Tuesday, FNC’s Tucker Carlson opened his show with his reaction to the announcement of a three-count guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The Fox News host took issue with Democrats’ use of the trial to advance their own political cause, which he argued interfered with the court case. Transcript as follows: CARLSON: So there was a political context around this trial, politics shouldn’t have any effect on any trial. Again, that’s antithetical to what justice is, but they did intrude at every level of this case. We’ll tell you how. After the verdict, Joe Biden declared that systemic racism is a stain on this country’s soul. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JOE BIDEN (D), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A jury in Minnesota found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd last May. It was a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the Vice President just referred to. This systemic racism as a stain on our nation’s soul, the knee on the neck of justice for black Americans. Enough. Enough of these senseless killings. Today, today’s verdict is a step forward. (END VIDEO CLIP) CARLSON: Systemic racism, a term that neither Joe Biden nor anyone else who uses it has ever defined with any precision whatsoever. But more striking is Biden’s posture. You’d think he would be excited by this. Just this morning, as the jury was still deliberating, the President of the United States said he was praying for a guilty verdict. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BIDEN: I’m praying the verdict is the right verdict. I think it’s overwhelming in my view. I wouldn’t say that but the jury was sequestered now, and now you hear me say that. (END VIDEO CLIP) CARLSON: When was the last time a sitting President weighed in on a jury decision before it was made? Answer — never. The White House was asked about this just a few hours later ...
