Tucker Carlson seems a little bit too interested in what Pete Buttigieg might be doing in the bedroom.
While discussing President Donald Trump’s war on diversity during the Wednesday episode of his online show, the former Fox News host absurdly accused Buttigieg of being a “fake gay guy.”
Whipping up quite the harebrained theory, Carlson suggested the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was using his identity to get a leg up in the Democratic Party as it tried to become more inclusive.
“My gay producer was always like ‘he’s not gay.’ He was with a girl like 20 minutes ago, and like he wants to be the Democratic nominee, it’s like ‘Time for a gay guy!’” the far-right pundit told his guest, Michael Knowles, who also said that he has a friend who believes Buttigieg is “a fake gay.”
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“It’s playing the long game,” Knowles said of Buttigieg, who has been married to husband Chasten Buttigieg since 2018 and ran in the Democratic presidential primary in 2020.
Trying to back up their kooky conspiracy, Carlson and Knowles called Buttigieg a consummate “careerist” whose rapid rise up the Democratic ranks seemed suspiciously smooth.
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The Harvard graduate, Navy veteran, and former McKinsey consultant jumped straight from midwestern mayor to White House cabinet member, and is now even being mentioned as a possible 2028 presidential contender.
Carlson also revealed to Knowles an idea he had to figure out if Buttigieg’s sexuality was a sham.
“I’ve always wanted to interview him,” he said. “He’s never agreed to interview, but I’m gonna ask him like some very specific questions about gay sex and see if he can even answer. I doubt he even knows!”