He claimed the U.S.-backed opposition, including figures like María Corina Machado who support gay marriage, proves the push is "globo homo," his derogatory term for global progressive elites, rather than concerns over Maduro's authoritarian rule or drug trafficking.
"So to those of you who thought this whole project was globo-homo? Not crazy, actually," Carlson quipped, apparently forgetting that Maduro's regime is better known for economic collapse, human rights abuses, and alliances with drug cartels than for championing traditional values.
The timing couldn't be worse for Carlson, as the video recirculated just days after President Trump's administration executed the daring raid in Caracas, capturing Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores without a single mention of rainbow flags or wedding cakes.
Instead, the White House justified the operation as a national security imperative to combat narco-terrorism threatening U.S. borders.
But leave it to Tucker to turn a geopolitical takedown into a culture war fever dream – because why focus on facts when you can blame the "globo homo" boogeyman?
Fellow conservatives aren't letting him off easy. Ben Shapiro blasted Carlson's claim as nonsense, pointing out that Maduro isn't a true social conservative and that the ouster was led by a "gutsy" Republican president, not progressive forces.
Dinesh D'Souza mocked him on X as the "oldest living Groyper," highlighting how Carlson's theory reduces a complex intervention to absurd speculation about gay marriage.
Even social media users piled on, with one Facebook post asking, "Is Tucker okay? Because apparently it's all about gay marriage."
Left-leaning critics joined the chorus, calling the take a "sigh"-inducing distraction from real issues like international law violations raised at the U.N. Security Council.
As Venezuelans celebrate their liberation from a tyrant who wrecked their economy and suppressed dissent, Carlson's fixation on fictional rainbow agendas only underscores his drift into fringe territory, proving once again that in Tucker's world, every global event is just one "globo homo" conspiracy away from explaining everything.
