Tucker Carlson Presses One Presidential Candidate After Another on Ukraine, Gets Pushback From Pence

The rival GOP candidates, though not President Trump, subjected themselves to Carlson’s questioning during Iowa’s Family First Summit.

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Moderator Tucker Carlson and Vice President Pence during the Family Leadership Summit, July 14, 2023, at Des Moines, Iowa. AP/Charlie Neibergall

Tucker Carlson’s performance as moderator of the Family First Summit in Iowa may prove to be a pivotal moment in the 2024 GOP primary. The fired Fox News host was the star of the show on Friday at Des Moines, where one candidate after the other was subjected to his probing interrogatories on everything from transgender children to Ukraine to whether the 2020 election was stolen by the Democrats and President Biden.

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