After Vice President Kamala Harris set “Tucker” trending, gaslighting over gun control, the commentator came back with his own “Letter from a fan.”
The chronically online Democratic Party nominee’s avoidance of unscripted appearances and publicly declaring policy positions didn’t stop her campaign from leaning hard on two of the left’s base desires — abortion and gun-grabbing.
In pushing the latter, the vice president’s official X account shared a letter late Tuesday attributed to “Tucker” that set off fraud alarms for some and AI alarms for others as the implication appeared to be that Tucker Carlson was behind the correspondence.
“Tucker, thank you for writing to me. While we may not agree on every issue, we both know that every person in our nation should have the freedom to live safe from gun violence,” Harris captioned the post. “The majority of Americans stand with us in support of commonsense gun safety legislation.”
“In the spirit of establishing common ground, even though I am fairly conservative and we may have our disagreement, I am writing to express my gratitude for your’s and President Biden’s efforts to establish common sense gun safety laws,” the letter read in part as it rattled off “age restriction, background checks, and mental health screenings.”
While responses to the post pointed out the fairly obvious conclusion that Carlson was not responsible for the missive, not least of all because his signature looked nothing like the one featured, an analysis of the sentence structure indicated it had a 100% likelihood of being AI-generated. The popular commentator had a number of responses of his own to the letter.
Initially, the former Fox News primetime host told The Gateway Pundit, “Ha! Seriously? I’m carrying a gun right now, as I always do. There are few things I hate more than the Democratic Party’s attempt to disarm the American population. That’s what dictatorships do. People actually think I sent a handwritten letter to Kamala Harris endorsing gun confiscation? That’s moronic.”
You do realize there are pictures of Tucker Carlson’s signature on the Internet, and none of them even remotely resemble this, right?
And Tucker, like most meticulous and intelligent people, dates his letters.
You didn’t just lie to the American people again, did you? pic.twitter.com/2ltlF228jB
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) August 28, 2024
100% ai generated… you people are pathetic pic.twitter.com/CYDXtE1KLO
— Apple Lamps (@lamps_apple) August 28, 2024
Later, Carlson shared a “Letter from a fan” Wednesday where every lowercase “i” was dotted with a heart that read, “I can’t believe I’m writing you this letter, but here goes. Honestly, I never thought we had all that much in common. Since college, I’ve considered myself moderately progressive, in the sense that I don’t believe in law enforcement, national borders, or the right of American citizens to exercise fundamental human autonomy.”
“You seemed like you were coming from a totally different place. I thought I disagreed with you on everything! Boy was I wrong,” said “Kamala.”
Letter from a fan. pic.twitter.com/ukRd1Ykpsg
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 28, 2024
“The other night I was looking at the Internet and saw your conversation with Bobby Kennedy, Jr. There wasn’t a word I disagreed with,” continued the message. “Not one! I turned to Montel and I said ‘I was very wrong about this man. So, so very wrong. The way he talks. He’s so bold and wise and strong. He’s immovable. Like a towering oak tree in a wind storm, he sways gently but never breaks. His trunk is so broad and firm and rooted to the earth. I can’t imagine the size of his root ball.’ I was so impressed!”
“So thank you. You’ve shown me something about myself and about the world. I will never forget it. Until we meet, OXOXO, Kamala,” the letter concluded as social media users applauded the “Jedi master level trolling.”
Amazing
— Jake Coco (@jakecoco) August 28, 2024
The hearts on the I’s
— Dustin Burnham (@dustinthedad) August 28, 2024
WOW! That is such a nice letter from some random lady named Kamala!
— James Jinnette (@james_jinnette1) August 28, 2024
“I can’t imagine the size of his root ball”
I’m literally dying. pic.twitter.com/LfUW3If5xN
— Based Electrician⚡️ (@RyanHugeBrain) August 28, 2024
Jedi master level trolling. We’re not worthy Tucker
— C. Kennedy (@ck07712) August 28, 2024
Excellent!!! Brilliant!! And freakin hilarious!! Well done!!
— Lady Slipper (@ladyslipper707) August 28, 2024
— Jess (@jessiprincey) August 28, 2024
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