Political commentator Brit Hume corrected Tucker Carlson on-air after the Fox Information host said that the nation was "sending 8,500 American troops" to the Ukrainian border amid fears of an invasion from Russia.
Throughout his present on Tuesday night time, Carlson repeated a declare made by various conservative figures that the U.S. doesn't have to get entangled in any army battle between Russia and Ukraine, and will as an alternative give attention to home points such because the migrant disaster on the southern border.
Carlson made reference to the Pentagon ordering 8,500 troops to be on excessive alert to doubtlessly be deployed into Europe as a part of NATO's response to any Russian invasion, as confirmed in a press convention by Pentagon press secretary John Kirby.
"Wait, we're solely sending 8,500 American troops to guard the Ukrainian border, requested the teleprompter," Carlson mentioned. "Effectively, says John Kirby, truly, we might ship much more. They're all poised to safe the sacred Ukrainian border.
"So you could be questioning, how does that dedication examine to what the Pentagon is prepared to deploy to our southern border? Effectively, let's examine, just a little back-of-the-envelope math right here. It is precisely 8,500 extra as a result of there aren't any troops, no American troops heading to our southern border."
In a while within the present, Carlson launched Hume to speak about why the U.S. is involving itself in European border points and never concentrating on the record-breaking numbers of individuals illegally coming into the nation from Mexico.
Hume instantly mentioned that Carlson did "overstate just a little bit how strenuously the U.S. was actually making an attempt" to guard Ukraine's border.
"No American troops are going to Ukraine," Hume mentioned.
When Carlson interjected to say that the U.S. is sending "billions of dollars in weapons" to Ukraine to help with any potential battle, Hume mentioned: "Sure, we're sending weapons that is for certain."
Hume, a longtime Fox Information political analyst, then went on to criticize the Biden administration for making "no critical effort" to unravel the migrant disaster.
"There are two causes for this: One is ideological, liberals consider that these individuals are crossing the border after these wretched, hair elevating journeys in Mexico are among the many downtrodden folks of the earth. I feel they definitely are, and that they deserve our compassion and sympathy," Hume mentioned.
"And the opposite view is that's the perception I feel that that these folks will come right here and they'll vote Democrat," Hume mentioned, even supposing undocumented folks can't register to vote within the U.S.
Hume additionally mentioned the U.S. coping with worldwide points as an alternative of home ones is an indication of "weak spot."
"We're nervous about what China's doing and its space, and within the Far East. We're nervous about what Russia is doing...We're nervous about North Korea. Effectively, I do not see how this habits towards the scenario on the border may be construed as something apart from one other show of weak spot," Hume mentioned.
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