Fox News host Tucker Carlson invited Ald. George Cardenas onto his show Wednesday night to discuss immigration policy and … well, you can guess how it ended.
“What a loathsome little demagogue you are, Mr. Cardenas,” Carlson told the Chicago City Council member.
Carlson wanted Cardenas, the 12th Ward alderman, to tell him why he won’t prioritize serving American citizens over immigrants in his ward who are living in the country illegally. Cardenas said he has no way of knowing who is here legally and who is not, and that he’s not about to start asking.
“You want me to just guess (who they are) because they happen to be blue-eyed and blond?” Cardenas said, provoking Carlson’s ire.
Needless to say, the whole sorry exchange revealed rather more about how cable news works than it did about the debate over sanctuary cities.
Cardenas told Inc., though, that he’d go back on Carlson’s show if given the chance, against the advice of his staff.
“They don’t want me to, because they think it’s a setup, but part of what we get from it is a conversation that shows everyone who these people are.
“It’s the same thing that we have in Washington, D.C. — people who are not listening and are throwing insults.”
