Tucker Carlson: Charlie Kirk's Assassination Was a Story of Jewish Hostility Against Jesus

Tucker Carlson implicitly attributed the assassination of Charlie Kirk to Zionists, just as he did to the Jewish hostility towards Jesus.

Tucker Carlson, a prominent American conservative analyst and presenter, implicitly raised the possibility of "Zionist" involvement in Charlie Kirk's assassination at a memorial service, remarks that have sparked a strong reaction.

At a memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, Tucker made controversial remarks, referring to Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, suggesting that Zionist perpetrators were trying to “silence” dissent. These remarks came amid the investigation into Kirk’s assassination and the arrest of the suspect, and within hours were widely covered in domestic and international media.

In part of his speech, Carlsen called Charlie Kirk an “evangelical Christian” and recalled the historical story, saying, “The crucifixion of Jesus in Jerusalem for speaking the truth about those in power has parallels to today.” Then, relying on a narrative image, Tucker described an imaginary scene in which several people gather under the light of a lamp and decide to suppress someone who speaks the truth about the people.

In the video reports and the transcript of the speech, part of what Carlsen said was recorded as follows: “About 2,000 years ago, Jesus shows up in Jerusalem and starts talking about those in power. He starts doing the worst thing you can do, which is tell the truth about people. So they started hating him and they started reacting like crazy.”

He continued his imaginary narrative in sharper terms, adding: "They hated him and became obsessed with stopping him, saying that this man should stop talking and that we should shut this man up. I imagine this scene in my mind, a few men sitting around in a room under the light of a lamp, eating hummus, discussing what we should do with this man who is telling us the truth? We should stop him from talking, and always in a group like that, this brilliant idea comes to someone's mind and it's as if I can hear him saying, 'I have an idea, why don't we kill him? That's how we silence him. That's how we solve the problem.'"

At the end of his speech, Carlsen sarcastically said, “This is useless.” This statement and his analogy were immediately described by analysts, civil society groups, and the media as signs of “anti-Semitic rhetoric” or “alarmism,” with many calling it an example of “verbal organization against the Jews-Zionists.”

Critics also emphasized that presenting such depictions in a situation where a political assassination is being pursued could escalate tensions and harm the security of minorities.

News outlets also reported that local authorities had arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting of Charlie Kirk and that the case was under investigation and prosecution. National and international media outlets, including major news networks and investigative sources, covered Carlsen's speech and the reactions to it, and made the full video of the speech available.

Reactions to Carlsen's speech within the Christian community and churches have been varied: some highlighted aspects of Carlsen's remarks as a reminder of the role of faith in the church, while others warned that using vindictive imagery and pointing to religious or ethnic groups as perpetrators of violence is inconsistent with Christian teachings of love and justice and could fuel interfaith divisions.