Tucker Carlson wins praise from the left after slamming GOP for 'hurting Americans': 'He’s correct here'

TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA: Tucker Carlson appears to be suddenly earning rare nods of approval from progressives.

At the Turning Point USA Summit in Tampa Bay, the veteran journalist ditched the usual conservative talking points in favor of addressing real problems hurting real Americans.

Carlson delivered an impassioned rant that sounded a bit like it came out of a Bernie Sanders rally. At first, he made sure to remind the crowd where he stands on one of the hot-button issues. “I hate the tranny stuff passionately,” he said. “I think you should keep the boys off girls’ soccer teams. But I don’t know. It kind of sounds like you’re feeding me appetizers.”

“At some point, I want to look around and see a better country,” he continued. “I want to see a country I recognize. I don’t see people sleeping on the sidewalk. I don’t want to see people OD’ing on drugs.”

Carlson blasted the economic numbers politicians love to tout, like GDP, as completely missing the point. He called them “not relevant,” arguing that a better measurement of success would be whether his own kids could “afford houses with full-time jobs at, like, 27.”

It was a line that caught the attention of some unlikely allies.

Tucker Carlson's latest rant has parts of the left nodding in agreement

David Sirota, editor-in-chief of The Lever and a former adviser to Bernie Sanders, nodded in agreement on X.

“He’s correct here,” Sirota wrote. “Democratic leaders’ ongoing refusal to speak to the economic concerns of Americans continues to create opportunities for the American Right to pretend to be economic populists."

Another Sanders alum, Matt Duss, now executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, added, “Yep. Democratic leaders have a choice: they can build the party by embracing left populists like Mamdani, who are confronting these problems, or keep fighting them and watch as young people flock to right populists who are confronting these problems.”

Anita Bartholomew, a self-described non-woke liberal and known critic of gender-affirming procedures for children, gushed, “I’m becoming a Tucker Carlson fan.”

Across social media, lefties who once wouldn’t be caught dead agreeing with Tucker Carlson were seemingly nodding along.

“When Tucker Carlson is out here talking like comrade Carlson you know the entire system is collapsing. I hate that we are so far gone that THIS man feels like a voice of reason as far as establishment media/politics,” one posted on X.

“I don't care what anyone thinks of Tucker, good or bad. This is excellent rhetoric at an excellent location,” another added.

“Twenty years ago I would have questioned my entire existence if I read what I'm about to write: #Tucker2028,” someone else remarked.

“I don't think he'd ever run, but would vote for him for sure. Always liked that he had the nerve to say what normal people have been yelling but have no loud speakers,” another offered.

Tucker Carlson critiques economic inequality, urban decay, and political theater in fiery remarks

Tucker Carlson continued criticizing the status quo, slamming the current state of American cities. “Why are my cities disgusting?” he asked, pointing the finger at big metros across the US. He even claimed that many now “smell like weed.”

Carlson also threw shade at Republicans for celebrating culture war “wins” while, in his view, the country crumbles. “And you’re lecturing me about how it’s a great moral victory that I kicked the boys off the girls’ soccer team? Good. I’m so glad. But let’s do the real stuff like making New York livable. And creating an economy where my kids can have kids," he continued.

“Basic economics,” Carlson stressed, “they matter because, not that it’s bad that rich people are getting richer. It’s bad that everyone else is getting poorer.”

Of course, he couldn’t end the speech without throwing in a few controversial curveballs. He took a swipe at President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran, questioning the necessity and logic behind them. Then, with zero evidence, he floated the conspiracy theory that Jeffrey Epstein was working for Israeli intelligence.

You can watch Carlson's full speech here:

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