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Tucker Carlson Quits the Republican Party

He says the GOP put a foreign ally ahead of American voters, a claim that could widen splits in the MAGA coalition and affect turnout before November.

FILE - Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Overview

  • Carlson announced on a June 18 episode of the Can’t Be Censored podcast that he will not support the Republican Party and that he also will not back Democrats.
  • He accused GOP leaders and President Trump of prioritizing Israel and said that Israeli influence helped push the United States into the war with Iran, a claim he and others frame as an allegation rather than established fact.
  • A clip of the podcast resurfaced and went viral on June 22–23, prompting public reactions including support from Marjorie Taylor Greene and widespread pushback and criticism from other conservatives and mainstream outlets.
  • Analysts and multiple outlets say the public break highlights growing foreign-policy and leadership rifts in the MAGA/Republican coalition and warn the split could lower Republican enthusiasm and turnout in the November midterms.
  • The development updates a longer arc in which Carlson — fired from Fox News in 2023, a Trump supporter in 2024 who later apologized after the Iran war — has moved from party defender to a prominent internal critic of GOP foreign policy.