Amid speculation of a third political party, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been pushed to run for the White House in 2028, according to Joe Kent, a former top U.S. counterterrorism official.
Kent, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — among other MAGA dissidents — met with Carlson over the weekend at his home in Maine, where they discussed the formation of a coalition fed up with Democrats and Republicans and whether the creation of another party would be feasible.
"We're going back and forth," Kent said when asked who would lead a new party on "The Young Turks" show Wednesday. "All of us at one point in time told Tucker he needs to run, and Tucker's been pretty public that he's not going to run."
"So we all made our pitch to Tucker as to why he should run," he added. "And hopefully he wakes up one day, and Tucker says he's going to run. I would fully support that."
Greene posted a photo on X on Saturday of the gathering, suggesting the start of a new political movement. The group featured once-loyal supporters of President Donald Trump who have broken with him over the Iran war and the Jeffrey Epstein files, drawing attacks from him in return.
"We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise," Greene wrote. "But he's betrayed us all. Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center."
Carlson, who replied to the image teasing a "new path forward," went on to unveil a 10-point vision for the U.S. on Wednesday. His plan included a recommitment to fairness, sovereignty, productivity, beauty, health, honesty, optimism, wisdom, decency and unity.
"Both parties have colluded against the population to make their lives better and our lives worse," he said during an over 90-minute monologue on his self-titled show. "So if you're going to fix it and rebuild this country… you're going to need to do something about the pressing question of American identity. It's fixable. You just have to try, and we will be trying."
In a statement to several outlets, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle defended Trump as creating the "greatest political movement in the history of politics" with MAGA.
"...He remains the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party," Ingle said. "The president is committed to maintaining Republican majorities in Congress and continuing to lower costs for working families."
"Meanwhile, this photo represents an embarrassing collection of mostly whiny turncoats who dramatically overestimate their influence and relevance," he added of the president's former allies.
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