Carlson, a former Trump loyalist, said in June that he was turning his back on the Republican Party. Soon after those remarks, Carlson told the Columbia Journalism Review that he was “going to help build a third party,” adding that “there should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country.” In a livestream on Wednesday, the conservative commentator didn’t explicitly announce a new party, but he shared 10 “goals” for America.
The livestream comes after Carlson over the weekend met with a number of other right-wing figures who have recently—and vocally—broken with Trump and the Republican Party. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress in January after a very public falling out with the President, shared a photo of the gathering on X.
Here’s what Carlson laid out in his manifesto, and what experts think about the likelihood of a potential new third party succeeding in U.S. elections.
He next asserted in his second point that America needs to be “sovereign, ”meaning “free from outside influence—the right to make decisions on your nation’s behalf or your own behalf without being told what to do,” he said.
Carlson has publicly criticized President Donald Trump over the decision to join Israel in launching the military strikes against Iran that started the war. Trump has denied that Israel pressured the U.S. into the conflict.
The fourth trait he said the country should have was “beautiful;” he criticized graffiti, public drug use, and violent crime.
The sixth he discussed was “honest;” he argued that government officials who lie to the public should face penalties.
The eighth was “wise.”
“The idea that there is a Department of War is itself an assault on decency because what is the point of war? It’s to defend yourself,” Carlson said. “Only an indecent country wages wars if it doesn’t have to. And the only reason ever to wage war to kill people is to defend yourself. That’s why it was always called the Defense Department.”
What is the likelihood of a third party succeeding in U.S. elections?
America runs on a two-party system, meaning that two parties dominate politics in the country: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. No third party has been able to significantly break through that system in recent history.
“That kind of argument just makes it hard, especially in a period where the parties are so polarized, where, for most voters, even if they don’t like either party, they really dislike one party a lot more,” Schickler says. “In that context, it’s a lot harder for a third party to find a way to situate itself.”
Nolan McCarty, a professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University, agrees. If Carlson launches a third party, and it generates enough traction, then that might force the Republican Party to accommodate some of those candidates’ platforms to regain the favor of conservative voters, McCarty says.
“It’s a reflection of the fact that there are many people on both sides of the political spectrum who are dissatisfied with the two major political parties,” McCarty says.
A New York Times/Siena poll in May found that 43% of registered voters are dissatisfied with both the Republican and Democratic parties.
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