Who the fuck names his kid "Buckley"????

[CatWoman]

DEI GOP Style

Tucker Carlson’s 24-Year-Old Son Buckley Hired as Deputy Press Secretary for Vice President JD Vance

Buckley Carlson, the 24-year-old son of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, has been hired to be deputy press secretary for Vice President JD Vance.

Buckley Carlson’s hiring was first reported by ABC News, citing sources familiar with the move. He has worked as an aide on Capitol Hill since 2019, and was most recently the deputy chief of staff for Republican Rep. Jim Banks.

Banks hired Carlson in 2019 as a staff assistant, and he became communications director in 2021. He will report to Taylor Van Kirk, Vance’s newly hired press secretary who previously worked as the communications director for his 2022 Senate campaign and as his press secretary during the presidential campaign.

Will Martin will serve as Vance’s communications director. He previously served in the role when the now-VP was still in the Senate.

https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-son-buckley-hired-deputy-press-secretary-jd-vance/

[Klarkashton]

1. An asshole did.

[newdeal2]

2. I think this is the kid Tucker tried to get Hunter Biden to help

How ironic.

[Walleye]

26. Yep wrote a letter to Hunter asking him to help Buckley get into Georgetown

[RockRaven]

3. Alex Jones has a cousin (and former Infowars employee) named Buckley.

I would guess that it is a coincidence, but these people are fucking weird...

[newdeal2]

5. I assume they are named as a tribute to William F Buckley

[allegorical oracle]

27. Yep. A homage to "Bill" -- the libertarian influencer and friend of McCarthy and Nixon.

[Silent Type]

4. Kind of liked it until I saw Tucker Carlson is dad.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Probably named for William F. Buckley Jr.

[LastDemocratInSC]

7. You are correct.

[usonian]

8. I am guessing after Bill Buckley.

Now, who names a son after a financial newsletter?

Spoiler

[jmowreader]

21. I think his name is even worse than that

One of the pseudonyms Trump used to "leak" stuff to the New York press was "John Barron."

[Maru Kitteh]

35. But apropos, since in his mind, his children exist only to glorify him and make him look good.

So there ya go.

[allegorical oracle]

28. Buckley was a movement from the 1960s until his death. He was renowned for his debating

skills. However, he lost a well-publicized debate at Cambridge University to the amazing writer James Baldwin. In another debate with Gore Vidal, Buckley came close to punching Vidal. He also wrote detective novels -- could write an entire novel in 12 days, according to his publisher. Too bad such talent couldn't see how lame his politics were. Not sure even Buckley would've appreciated much about Tucker Carlson's shallow views.

[Straw Man]

9. The same kind of people who name their kid "Tucker."

I have to believe he got a lot of shit about his name in school.

[Abolishinist]

10. Not to mention those who named their kid "Straw Man"

Kidding, kidding, kidding.

[Straw Man]

11. Touch!

(OK, I swear I wrote "Touché" as my title line, but I got autocorrected ...)

[rubbersole]

12. "Show us on the doll where the Straw Man touche you..."

..kidding, kidding, kidding...😏

[Straw Man]

14. OK, why did you get to keep your "e"?

When I write "touché" in the title line, it looks fine when I write it, looks fine when I preview it, but as soon as I post it ..."touch"!

[rubbersole]

15. Could be the four year old Android I'm using.

Frustratingly, it often won't spellcheck a common word I'll misspelle...

[Gore1FL]

31. Titles don't like special characters.

e vs é

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. Tucker's brother is also named Buckley. So you are correct.

[xmas74]

13. I thought about it for a split second

But it was 1999 and I was still mourning the loss of musician Jeff Buckley.

I'm sure Tucker didn't pick that name because of Jeff or his father Tim.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Maybe he liked the name from "Father of the Bride" (1950)

Buckley was the name of the fiancé of Elizabeth Taylor. It's so . . . . WASP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_the_Bride_(1950_film)

[Dorian Gray]

18. A man named Tucker.

[LoveSucky]

19. Better question how much do you have to hate your kids

...to name them whatever the fuck Elon named his?

[hatrack]

20. A pompous asshole who inherited wealth from selling shitty TV dinners . .

I guess "Wentworth" and "Quentin" And "Wolfram" were already taken.

[CatWoman]

36. lol -- i have five granddaughters and one grandson

and his name is Quentin

[maxrandb]

22. Someone who tans their balls?

[Emile]

23. I forgot about that, LOL 😂.

[elocs]

24. It's none of my business what people name their kids. Why do you care?

Buckley could well be a family name.

[milestogo]

25. A nickname springs to mind so easily...

[mwmisses4289]

29. I'm begining to think naming

your kid weird names is something the rich are required to do. Only they don't think the names are weird, they think they are "unique" and "original".
(Think the mom influencer Nara Smith or the actors who named their kid apple)

[TBF]

30. Rich people do this - all their kids have 3 or 4 names

that could easily be first or last names.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Tucker is an idiot

[Bettie]

33. Awww....can poor little Buckley

not get a job anywhere else, so daddy has to ask someone to hire him?

[Maru Kitteh]

34. It's still much better than "Tucker" in every single way.