Right Wingers Trash Carlson’s Praise Of Moscow Store

Mediaite reports:

On Wednesday, Tucker Carlson dropped two short videos of him evaluating a subway station and grocery store in the Russian capital. “You know Russia is famous for its bread,” asserted Carlson, before stating that “it’s fresh, too” while in the latter. A few moments later he exclaimed, “Look at that!” and then proceeded to groan, sniff another loaf and shout “Come on!” before placing it in his cart. For this Razzie-worthy performance, Carlson was roasted by conservatives back in the United States.

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Has he never been to Publix? Like, my cheese department looks bigger than that whole store. https://t.co/doSYWezerH

— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) February 15, 2024

It’s also pretty ironic that a guy whose wealth comes from connections to the Swanson fortune, built largely off of selling Americans frozen processed food and the eat-in-front-of-the-TV lifestyle, is complaining about the state of American food consumption. https://t.co/doSYWezMhf

— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) February 15, 2024

It’s worth pointing out how grotesquely Tucker is recreating actual Soviet propaganda here. The Moscow Metro was a showpiece for easily fooled foreigners during the Communist era. And this video hits all the beats, down to ending on a picture of Lenin. Duranty eat your heart out. https://t.co/flpF3SSeJv

— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) February 15, 2024

I have seen the future, and it’s a country led by a murderous stronk man, $13k per capita GDP, chronic alcoholism, and 0.7 birth rate, waging endless wars of aggression, and it workshttps://t.co/24aO3w7m2Z

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 15, 2024

Bernie Sanders once praised Soviet bread lines as proof no one was starving in Russia. Now, Tucker is in Moscow painting a Potemkin picture of what it is like there and some on the right, mostly for clicks, are cheering it all on.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) February 15, 2024

Tucker Carlson We’ve been told sanctions on Russia have had a devastating effect on its economy. We visited a grocery store in Moscow and found a very different situation. pic.twitter.com/oPF1WUE6Ec

— 1776 (@TheWakeninq) February 15, 2024