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The setting was a Trump rally at a Mack Trucks facility in Lower Macungie, PA. As I fished through my clothes to find my cell phone, one of President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters approached me.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIs it true that you interviewed Tucker Carlson?\u201d she asked. As an icebreaker, I had picked a shirt with an image from my 2019 interview with the then-Fox News host, and confirmed that I had indeed talked to him at length about his criticisms of the Republican Party \u2014 which, at the time, was for being too pro-capital and anti-labor.<\/p>\n

The woman, who never identified herself, nodded knowingly.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s not a Republican anymore,\u201d she responded. \u201cHe doesn’t back Trump. I don’t like him anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was far from the only person to approach me and express her disdain for Carlson. Since our conversation in 2019, Carlson has been fired from Fox News, started his own podcast and \u2014 as of earlier this month \u2014 openly renounced the Republican Party. Speaking on the podcast he titled Can\u2019t Be Censored, Carlson accused Trump of betraying America by going to war with Iran. As Carlson put it, he believes the war was waged not to help America but to help America\u2019s ally, the Jewish state of Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would not support the Republican party, there’s no chance I would support the Republican party,\u201d Carlson said in his Thursday episode, with him reposting the clip to X on Monday. \u201cHow could I support a political party that is not loyal to the United States. I voted Republican my entire life, I have been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican party, but there is no defending this. I’m out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dan, a 68-year-old retired tractor engineer who attended the rally, told me that he backs everything Trump does. His friend Joe, who was also in his 60s and worked in landscaping, asked what Carlson had said, so I read both him and Dan the aforementioned quote. Dan reiterated his support for Trump, saying that the Iran war was waged for national security.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was an imminent threat,\u201d Dan said. His words echoed those of a different Trump supporter, who wished to remain anonymous and who I met on the seemingly-interminable line into the event, who told me that while he respects Carlson, \u201cI sure disagree\u201d with him in separating from Trump.<\/p>\n

These were not the only two Trump supporters at the Mack Trucks event who favored Trump over his critics, especially when it comes to the president\u2019s claims about national security. Another Trump supporter who spoke to AlterNet said that he backed Trump\u2019s actions on border security, saying that he was doing so to protect \u201cour grandbabies.\u201d Another Trump supporter, who described herself as a \u201csenior\u201d named Carolyn, told AlterNet that she has backed all of Trump\u2019s policy stances tracing all the way back to 2016 \u2014 including the controversial war against Iran.<\/p>\n

Speaking to AlterNet yesterday about the rise of anti-Israel sentiment from both the left and right in America, former Trump lawyer and erstwhile Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz attributed all anti-Israel sentiment to anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe antisemite to the right, antisemite to the left have more in common than they are different,\u201d Dershowitz said, then comparing the current movements to those of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. \u201cAnd that goes back to [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler. Stalin and Hitler had only one thing in common, that they both hated Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

On that note, I made my departure, determined to get home before the ongoing trickle turned into a torrential downpour. Politics aside, though, I left with my spirits uplifted: Despite my scare, I eventually located my missing cell phone.<\/p>\n

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