July 6, 2026

Tucker Carlson Quits GOP-Looking At “3rd” Party Launch

By Drew Hayes

The former Fox News host, now hosting a podcast, was a speaker at the Republic National convention in 2024, pictured with then-candidate Trump, but no more. He has broken from the party and been embroiled in controversies. He now tells the Columbia Journalism Review, as reported by the California Post:“I’m going to help build a third party,” Carlson said in an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review published Wednesday. “There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country.” Is it a PR stunt? A hissy-fit? A legitimate rebuke of the President? He knows how to generate attention and clicks–watch the parade unfold.

Read more from the California Post here.

Read the interview here.

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Drew Hayes
Chief Content Officer