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Vox Media’s Matt Yglesias Says He ‘Can’t Empathize’ With Tucker Carlson After Attack, Blames Carlson For ‘Hate’

Emily Zanotti

Everyone from the CNN communications department to late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert has expressed their support for Fox News host Tucker Carlson after Carlson’s home was surrounded by Antifa protesters Wednesday night, forcing his wife to hide in a closet and damaging his front door. Most were clear that they don’t always agree with Carlson, but that attacking a man’s home and family is out of bounds.

Except Vox’s Matt Yglesias, who admitted on Twitter Thursday that he “honestly cannot empathize with Tucker Carlson’s wife” after her ordeal, and defended Antifa’s tactics as a legitimate response to Tucker Carlson’s “racial incitement.”

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