Tucker Carlson stunned by dystopian prediction of what could happen after contentious election

Tucker Carlson invited journalist Mark Halperin connected his show to foretell what nan post-election early could look for illustration for America and was horrified by what he heard.

Halperin, an writer of respective books astir American elections and a newsman and big for Newsmax, told Carlson it whitethorn consequence successful a psychological catastrophe crossed nan state if Donald Trump thumps Kamala Harris.

'I deliberation it will beryllium nan origin of nan top intelligence wellness situation successful nan history of nan country,' he said, adding that liberals would mobility their 'connection to nan nation' and suffer 'trauma successful nan workplace.'

Carlson, flabbergasted, responded: 'Are you being serious?'

Halperin confirmed he was '100% serious' earlier making moreover much dire predictions of a 2nd Trump term.

'I deliberation there’ll beryllium alcoholism, surgery marriages... yeah. They deliberation he’s nan worst personification imaginable to beryllium president,' he said.

The erstwhile ABC, NBC and MSNBC newsman reporter said Democrats could tummy Trump having won owed to 'a fluke' successful 2016 but that Trump winning adjacent and quadrate would ruin their psyches.

Halperin has hosted his ain show 'Focus Groups' since 2020 and prides himself connected being politically neutral erstwhile he appears regularly connected a number of governmental podcasts. He was fired from roles astatine NBC and ABC successful 2017 aft he was accused of sexually harassing a number of female staff. He denied nan allegations.     

Halperin predicted unit everyplace from protests to average, mundane interactions betwixt Americans aft nan predetermination should Trump win.   

'I deliberation there’ll beryllium workplace fights, fights astatine kids' day parties, I deliberation location will beryllium protests that will move violent. I dream they don’t, but I deliberation location will beryllium some,' Halperin said.

Carlson past wondered really conservatives mightiness grip Harris defeating Trump successful November. 

'I deliberation nan antagonistic effect of her winning connected nan psychology of nan losers will not beryllium arsenic great, but I don’t deliberation it’ll beryllium nothing. I deliberation there’ll beryllium each sorts of things -- lawfare, replacing Biden pinch her aft Trump had spent millions trying to hit Biden, nan media putting its afloat assemblage connected nan scale,' he said.

He added that it will astir apt 'be up to Trump's attitude' and Democrats' willingness to beryllium transparent really his MAGA guidelines respond to a hypothetical Harris victory.  

'If each that happens, and Kamala Harris decides to beryllium gracious successful nan transition, successful her inaugural address, and successful her legislative agenda, I deliberation we could beryllium successful a decent place,' he said.

Carlson pivoted to another, perchance realistic, possibility: what if America picks Kamala Harris and Democrats to return complete nan House of Representatives but besides a Republican Senate?  

'All of MAGA, and those unhappy pinch her winning, will put their chips successful nan Senate and opportunity it’s up to nan Senate to support her from turning this into a far-left country,' he theorized. 

'That goes to nominations, I deliberation it will beryllium very difficult for her to nominate anyone acceptable to nan near that will beryllium confirmed by nan Senate... You can't beryllium acting forever, it is very constricted --what you tin do arsenic an acting secretary.'

Halperin says he doesn't deliberation there's going to beryllium a civilian warfare successful guidance to nan predetermination but isn't dismissive of nan possibility.

'I dream nan governors each person awesome bipartisan plans for minimizing this, for policing serene protests, and not allowing them to escalate while not trampling connected nan First Amendment. I deliberation we could person unit sloppy of who wins. I deliberation some sides are tin of that,' he said. 

Halperin isn't nan first personification to propose location could beryllium unit aft nan election. 

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden warned of nan imaginable that nan aftermath of nan predetermination could beryllium violent, erstwhile asked if it would beryllium free and fair, arsenic good arsenic peaceful.  

He was asked whether he was assured nan predetermination would beryllium free and adjacent and whether it would beryllium peaceful.

Biden said those were 'two abstracted questions.' 

'I’m assured it will beryllium free and fair. I don't cognize whether it'll beryllium peaceful,' he responded.

Trump's 'enemy within' statement tin trace itself to Sen. Joseph McCarthy during nan reddish scare. McCarthy invoked an unidentified humanities fig and said, 'When a awesome populist is destroyed, it will not beryllium from enemies from without, but alternatively because of enemies from within.'

Abraham Lincoln said successful his Lyceum reside successful 1838 astir soul threats to nan republic a procreation earlier nan Civil War, during a play of increasing mob violence. 

'At what constituent past is nan attack of threat to beryllium expected? I answer, if it ever scope us, it must outpouring up amongst us. It cannot travel from abroad. If demolition beryllium our lot, we must ourselves beryllium its writer and finisher. As a federation of freemen, we must unrecorded done each time, aliases dice by suicide.'