WE WILL SEE YOU THEN.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

♪ ♪

>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND

WELCOME TO

"TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT."

WE LIVE, AS YOU MAY HAVE

NOTICED, AND THE AGE OF WOKE

CAPITAL.

NOT JUST SELLING PRODUCTS, WE

ARE SELLING MORE THAN THAT.

YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE.

YOU SEE IT IN EVERY MOVIE COME

EVERY COMMERCIAL, REPRESS

RELEASE FROM THE DIVERSITY

DIVISION OF YOUR LEGAL HR

DEPARTMENT.

THE MESSAGE IS ALWAYS THE SAME.

COMPANIES AREN'T JUST SOULLESS

PROFIT SEEKERS, THEY ARE MORE

THAN THAT.

ARE THEY THAT HAVE VALUES AND

THEY HAVE PRINCIPLES.

THEY CARED.

THEY PROBABLY CARE MORE THAN YOU

DO.

ONCE UPON A TIME CORPORATE

AMERICA FLATTERS ITS CUSTOMERS

AND NOW THEY DARE YOU TO BE AS

VIRTUOUS AS THEY ARE.

IS THAT REAL?

ARE THEY ACTUALLY VIRTUOUS?

OR IS ALL OF THIS A CYNICAL

POST?

WE WILL LET YOU DECIDE.

CONSIDER THIS.

LAST FRIDAY DARRELL MOORINGS,

THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE

HOUSTON ROCKETS BUS WHILE TIAN

SAID WHAT SEEMED LIKE A

NONCONTROVERSIAL TWEET.

HE WROTE THIS.

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, STAND WITH

HONG KONG.

THAT'S IT.

NOW CHINA, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN,

IS NOW TRYING TO CRUSH HONG KONG

AND IT'S NOT HARD TO PICK A

SIDE.

CHINA IS A RACIST XO STATE THAT

BANDS DISSENT AND MURDERS OF

CLIPPED POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

IF YOU WOULD THINK EVERY

AMERICAN WOULD STAND WITH

HONG KONG WITHOUT EVEN THINKING

ABOUT IT.

BUT NOT THE NBA.

THE NBA IS ON CHINA'S SIDE.

SO HE WAS FORCED TO DELETE HIS

TWEET.

THE NBA ISSUED A STATEMENT

MAKING IT CLEAR THAT UNDER NO

CIRCUMSTANCES DO THEY SUPPORT

HONG KONG OR HUMAN FREEDOM.

TODAY BASKETBALL COMMISSIONER

ADAM SILVER EMERGED CLARIFIED.

HE REPEATED THE FOR REFRAIN OF

EVERY PERSON WHO OPPOSES FREE

SPEECH.

SURE, YOU AREN'T SAFE FROM THE

CONSEQUENCES.

SPEAK OF THE LONG-HELD VALUES OF

THE NBA ARE TO SUPPORT FREEDOM O

THE NBA ARE TO SUPPORT FREEDOM F

EXPRESSION.

DARYL MOREY IS THE GENERAL

MANAGER OF THE HOUSTON ROCKETS

AND ENJOYS THAT RIGHT AS ONE OF

OUR EMPLOYEES.

WHAT I ALSO TRIED TO SUGGEST IT

IS I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE

CONSEQUENCES FROM THAT EXERCISE

IS IN ESSENCE HIS FREEDOM OF

SPEECH AND YOU KNOW WE WILL HAVE

TO LIVE WITH THOSE CONSEQUENCES.

>> Tucker: SO IT'S NOT HARD TO

SAY THAT WE SUPPORT FREEDOM

AGAINST OF THE FASTEST

GOVERNMENT OF CHINA.

APPARENTLY IT IS.

STEVE KERR IS THE COACH OF THE

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS APPEARED

ON THE QUESTION OF AMERICAN

POLITICS, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED

HE HAS NO PROBLEM SPEAKING HIS

MIND.

HE EMBRACES THE HARD LEFT

SOCIALIST POLICY.

HE DOESN'T HESITATE TO DEMAND

STRICTER GUN LAWS FOR THE REST

OF US.

IN THE WORDS OF ONE FAWNING

MEDIA OUTLAY, THERE ARE MANY, HE

SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT TRUTHS WERE HE READY TO

SPEAK TO CHINA?

NONIT TURNS OUT.

NOT A SINGLE TRUTH TO THE

GOVERNMENT OF CHINA.

CHOOSING BETWEEN FREEDOM AND

FASCISM TURNS OUT TO BE REALLY

CONFUSING CHOICE.

WHO KNOWS WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER

IS.

IT'S AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT'S

REALLY ABOVE HIS PAY GRADE.

>> BIZARRE INTERNATIONAL STORY.

A LOT OF US DON'T KNOW WHAT TO

MAKE OF IT SO THERE IS SOMETHING

I'M READING ABOUT JUST LIKE

EVERYBODY IS BUT I'M NOT GOING

TO COMMENT FURTHER.

>> Tucker: NOT GOING TO

COMMENT FURTHER.

A BIZARRE INTERNATIONAL STORY.

IN OTHER WORDS STEVE KERR IS A

PHONY.

HE'S BRAVE WHEN THE CROWDS

APPLAUD BUT WHEN MONEY IS AT

STAKE, HE SHUTS UP AND OBEYS

LIKE THE COWARDLY LITTLE

CORPORATE STOOGE THAT HE IS.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HOW A MAN

LIKE THAT CAN LOOK HIMSELF IN

THE MIRROR AT NIGHT.

YET HE'S NOT ALONE.

HARDLY.

THERE ARE COUNTLESS STEVE KERR'S

IN CORPORATE AMERICA.

ALL OF THEM HAPPY TO LICK THE

BOOTS OF THEIR CHINESE MASTERS

FOR PAY.

THEY JUST BANNED A TOP PLAYER

FROM ONE OF ITS GAMES BECAUSE HE

GAVE AN INTERVIEW SUPPORTING THE

DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONG KONG.

JUST LAST YEAR RIGHT OUTSIDE OF

WASHINGTON, THE HOTEL COMPANY

MARRIOTT FIRED ONE OF ITS

EMPLOYEES.

WHY?

FOR LIKING A TWEET THAT

RECOGNIZED TAIWAN AS A COUNTRY.

THAT'S IT.

THAT TWEET OFFENDED CHINA.

SO MARRIOTT DID THE BIDDING OF

THE FASCISTS AND FIRED HIM.

THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

THIS IS COMMON BY THE WAY.

IN HOLLYWOOD PANDERING TO CHINA

IS SO COMMON AND SO FRAGRANT

THAT THE SHOW SOUTH PARK

PRODUCED AN ENTIRE EPISODE

MOCKING IT.

>> WE WANT THOSE CHINESE

VIEWERS.

>> SERIOUSLY?

>> IT'S OKAY.

THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS

TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR STORY.

HOW ABOUT WHAT KIND OF THINGS

YOU ARE INTO YOU WHEN YOU WERE A

YOUNGER?

>> I ALWAYS LIKED

WINNIE THE POOH.

>> NO.

THAT'S DEFINITELY OFF LIMITS.

WINNIE THE IS ILLEGAL IN CHINA

BECAUSE SOME CHINESE STUDENT

SAID HE LOOKS LIKE THE CHINESE

PRESIDENT.

>> COME ON THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

>> Tucker: MAY BE RIDICULOUS

BUT SOUTH PARK WAS BANNED IN

CHINA AFTER THE EPISODE YOU JUST

SAW.

YOU GOT TO RESPECT THE CRATERS

FOR MAKING THE EPISODE ANYWAY

AND A COMEDY CENTRAL FOR AIRING

IT.

MOST COMPANIES IN AMERICA WOULD

NEVER DO THAT.

WHY?

YOU KNOW WHY.

CHINA HAS 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE.

COMPANIES WANT ACCESS MARKET.

IF IT IS A CHOICE BETWEEN

SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES,

OUR COUNTRY, AND OUR PEOPLE, OR

GETTING RICH IN CHINA, IT'S NO

CONTEST FOR MANY COMPANIES.

FOR DECADES NEOLIBERALS ASSURED

US THAT IT WAS OUR DUTY TO

EMBRACE FREE TRADE WITH CHINA AS

THE REST OF IT SAT BY AND TRY TO

STEAL TECHNOLOGY AND STATURE OF

OUR PROPERTIES IN CITIES DRIVING

UP THE RATES AND THE RENTS AND

DECREASING THE RATES OF

HOMEOWNERSHIP AND DESTROYING

MILLIONS OF MANUFACTURING JOGS

MAKING A COMMUNIST COUNTRY --

CHINA INEVITABLY --

THESE THINGS ARE ALWAYS

INEVITABLE, THAT WOULD BECOME

MUCH FREER.

THAT WAS IN EXPLORABLE BECAUSE

CAPITALISM ALWAYS LEADS TO

DEMOCRACY.

REMEMBER THAT?

THEY WERE LYING.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE COMPLETELY

FALSE.

INSTEAD OF EXPORTING AMERICAN

FREEDOMS TO CHINA, OR RULING

CLASS INSTEAD IMPORTED CHINESE

AUTHORITARIANISM HERE.

30 YEARS LATER ORDINARY

AMERICANS ARE POOR AND ALL OF US