Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter based in Moscow, is being held in a Russian prison on the charge of espionage. Tucker Carlson traveled to Russia for an interview with Putin. At the end of the interview, Tucker brought up Evan.
Tucker offered to bring Evan home. John wrote about Putin’s reaction to Tucker’s offer. I’ve written about Evan and his arrest and imprisonment many times. I am pleased that Tucker brought up the subject. I imagine Evan’s family and friends are, too.
Here is one thing I am pondering – if Tucker’s offer had been accepted by Putin and he did bring Evan home, would the left and its media cohorts be slamming Tucker for going to get the interview with Putin? In other words, would it be acceptable to the left if some good came from the interview? We’ll never know because Putin isn’t going to release Evan any time soon.
The truth is that…
