"Tucker Carlson Tonight" Episode dated 18 October 2018 (TV Episode 2018) Poster

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Digest of October 18, 2018
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Warning: Spoilers
Tonight's broadcast came from the grounds of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, southeast of Los Angeles.

Another large migrant caravan is en route to the United States from Central America. President Trump has vowed to send the military to prevent the border crossing. There has been immediate criticism from the cable news commentators who are expressing moral outrage at Trump's decision. The previous caravan earlier in the year was under-reported in the media. But it appears as if thousands succeeded in crossing the border and are still here.

The main question raised by Tucker was as follows: Shouldn't we have the right to decide what immigrants we are going to allow into our country? In other words, a sovereign nation should be able to decide who enters. Whenever that issue is raised, the response from the Left returns to the default mode of the horrors of splitting up families. According to Tucker's guest Victor Davis Hanson, even the Chicano activist Cesar Chavez made the case for closing American borders in the late twentieth century. Hanson also stated that the core issue really isn't immigration at all; for the Left, it is about power and whatever means are useful to that end are being deployed.

As the mob violence against conservatives continues in American streets, a litany of denials continues on cable newscasts. Dan Bongino joined Tucker and pointed out once again that "the coin of the realm is power." Presently out of power, the Democrats can only assert themselves through tactics of aggression. In one video clip, an Antifa member was captured on camera verbally assaulting a woman wearing a NYPD cap. The woman had lost a loved one during the tragic events of 9/11. The Left used to be about civil liberties. Today, the Left is using violence as a power play with the goal of redressing their political deficit by currying favor with immigrants for their votes.

In Tucker's ongoing Tech Tyranny series, he continues to explore Google's purported relationship with China. Tucker read a number of memos of Google employees that were troubling in their implications about "sabotaging" a U.S. Defense Department project. Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan was deeply concerned about the memos and the unrestrained power of the tech companies. We first need to understand the scope of the problem through hearings. Another subject discussed was the contradictions between what free speech is allowed today and what is being suppressed.

The #MeToo movement is now going on the offensive against movies like "Cinderella" and "The Little Mermaid." Keira Knightley identified those films on the Ellen DeGeneres show, which she will not allow her kids to watch. Kristin Bell has placed "Snow White" offlimits for her children because Prince Charming kisses the young woman without her permission. Mark Steyn observed that in the context of the film, if the man did not kiss the sleeping woman, she would have died! We should honor universal fairy tales that speak to all cultures at all times, as opposed to imposing an interpretation on them that suits the fashion of the day.

International concern has been raised about missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned from the Middle East to announce that Saudi Arabia should be allowed several days to complete an investigation. It has been alleged that Khashoggi was killed by a Saudi hit team. Is the photograph of a minion of the Crown Prince in Istanbul enough evidence to conclude that Khashoggi was the victim of assassination?
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