Tucker Carlson is finally speaking out after being let go from Fox News, where he was the network's most-watched host.
Carlson released a video on Twitter Wednesday evening, two days after his departure from Fox after being with the company since 2009.
While he didn't directly address the situation, the 53-year-old said he realized that after stepping "outside the noise for a few days" how "unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are."
Carlson said the debates are "completely irrelevant" and "mean nothing" explaining, "In five years we won't even remember that we had them. Trust me as someone who has participated."
Carlson went on to criticize cable news for ignoring the "undeniably big topics" which will "define our future," such as "war, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources," and claimed that "debates like that are not permitted in American media."
"When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues? It's been a long time," he said. "Both political parties, and their donors, have reached consensus on what benefits them and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it."
Carlson went on to say the results leave the United States as "a one party state" which is "a depressing realization."
"Our current orthodoxies won't last. They're brain dead. Nobody actually believes them. Hardly anyone's life is improved by them. This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue, and so it won't," he said.
Carlson said the "people in charge" know this, which is why they're "hysterical and aggressive," "afraid," and "resorting to force."
"When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. At the same time, the liars who've been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker," he continued. "That's the iron law of the universe. True things prevail."
Carlson wrapped up his video, which has been viewed more than 14.6 million times, by saying you can still find "Americans saying true things" even if "there aren't many places left."
"There are some, and that's enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope," he said. "See you soon."
Fox News announced on Monday that effective immediately, Carlson was no longer with the company following a mutual decision to part ways.
"Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," a statement from the network said, without offering any further explanation. "We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor."
Carlson's departure came nearly one week after Fox reached a $787.5 million settlement agreement with Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation lawsuit. Dominion was seeking $1.6 billion in damages over claims that Fox, among other things, falsely reported its voting machines were "rigged" and switched millions of votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
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