Tucker Carlson: “You will need a protector. That protector must be the Republican Party” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 06/30/20 8:43 PM EDT Video file Citation From the June 30, 2020 edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): To Americans who want to live as they did just 15 years ago, quietly, productively, without being harassed and harangued by self-righteous lunatics who mean them harm and they do. If you want to be left alone to do your job and raise your family in this country you will need a protector. That protector must be the Republican Party, there are no other options, but it must be a very different kind of Republican Party.