Tucker Carlson says he has no plans to run for president

Conservative media personality Tucker Carlson said he has no plans to seek the presidency during an interview with podcaster Alex Jones. “Of course I’m not planning to run for president,” Carlson said. “I mean, of course, never said or done anything that would suggest I have an interest in political office, because I don’t.”

public comments The comments follow Carlson’s announcement last week that he was breaking with the Republican Party. “I’m out,” he said during an appearance on the Can’t Be Censored podcast. ” Carlson said the party had lost its moral direction. “There’s no defending this because it’s immoral, and it’s exactly the opposite of what a political party in a democracy is charged with doing, which is representing its own voters, its own citizens, its own nation, and they’re not doing that,” he said.

potential candidates Carlson also praised a potential White House bid for Vice President JD Vance, contrasting him favorably with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “Obviously, he’s great compared to Rubio,” Carlson said. He added that he wants to remain involved without seeking office.

“I don’t want to run for President, but I do want to be involved with offering an option of some kind,” Carlson stated. Former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene signaled similar frustration with the Republican Party after Carlson’s remarks. “Tucker is not the only one who is done supporting the Republican Party,” Greene wrote in a post on X.