Tucker Carlson blames ‘Bill Lee and guilty liberals like him’ for violent crime in Memphis
“Our entire country will be Memphis if we don’t put a stop to this insanity right now, with as much force as is required,” said Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," on Fox News. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Carlson characterized Lee as soft on crime in a monologue against criminal justice reform, which, he claimed, “means letting violent people out of prison early.”
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter. He came to Tennessee from Maryland where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a Master of Journalism degree from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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