After publicly announcing that he’s done with the Republican Party, Tucker Carlson said he’s going to “help build a third party” to compete against the GOP and Democrats.

“I’m going to help build a third party,” Carlson told Columbia Journalism Review.

“There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country. I mean, if you make sixty thousand dollars a year, you’re degraded. Your life expectancy has gone down, and the promise of your children’s lives is likely gone. No one seems to care. It’s not even a factor,” Carlson explained.

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The move comes just weeks after the former Fox News host declared there was “no chance” he would support the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.

“How could I or any American voter support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States. That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens,” Carlson said last month. “It’s not possible to vote for people like that, and I’m not going to.”

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The conservative commentator has spent recent months criticizing Trump’s foreign policy, particularly the administration’s military action against Iran, arguing that the president has abandoned the “America First” principles that helped propel him to office. Those disagreements have widened into a broader rejection of the GOP, with Carlson saying he no longer sees the party as representing his political values.

In his third-party announcement, he spoke about the decline in Americans’ quality of life, saying the government should prioritize its own people.

“‘What about Hamas?'” Carlson asked.

“I officially don’t care about Hamas. The US government should have, as its first priority, the welfare of its own people,” he told the magazine.

“I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican Party. I mean, very consistent defender. But there’s no defending this because it’s immoral,” Carlson said last month.

“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 continued.

“So, no, I’m out. And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people are out,” Carlson said.

Tucker Carlson Says He Is Done With Republican Party After 35 Years – “It’s Immoral”

Carlson was asked if he would be a candidate for this third party.

"I don’t want to be a candidate," Carlson said.

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Forbes noted:

Tesla chief Elon Musk informally launched his own political party last year amid a public and fiery feud with Trump. Similar to Carlson, Musk said U.S. residents live in a one-party system, “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft.” The “America Party” was never officially established and Musk’s relationship with Trump has since smoothed over, with the president calling Musk “a friend of mine again” last month.

If Carlson follows through on creating another party, he will need to register it with the Federal Election Commission.

 

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