As we noted yesterday, Tucker Carlson was in Iowa interviewing several of the candidates for the GOP presidential nomination. Those present to be interviewed included Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis. Donald Trump chose not to appear.
The Washington Examiner's Byron York, often a panelist for Bret Baier on Fox News, does a nice overview of the interviews. Here is my highly abbreviated summary of his evaluations.
TIM SCOTT. The interview with Carlson highlighted the South Carolina senator's least appealing side, which is his tendency to try to joke his way out of difficult situations.
ASA HUTCHINSON. A mess.
MIKE PENCE. Another mess.
NIKKI HALEY. Haley had ... a winning manner and a coherent case for her presidential candidacy.
VIVEK RAMASWAMY. Carlson went easy on him, allowing him to deliver a good performance.
RON DESANTIS. The governor's time onstage in Des Moines on Friday showed why he is, at the moment, the strongest candidate to take on Trump.
That's a second independent evaluation finding DeSantis did his campaign the most good whilst being interviewed by Carlson.
