Tucker Carlson praises Martinez couple for defacing BLM mural
Fox News star anchor Tucker Carlson on Thursday night praised the couple who defaced a Black Lives Matter street mural in Martinez, commending them for their “bravery” and insisting that the authorities who charged them with a hate crime “should be impeached.”
Last weekend, David Nelson and Nicole Anderson spread black paint over a yellow BLM mural displayed on the street in front of the Martinez courthouse. The mural had been sanctioned by city officials.
After video of an angry Anderson painting over the mural went viral, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office charged the pair with misdemeanor vandalism charges, including a hate crime.
Carlson had the couple on as guests for his Thursday show, during which he applauded their actions and insisted they only covered over “graffiti” that shouldn’t have been there in the first place. He added that city officials “are trying to make an example out of them” and it’s “completely outrageous.”
Nelson, who grew up in Martinez, said he has “no problem with Black people” but is bothered by the BLM movement because “they have a hidden agenda” and “we’re sick of the narrative.”
Carlson, who has described the Black Lives Matter movement as a “terror organization” and “poison,” wondered aloud what they thought about a statue that was ripped down in San Francisco, which he attributed to “BLM activists,” and spray-painted with “Kill Whitey.”
“Why do you think you were charged with a hate crime?” Carlson asked.
“It’s because we decided to stand against an organization we don’t agree with,” Nelson replied. “… We’re being silenced. It’s a cancel culture that we’re living in.”
Nelson then called on more Americans to “band together and actually take to the streets.” He added that urgency is required “because we are starting to lose ground here.”
Nelson also claimed a “double standard” exists at the heart of the BLM debate, saying it’s OK for Black Lives Matter activists “to burn down the country, terrorize America, actually kill people.”
“They’ve done more harm than they’ve done good, Tucker,” Nelson added. “When we stand up and give them a little iota, taste of their own medicine, this is the extreme measures that are being taken and we can’t let it happen. …”
“Man, you’ve got a lot of brass,” an impressed Carlson said. “This was a brave thing to do.”
Anderson, who actually initiated the idea to paint over the BLM mural, didn’t have much to say during the interview, mainly insisting that “I just don’t want them to defund our police … Thank God we have them.”
Carlson concluded the interview by saying he hopes conservatives rally to their defense because their situation “is outrageous.”