During the rally Carlson, who has three adult daughters, compared the US under Trump to a naughty girl being disciplined by her father. “If you allow your hormone-addled 15-year-old daughter to slam the door and give you the finger, you’re going to get more if it,” Carlson said. “There has to be a point at which Dad comes home.” At this point the crowd erupted into raucous cheers.

“Dad comes home and he’s pissed,” Carlson continues. “He’s not vengeful, he loves his children. Disobedient as they may be, he loves them … And when Dad gets home, you know what he says? You’ve been a bad girl. You’ve been a bad little girl and you’re getting a vigorous spanking right now. And no, it’s not going to hurt me more than it hurts you. No, it’s not. I’m not going to lie. It’s going to hurt you a lot more than it hurts me. And you earned this. You’re getting a vigorous spanking because you’ve been a bad girl, and it has to be this way.”

I mean… What. In. The. Fuck. Carlson just gave himself an erection in front of a crowd.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    116·
    22 days ago

    If this comment was made in a workplace I’d reach out to HR and make sure they were canned - this would absolutely qualify as creating a hostile workplace and the targeted employee might even be able to pursue the offender independently in court.

    Public statements have a different threshold and public figures have less protections from this kind of speech and sexualization but… this shit being acceptable to conservative voters is just more reinforcement of how divorced from common sense and reality they fucking are.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30·
      22 days ago

      Yep, if someone is into spanking. More power to them. But sexually harassing others by projecting your sexual fetishes on to them. That’s not acceptable.

      If Tucker really wants to be removedolded that way. He has the money to pay for it and better venues with willing partners to find it in. That isn’t American public politics.

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
        19·
        22 days ago

        He doesn’t sound like he wants to be a removedold, he wants to spank his daughter in a sexual way. This is just like Trump broadcasting how he wants to have sex with Ivanka more than anything. If their daughters could be talked into it, both of these sick fucks would be down with fucking their kids.