Tucker Carlson Calls Out Media and the Left For ‘Worshipping at the Altar of Michelle Obama’

In the opening segment of his show last night on Fox News, Tucker Carlson called out the media and the left for “worshipping at the altar of Michelle Obama” after her speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.

He began the segment by talking about how Democrats are now trying to “browbeat” people into submission calling people the “bad guy” if they won’t “accept their program.”

From the Daily Caller:

Carlson played the portion of Obama’s speech in which she claimed there was “a never-ending list of innocent people of color” murdered by police, then he called her claim “a total and complete crock.”

“A never-ending list of innocent people of color continue to be murdered?” he asked rhetorically. “That’s what Michelle Obama told us. Well, no. So far this year there have been a total of eight unarmed black men killed by police in this country. Not a never-ending list. Eight. Last year there was a total of 14.”

So, what Michelle Obama just told you is a total lie, a calculated lie, a lie designed to make America more fearful, more angry, more divided, and thereby help her candidate win,” he continued. “That’s what Michelle Obama just did. But pretty much no one pointed it out last night. They were too afraid to, because as Michelle Obama made very clear, if you disagree with what she says, you are a bigot.”

Later in the monologue, the Fox News host played several clips of fawning media coverage of Obama’s speech.

“You probably still think of the left as secular but not anymore,” he concluded. “They are fervent religious fanatics. Michelle Obama is their L. Ron Hubbard. Everything she does is good by definition. She’s the most beautiful, the smartest, the wisest. If Michelle Obama played golf she would shoot an 18 every time. In the words of Van Jones, her speech last night was ‘extraordinary.’ Even though as you know if you saw it, it was exactly the opposite of that. The speech was ordinary. It was totally pedestrian like almost everything Michelle Obama says. But you can’t admit that. You’ve got to pretend that she’s Aristotle. That’s the law.”