host Tucker Carlson told viewers on Monday night that while "the official story" is that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government used chemical weapons to attack a rebel-held enclave near Damascus on Saturday, it "ought to make you nervous" that both Republicans and Democrats agree his regime was behind the attack that left at least 48 people dead, including several children.

People should be "skeptical" of the attack, especially since "all of the geniuses tell us Assad killed those children, but do they really know that?" Carlson asked. "Of course they don't really know that. They're making it up. They have no real idea of what happened." The government and rebels both have chemical weapons, Carlson said, and Assad wouldn't have to use chlorine gas because he's winning the war and President Trump recently said he wants to pull all U.S. troops out of the country.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.