Tucker Carlson Rips MAGA Reactions To Fatal ICE Shooting: 'A Woman Got Shot In The Face'
Tucker Carlson has joined the multitude of conservatives with commentary on the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed on Wednesday in Minneapolis by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
However, the former Fox News host had a starkly different reaction than many of his peers.
Carlson slammed his fellow conservatives for using the tragedy “to score political points,” while also decrying liberal leaders like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for “behaving like children” by ordering ICE to “get the fuck out” of the city.
“But it should be secondary to the tragedy of Renee Nicole Good losing her life,” Carlson wrote on Thursday in his subscriber-based newsletter.
“The 37-year-old was an American citizen and reportedly the mother of a kindergarten-aged child. Did we disagree with her views on immigration? Probably,” he continued. “But that shouldn’t matter. Her death is a tragedy, regardless of her partisan affiliations, ideological beliefs, or who pulled the trigger. A woman got shot in the face. How come so few conservatives are viewing this story through a human lens?”
Footage of the incident showed masked ICE agents approaching Good’s car as it partially blocked a road, reaching through her open driver’s seat window. Eventually, an officer identified as Jonathan Ross appeared to shoot her in the head — point blank — as she tried to drive away.
No footage of the incident shows Good attempting to run over officers, as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance claimed. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem even said Good engaged in “an act of domestic terrorism.”
Many conservative voices have celebrated or defended the fatal shooting on social media.
Carlson argued in his newsletter that “the other side” did just that after right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was killed in September, though most Democratic pundits and lawmakers accused of doing so argued they were merely opposed to Kirk’s political views. Trump and Vance were notably quick to blame the “radical left” for Kirk’s assassination.
Carlson argued Thursday that violence around the world is “desensitizing Americans to violence at home,” adding that as Trump supporters and critics debate the recent US military operation in Venezuela, few have focused on the death toll of at least 75 people.
Carlson says Americans have grown far too accustomed to “tales of the IDF’s US-backed barbarities” in Gaza, where the Israel Defense Force has continued killing Palestinians amid a phased ceasefire, all with taxpayer-funded military aid from the US.
“If the United States were in a better place, everyone, regardless of their politics, would pause when something like the Minneapolis shooting happens and at least recognize the human tragedy,” wrote Carlson. “But that doesn’t happen because, compared to the countless overseas killings our government routinely brings about, Good’s death doesn’t seem like such a big deal. She’s just another headline.”
Carlson frequently praised Trump during his many years as the most-watched host on Fox News, and despite private text messages from 2021 revealing that he “passionately” hated the MAGA leader, endorsed Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
Carlson left Fox News in 2023 to launch his own streaming network. He has since broken with Trump over his administration’s ongoing role in the Israel-Gaza conflict, regularly urging on his show that Trump should focus on domestic issues concerning Americans.