Fox News host Tucker Carlson is telling his viewers to “call the police immediately” if they see children wearing masks outdoors.
“As for forcing children to wear masks outside, that should be illegal. Your response when you see children wearing masks as they play should be no different from your response to seeing someone beat a kid in Walmart,” Carlson said on Monday evening.
He continued, “Call the police immediately, contact child protective services. Keep calling until someone arrives.”
Carlson called requiring children to wear masks outdoors “child abuse” and “you are morally obligated to attempt to prevent it,” as he put it.
“If it’s your own children being abused, then act accordingly. Let’s say your kid’s school emailed you and announced that every day after lunch, your sixth-grader was going to get punched in the face by a teacher. How would you respond to that?” Carlson explained.
He added, “That’s precisely how you should respond when they tell you that your kids have to wear masks on the soccer field. That is unacceptable, it is dangerous, and we should act like it because it is. But too few of us have responded like that.”
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Tucker Carlson is now telling his audience to harass people who wear face masks outside.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 27, 2021
If they see children wearing masks, Tucker says the response should be no different than when you see a kid being abused — "call the police immediately, contact child protective services" pic.twitter.com/4svVH0JY3s
CNN’s John Berman and Brianna Keilar blasted Carlson for his remarks.
“He is telling his viewers to confront people who are wearing masks outdoors, to harass them, and he’s doing this as people who have been following and promoting CDC guidance on masks thus far have already been harassed, physically assaulted, and killed in at least one case,” Keilar said.
Berman argued Carlson should stop suggesting vaccines are not effective.
“If you don’t want a mask because of vaccines, maybe don’t trash vaccines. I’ve asked this before. Does he actually want his viewers to live?” Berman said.
He went on, “When an unhinged person decides to harass someone or some kid for simply wearing a mask, remember Tucker’s words. Remember the uncovered pouty face.”
President Joe Biden is expected to announce new guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on whether vaccinated people need to wear masks outdoors.