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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/tucker-carlson">Tucker Carlson</a>’s desire to interview Russian President <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a> shows the right-wing former <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/fox-news">Fox News</a> host is a “useful idiot” and “like a puppy dog,” <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> said in an <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/msnbc">MSNBC</a> interview Wednesday.</p>
<p>The former secretary of state reacted to the news of Carlson’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-makes-it-official-yep-im-interviewing-putin">forthcoming interview with</a> Putin—the first by an American media figure since the authoritarian leader initiated the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.</p>
<p>After anchor Alex Wagner asked what Carlson’s latest act shows about himself, right-wing media and Putin, Clinton was scathing.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-clinton-says-useful-idiot-tucker-carlson-could-end-up-with-russian-tv-show">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
The former secretary of state reacted to the news of Carlson’s forthcoming interview with Putin—the first by an American media figure since the authoritarian leader initiated the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
After anchor Alex Wagner asked what Carlson’s latest act shows about himself, right-wing media and Putin, Clinton was scathing.
