In an interview with far-right activist Charlie Kirk posted this week, Carlson admitted that he “miscalled” the results, in which many candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump failed and Democrats retained control of the Senate. (The GOP won the House majority, but by a much thinner margin than predicted.)
Carlson allowed he still wasn’t sure why Republicans stumbled, but drew conclusions about why his forecast was compromised.
“I really hate this neoliberal movement, this antihuman movement that is sweeping the West,” he said. “I really feel hatred.”
“It’s disgust that makes my decision,” he continued. “I was like, ‘I don’t like these people. What they’re doing is wrong. It’s helping some people and hurting a lot of people. It’s disgusting on every level, so I just want to reject it.'”
“I really want to, not because I like the Republicans — I don’t like them any more than I do — but I don’t like the other side,” he said.
The leading star of the right-wing channel concluded that he “doesn’t know what’s going on in American politics.”
Fast forward to 18:00 for what Carlson had to say about his failed predictions: