‘Kiss of death’: Trump says Tucker Carlson sank GOP Senate hopeful

President Donald Trump on Friday blasted former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, claiming his endorsement helped doom a Republican challenger in South Carolina’s Senate race.

In a post to his Truth Social followers, Trump reacted to news that Paul Dans – a conservative operative and former director of the controversial Project 2025 initiative – had dropped out of the GOP primary contest against MAGA ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

“Paul Dans has just dropped out of the South Carolina Senatorial Race against the Great Lindsey Graham,” Trump wrote of Dans, who served in his first administration. “It all started to fall apart for Paul when a very Low IQ individual named Tucker Carlson ENDORSED him — THE KISS OF DEATH!”

Trump went on to praise Graham, who he said has “a BIG lead, and is on his way to a spectacular VICTORY.”

“He just, GETS THINGS DONE!” Trump added.

In a separate post minutes earlier, Trump also took aim at another Republican candidate in the South Carolina race, calling Mark Lynch “a lunatic.”

“Mark Lynch would be a DISASTER for the Republican Party,” the president wrote Friday, as he urged voters to back Graham, writing: “Lindsey Graham just, GETS THE JOB DONE. VOTE FOR LINDSEY ALL THE WAY. MAGA!”

Trump also slammed Lynch for supporting Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), whom the MAGA leader proclaimed as “the Worst Congressman in the History of our Country.”

The South Carolina primary is set for June 9.