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cbabe

(4,299 posts)
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 07:39 PM Sep 2022

Fox News's Tucker Carlson speaks at Hells Angels president's funeral

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/26/tucker-carlson-hells-angels-ralph-sonny-barger

Fox News’s Tucker Carlson speaks at Hells Angels president’s funeral

The rightwing Fox News host Tucker Carlson spoke at the funeral of Ralph “Sonny” Barger, the longtime president of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, in Stockton, California, on Saturday.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) considers the Hells Angels to be linked to organised crime.



Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Fox News's Tucker Carlson speaks at Hells Angels president's funeral (Original Post) cbabe Sep 2022 OP
They are organized crime. The Toys for Tots run they Phoenix61 Sep 2022 #1
I met him once kimbutgar Sep 2022 #2
First thing I think of when someone says Hells Angels is a fucking bow tie Blue Owl Sep 2022 #3
What's up with this? He died three months ago. brush Sep 2022 #4
Don't know why funeral postponed...? cbabe Sep 2022 #6
Not surprising Doc Sportello Sep 2022 #5
I can only imagine that the guy, when alive, probably scared the shit out of Tucker. Bev54 Sep 2022 #7
Barger died in June. bluedigger Sep 2022 #8
Funeral was held Saturday Doc Sportello Sep 2022 #9

Phoenix61

(17,721 posts)
1. They are organized crime. The Toys for Tots run they
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 07:41 PM
Sep 2022

do every year is a major publicly campaign.

kimbutgar

(23,578 posts)
2. I met him once
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 07:46 PM
Sep 2022

Not knowing he was the head of the Hells Angels at a concert. After finding out I felt like I was slimed.

Shame on Tucker Carlson for speaking at the funeral of a domestic terrorist.

cbabe

(4,299 posts)
6. Don't know why funeral postponed...?
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 08:14 PM
Sep 2022
https://www.cbsnews.com › sacramento › news › funeral-for-hells-angels-leader-sonny-barger-set-to-happen-saturday-in-stockton

Funeral for Hells Angels leader Sonny Barger set to happen Saturday in ...

Funeral for Hells Angels leader Sonny Barger set to happen Saturday in Stockton September 23, 2022 / 10:37 AM / CBS/AP STOCKTON - Thousands of mourners are expected to be in attendance for the...

Doc Sportello

(7,962 posts)
5. Not surprising
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 08:10 PM
Sep 2022

Barger was the unquestioned leader of the Hells Angels, which began as a loose group of motorcycle enthusiasts made up mostly of veterans from WWII and the Korean War but under him became the outlaws we've known since the 60s. In the late 70s and 80s George Christie was a leader of a SoCal branch who began to be seen as a rival to Barger and that was something Sonny didn't permit. Christie has told about Barger's ability to spot certain characteristics in his followers, specifically issues with father figures, and he tapped into that to become the one all Angels followed, even when he didn't follow the club rules.

So that kind of autocratic personality who says fuck you to anyone or any law they don't like is something a demented dweeb like Fucker Carlson would admire.

bluedigger

(17,160 posts)
8. Barger died in June.
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 08:24 PM
Sep 2022

I know, because I had the pleasure of posting the news here at DU. I guess it took three months to find a dump willing to accept his rotting carcass. And a moron willing to eulogize him.

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