Tucker Carlson Says Donald Trump Has Been ‘Changed’ by Assassination Attempt

variety.com:

William Earl Former President Donald Trump has been “changed” by the assassination attempt against his life, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson told the Republican National Convention on Thursday night.

Speaking to the crowd at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, Carlson praised Trump for his resilience and toughness and invoked the sentiment that divine intervention played a part in keeping the bullet from taking him out.

On July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Trump was shot at by a 20-year-old man with a high-powered rifle; he escaped with just a grazed ear. “In that moment, Donald Trump, months before the presidential election, became the leader of this nation — that was the most obvious to me,” Carlson said. “And I have to say — I think it changed him.” Carlson was ousted by Fox News in April 2023 as the news cabler was in the midst of a costly defamation legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, the tech firm that became the focus of right-wing conspiracy theories about fraud during the 2020 presidential election.

Dominion sued Fox News over remarks made by Carlson and other hosts. Carlson was the top-rated personality at Fox News at the time, but the discovery process in the Dominion cause unearthed text messages with racially charged comments that made it untenable for Fox News to keep him on the air.