Tommy Vitor

I mean, Tucker was let go from CNN not long after that.

He washes up at MSNBC.

People don't take him seriously.

Stewart made fun of him for wearing his bow tie.

What do you say?

Like you're 35 years old and you wear a bow tie?

Yeah.

You call him a dick or something?

He called him a dick.

Yeah.

And in front of a studio audience that is cheering Stewart on.

I mean, it was, it was, you know, and then Paul Begala, who was the host on the left, like he's not saying anything.

You know, he just, I think he kind of like sort of, you know, he's like Homer Simpson kind of fading into the bushes and like Tucker's the one sort of, you know, arguing with Stewart and he just, he just got destroyed.

Yeah.

And for Tucker, I mean, he had been really riding high before that.

And he was the youngest host in CNN history.

Crossfire, I mean, people might not know about it today, but at the time, it was the preeminent political show.

And being in the chair on the right, I mean, that was a very prestigious thing.

And it really destroyed Tucker's career.

And I think it sort of bred in him a lot of resentment because he was very much a part of the DC kind of political and media elite.