Watch Fox News' Tucker Carlson creepily talk about consuming 'every last drop of Buttigieg'
A seemingly innocuous Pete Buttigieg segment on Tucker Carlson's Tuesday show turned real disturbing real fast.
The Fox News host ridiculed the media for its positive coverage of the South Bend mayor and 2020 Democrat, declaring he's the "younger, hotter" candidate who journalists are now pursuing after leaving former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, per Mediaite. He then played a series of clips of pundits discussing Buttigieg, with an MSNBC analyst calling him "chicken soup for my soul."
Carlson decided to take this last comment quite literally, saying, "They don't just want to vote for this guy. They want to consume him like a hearty stew. Every last drop of Buttigieg. Yum. They're all in."
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Perhaps unintentionally channeling the thoughts of the viewing audience, Carlson then asked, "What's going on here, exactly?" A good question, indeed. Watch the weird moment below. Brendan Morrow
