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Tucker Carlson's Brother Buckely Calls Sydney Massacre an 'Op', Mocks Wounded Lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky
Tucker Carlson's brother hates Jews just as much as he does. Why are people surprised by this?
A social media post accusing Buckley Carlson, the younger brother of prominent ex- conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, of promoting conspiracy theories about the deadly antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach has sparked widespread condemnation, as it should.
The accusation surfaced in a viral X post by user Nathan Livingstone (@TheMilkBarTV), a freelance filmmaker, who said that Buckley Carlson referred to the attack, Australia's deadliest mass shooting, which claimed at least 16 lives during a Hanukkah celebration on December 14, as an "op" (slang for a staged operation) and included a direct link to the post.
Carlson also mocked victim Arsen Ostrovsky's injury by commenting "pretty facile for a ‘head shot’" and endorsed a post describing the massacre as "theatre" staged by "Zionist networks and intelligence."
Among the victims were 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest killed, and an elderly Holocaust survivor, highlighting the targeted nature of the violence against Sydney's Jewish community. Australian authorities have confirmed the attack, carried out by father-and-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram, as an act of antisemitic terrorism.
Livingstone's post directly questioned whether Tucker Carlson would condemn his brother's alleged statements or if he endorses them, calling the behavior "inhumane and disgusting."
Buckley Carlson, a Republican political operative and former communications staffer, is known to maintain a low public profile.
But for some reason, he ventured into very dangerous territory, when he should have either said nothing, or expressed condolences. But to mock someone whose head is covered in blood after being shot at, at an actual terror attack? That's a new kind of low.
The post has not been removed, and X has confirmed that he was its author.
Tucker Carlson has not responded publicly to the allegations.
The claims come amid heightened global sensitivity to antisemitism following the Bondi tragedy, with community leaders and officials urging unity against hate and misinformation.