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For Tucker Carlson, Damar Hamlin is Just Another Propaganda Opportunity.

He has some nerve even speaking his name.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJan 4, 2023
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I’m not sure I, nor anyone else who was watching, will be able to really forget what they watched on Monday night football on January 2nd. As many of us know by now, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin made what looked like a routine tackle of Cincinnati Bengals’ Tee Higgens, popped right back up, and collapsed, motionless, almost immediately after. For almost half an hour, it looked like we may have witnessed someone die on the football field on primetime television, and obviously the trauma for viewers pales in comparison to what everyone on the field and his loved ones experienced.

But of course, none of that matters at all to FOX News’ Tucker Carlson, who decided to use Damar Hamlin as an opportunity to subtly spread his own anti-covid-vaccine propaganda.

On his show, Carlson said:

“…what we don’t know could fill volumes, starting with why Damar Hamlin had a heart attack on a football field…‘it could not have been the shot they tell you. shut up’…”

I’m struggling to even know where to begin…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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