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SocialDemocrat61

(8,030 posts)
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:00 AM 4 hrs ago

Far-Left Podcaster Claims 'Many' Liberals Would Vote for Tucker Carlson Over AOC

Last edited Mon May 18, 2026, 10:41 AM - Edit history (1)

Far-Left Podcaster Claims ‘Many’ Liberals Would Vote for Tucker Carlson Over AOC
Sean James

Liberal commentator Briahna Joy Gray said she knows “many” fellow liberals who would rather vote for Tucker Carlson to be president than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

Gray shared that detail during the latest episode of her Bad Faith podcast on Thursday. She said that realization put her between a rock and a hard place because she would not recommend Democrats vote for either one of them.

“It’s crazy, I know many people on the left who would happily vote for Tucker Carlson before AOC,” Gray said. “I am frustrated by that dynamic because I don’t want Tucker Carlson to be president. I also can’t see myself damaging my own credibility by telling someone to vote for AOC. These options hurt us all.”

Gray expanded on her take, saying Carlson has said a lot of “bad stuff” in the past — and referred to his comments on which immigrants assimilate best in the U.S. — but said he could be “quite appealing” to voters following his recent “rebirth.”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/far-left-podcaster-claims-many-204640645.html


For the record, I know of no real liberal who would ever vote for Carlson for anything. Also, I'm posting this for informational purposes only. I don't in anyway agree with or support Ms. Gray's position. But she is an influential voice and we should be aware of what is being said beyond this site. Thank you.
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Far-Left Podcaster Claims 'Many' Liberals Would Vote for Tucker Carlson Over AOC (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 4 hrs ago OP
Who's paying her? no_hypocrisy 4 hrs ago #1
The real question is SocialDemocrat61 4 hrs ago #2
Poisoning the AOC Well Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #3
This post is clearly a right wing talking point. gab13by13 4 hrs ago #4
So I should list all the liberals I know SocialDemocrat61 4 hrs ago #11
Another snake in the grass Boo1 4 hrs ago #5
I was gonna say awesomerwb1 29 min ago #59
Happily? Happily? Johonny 4 hrs ago #6
The purity tests have already begun newdeal2 4 hrs ago #7
JFC Cosmocat 3 hrs ago #25
I mean... Biden won last time he ran fwiw SSJVegeta 3 hrs ago #26
I meant Kamala ... Cosmocat 2 hrs ago #42
Haha no worries SSJVegeta 1 hr ago #45
Yes and it has gotten so tiresome PatSeg 2 hrs ago #40
Anyone who said that Kamala was no better than Trump newdeal2 1 hr ago #44
Hear this all the time over the alliance with Israel from Gen Z people - because of support for Bibi JT45242 48 min ago #56
I agree PatSeg 10 min ago #62
This message was self-deleted by its author PatSeg 2 hrs ago #41
Briahna Joy Gray voted for Jill Stein in 2016, refused to endorse Biden in 2020, Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #8
I missed her grudge against AOC: "Don't be like AOC and endorse genocide. Abandon Harris." betsuni 3 hrs ago #30
Does the opinion of this person matter? Intractable 4 hrs ago #9
Not to me or anyone here SocialDemocrat61 4 hrs ago #13
Not to me. I've never even heard of her. efhmc 1 hr ago #50
No. Not to me and not to "many" others. wnylib 5 min ago #64
Lots of foreign media coverage on the discontent among Democrats... EarthFirst 4 hrs ago #10
Oh my god people are so stupid. Oneironaut 4 hrs ago #12
Well we do know that some people will believe anything. Trump is president. Biophilic 1 hr ago #47
A fine example of going so far to the left that you wind up on the right. What kind of "far-left" idiots... kysrsoze 3 hrs ago #14
Yep, the horseshoe curve mcar 1 hr ago #51
This person is not a "far left" podcaster n/t leftstreet 3 hrs ago #15
She was Bernie Sanders' National Press Secretary SocialDemocrat61 3 hrs ago #16
Sanders is not "far left" n/t leftstreet 3 hrs ago #17
Never said he was SocialDemocrat61 3 hrs ago #19
She stopped supporting sanders a long time ago SSJVegeta 3 hrs ago #21
That's true SocialDemocrat61 3 hrs ago #22
And vice versa SSJVegeta 3 hrs ago #23
Hasn't she caused enough damage? MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #18
Lol wut SSJVegeta 3 hrs ago #20
Her "many" is a handful of her like-minded group Quiet Em 3 hrs ago #24
There are several on social media platforms SocialDemocrat61 3 hrs ago #32
Yup. Quiet Em 3 hrs ago #36
Piece of shit bigoted attention whore is what she is. She should just speak for herself JI7 3 hrs ago #27
I've been hearing a lot of this crap JBTaurus83 3 hrs ago #28
No, hard pass. ck4829 3 hrs ago #29
her "liberal commentator" license needs to be revoked orleans 3 hrs ago #31
I have never followed Tucker and know nothing of his last 5 years Melon 3 hrs ago #33
Never heard of her UpInArms 3 hrs ago #34
Well she has almost half a million followers SocialDemocrat61 3 hrs ago #35
On what platform? muriel_volestrangler 1 hr ago #43
X.com SocialDemocrat61 1 hr ago #46
I don't BJG is influential on x.com muriel_volestrangler 1 hr ago #48
I hope people SocialDemocrat61 1 hr ago #49
No thanks! WA-03 Democrat 2 hrs ago #37
Well you're not welcome LOL SocialDemocrat61 2 hrs ago #39
People will say anything for clicks and likes... dlk 2 hrs ago #38
Oh look, a provocative statement by a career attention merchant is getting attention. RockRaven 1 hr ago #52
I think you won the thread SocialDemocrat61 57 min ago #54
A claim...an opinion...subjective purr-rat beauty 1 hr ago #53
Who is this person? Did she go so far right... ananda 53 min ago #55
Who are these "many liberals"? Name one. Nobody asked me. LoisB 38 min ago #57
Exactly SocialDemocrat61 33 min ago #58
Yes! LoisB 2 min ago #66
Maybe those that spend too much time online but not so much in real life AZProgressive 14 min ago #60
What rebirth? DavidDvorkin 11 min ago #61
The only vote Tucker Carlson would win MurrayDelph 10 min ago #63
Lotta different people claim a lotta different things Torchlight 2 min ago #65

Kid Berwyn

(25,073 posts)
3. Poisoning the AOC Well
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:09 AM
4 hrs ago

She will have no problem attracting voters — liberal, conservative, Democratic, independent and Republican — and beat the little NAZI shitstick Tucker like the lying rug he and his plutocratic paymasters are.

gab13by13

(32,760 posts)
4. This post is clearly a right wing talking point.
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:10 AM
4 hrs ago

Comparing AOC with Tucker Carlson is flat out bullshit.

I hate when people say I know many, without any names.

I never alerted in my entire time at DU but this post is trying my patience.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,030 posts)
11. So I should list all the liberals I know
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:25 AM
4 hrs ago

who would never vote for Carlson? It's literally hundreds of people.

Johonny

(26,588 posts)
6. Happily? Happily?
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:11 AM
4 hrs ago

You're not a liberal if you would Happily vote for Tucker, who isn't the least bit liberal. He's a stupid racist prick.

newdeal2

(5,599 posts)
7. The purity tests have already begun
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:12 AM
4 hrs ago

The people who think like this don’t want to win. They just want to complain so they stay relevant.

SSJVegeta

(3,124 posts)
45. Haha no worries
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:33 PM
1 hr ago

Welp I've got a sneaking suspicion that many are done drinking the anti DEI "both sides are the same" kool-aid for now.

🤞

PatSeg

(53,539 posts)
40. Yes and it has gotten so tiresome
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:07 PM
2 hrs ago

I hate purity tests and such tests have rarely, if ever, served us well. Voters need to grow up and realize they aren't voting for contestants on American Idol. Elections have very real consequences that can affect us for decades. They aren't (or shouldn't be) popularity contests.

newdeal2

(5,599 posts)
44. Anyone who said that Kamala was no better than Trump
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:32 PM
1 hr ago

Should be called a LIAR to their faces. They lied and people are suffering all around the world as a consequence.

JT45242

(4,128 posts)
56. Hear this all the time over the alliance with Israel from Gen Z people - because of support for Bibi
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:40 PM
48 min ago

Until the democratic leadership steps up and demands that Bibi and other tops parts of the Israeli government and military are sent to the Hague for war crimes -- we will have problems getting out the vote with a substantial chunk of Gen Z.

They view both parties as guilty of this -- especially Dems in congressional leadership like Shumer and Jefferies.

I don't agree but have heard it from both sons 19/25 and a bunch of their friends who are generally liberal and support -- universal health care, student loan reform, etc.

But the war crimes of the Israeli givernment may be an albatross around the neck of the party.

Ideally, the war criminals on all fronts -- Israeli military, palestinian terrorists, Russians, Americans -- face justice. It really is a HUGE issue for Gen Z

PatSeg

(53,539 posts)
62. I agree
Mon May 18, 2026, 02:18 PM
10 min ago

The problem with Kamala was she was a woman of color and there are a whole lot of voters who just won't vote for a woman, no matter how qualified she is. Sadly, the U.S. has a "woman" problem. I really thought I would see a woman president in my lifetime. Guess not in this country or this lifetime.

Born a second class citizen and likely to die a second class citizen.

Response to newdeal2 (Reply #7)

Ocelot II

(131,209 posts)
8. Briahna Joy Gray voted for Jill Stein in 2016, refused to endorse Biden in 2020,
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:14 AM
4 hrs ago

and got into a kerfuffle with AOC about supporting Pelosi.

betsuni

(29,285 posts)
30. I missed her grudge against AOC: "Don't be like AOC and endorse genocide. Abandon Harris."
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:07 AM
3 hrs ago

But I think she has a grudge against everyone.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,030 posts)
13. Not to me or anyone here
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:27 AM
4 hrs ago

But she does have a following so it is important to hear what BS she is putting out there.

EarthFirst

(4,218 posts)
10. Lots of foreign media coverage on the discontent among Democrats...
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:15 AM
4 hrs ago

…of which wild claims of which direction ‘many within the Democratic Party…” would rather traverse.

Sure, Jan…

Oneironaut

(6,320 posts)
12. Oh my god people are so stupid.
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:27 AM
4 hrs ago

This can’t be real. If people believe Tucker Carlson’s rebirth is actually authentic, then, they will believe anything. Literally anything.

This is the same type of thinking as people who believe Trump is “blue collar at heart and is fighting the deep state!” They have the IQ of a smooth rock.

kysrsoze

(6,454 posts)
14. A fine example of going so far to the left that you wind up on the right. What kind of "far-left" idiots...
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:29 AM
3 hrs ago

would vote for Tucker Carlson?

Quiet Em

(3,011 posts)
24. Her "many" is a handful of her like-minded group
Mon May 18, 2026, 10:48 AM
3 hrs ago

I won't name them, but this handful also prefer

MTG to AOC

Trump to Hillary Clinton

Trump to Joe Biden

Trump to Kamala Harris

so their preferring Tucker Carlson to AOC is not surprising.

What is surprising is that anyone classifies this handful as left, liberal or progressive.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,030 posts)
32. There are several on social media platforms
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:12 AM
3 hrs ago

who claim to be far left but only attack democrats. Jill Stein, David Sirota, Peter Daou and Anthony Zenkus are some of them. They are chaos agents.

JI7

(93,899 posts)
27. Piece of shit bigoted attention whore is what she is. She should just speak for herself
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:05 AM
3 hrs ago

but she still wants to try to pretend she is a liberal when she is pretty much a Tucker Carlson supporter. And hates Democrats.

JBTaurus83

(1,669 posts)
28. I've been hearing a lot of this crap
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:05 AM
3 hrs ago

If AOC isn’t far enough to the left for these people, they really don’t understand US politics at all.

orleans

(37,185 posts)
31. her "liberal commentator" license needs to be revoked
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:09 AM
3 hrs ago

what a fucking idiot!

the "many people on the left" that she "knows" are obviously faux news freaks that loved carlson

btw none of the dems i know would vote for that asshole. ever.

Melon

(1,689 posts)
33. I have never followed Tucker and know nothing of his last 5 years
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:14 AM
3 hrs ago

Has he now become liberal? Is he actually support the left? I only remember him being a right stooge. I’m off to do research.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,030 posts)
35. Well she has almost half a million followers
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:18 AM
3 hrs ago

and so what she says might have some influence.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,585 posts)
43. On what platform?
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:30 PM
1 hr ago

I can find
92.6k Instagram
181k YouTube (the "Bad Faith" podcast)
5k substack

but she seems to have avoided a personal presence on TikTok, and if she's on Facebook, it doesn't seem to come up as much as when she appears on someone else's pages.

She doesn't get into mainstream news much - aside from this story, freebeacon.com (RW nutters) mentioned her in a story about "Mamdani's Communist Housing Czar" (said "Czar" appeared on "Bad Faith" in 2021), and that's it for this year in Google News.

DU doesn't seem to talk about her at all, these days. The site DuckDuckGo search turns up just this thread, and one from 2023 that was just kicked and now shows dozens of self-deletions by one DUer (god knows what they said - we can't see "Briahna" in it now anyway). Google finds this one mention of her (she's mentioned in passing) and that's it: https://www.democraticunderground.com/132172584

Who does she influence, these days?

muriel_volestrangler

(106,585 posts)
48. I don't BJG is influential on x.com
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:51 PM
1 hr ago

I don't think potential Democratic voters are spending much time on x.com now. She gets 50k views of her more popular own posts there (under 20k for the everyday ones); on this topic, she managed a bit over 100k, but then it does seem like it's a blatant attempt for visibility. I think the 500k may include people who followed her there years ago, but it's Musk's hellsite now, so they've left, and loads of bots (also because it's Musk's hellsite).

purr-rat beauty

(1,430 posts)
53. A claim...an opinion...subjective
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:28 PM
1 hr ago

I highly doubt any informed liberal would sway towards that crackpot, maybe dimwitted independents?

ananda

(35,500 posts)
55. Who is this person? Did she go so far right...
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:35 PM
53 min ago

that it accidentally turned into whatever
was left?

SocialDemocrat61

(8,030 posts)
58. Exactly
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:55 PM
33 min ago

I know no liberal who would ever vote for Carlson for anything other than the "biggest idiot in a bow tie" award.

AZProgressive

(29,977 posts)
60. Maybe those that spend too much time online but not so much in real life
Mon May 18, 2026, 02:14 PM
14 min ago

As far as Twitter I don't trust the motives of whatever narratives are going on there.

Not according to polls on real people. AOC recently led a primary poll from an accurate pollster so it shows whatever narratives are going on online it hasn't really made much of a dent in real life.

Torchlight

(7,043 posts)
65. Lotta different people claim a lotta different things
Mon May 18, 2026, 02:26 PM
2 min ago

Unless or until they support their assertions with objective evidence, I'll continue to dismiss them as meritless, for-profit allegations designed only to increase division and further stuff bank accounts with imaginary decimal points.

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