A group of Ukrainian Americans and their supporters gathered outside a conservative Christian mega church in the San Diego area last week to protest Tucker Carlson’s speech. The Fox News host has repeatedly attacked Ukraine and defended Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Holy Awakening Church protest It happened on Saturday in San Marcos, California, when horrific images of Ukraine showed civilians, some of whom were shot dead after Russian troops left Bucha and from others more cities.
President Joe Biden and other world leaders called Putin a war criminal and Biden demanded that Putin be given justice for his brutality.
However, Carlson often supports Putin on the air. A former Reagan administration official said last month that he almost heard Carlson “hit” when he “apologized” to Putin “almost every night on his show.”
Conservative expert comments have been so positive about Putin that his videos have been repeatedly broadcast on television in Russia. The Kremlin has asked Russia’s state-controlled media to emphasize Carlson’s broadcast “as much as possible,” according to a memorandum obtained by the Russian government. Mother Jones.
Protesters in San Marcos put up wheelchairs on Saturday to mark their deaths. 150 children In the Russian invasion.
“Children die in Ukraine; “That’s why we have strollers, shoes and baby toys that represent all the children killed last month,” Mira Rubin told CBS News 8, the Ukrainian home of the San Diego Cultural Museum. “Innocent citizens are dying. In Ukraine. “
Protester Sergi Korolov said: This is not good. We need compassion. If someone has been bullied on the street, if someone has been bullied on the street, we humans have to act. So here is my message to Tucker Carlson: Respond – with compassion, with compassion as a person.
See the protest section below.
It is impossible to comment on Carlson. Awaken Church did not immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment.
Source: Huffpost