Tucker Carlson's speech scolded by Greta Thunberg, accusing liberals of using "children to demand power"

Fox News moderator Tucker Carlson this week criticized the speech made by environmental activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations, calling climate activism a "hard blow" and accusing the Liberals of Use children as human shields to "demand power".

During his opening monologue the Tucker Carlson tonight On Monday night, Carlson argued that climate activism had become "a performative cascade mingled with hypocrisy" and criticized Democrats, including the Democratic candidates of 2020, for pledging to "crack down on the cheeseburgers while flying over the country privately ".

The issue of climate change was addressed to varying degrees by cable channels during the day after the scathing and moving speech by Thunberg, 16, at the UN Climate Action Summit, where she condemned world leaders for their inability to adequately tackle climate change.

"I should not be here – I should be back to school on the other side of the ocean," Thunberg said. "Yet you all come to us, young hopefuls, how dare you, you stole my dreams and my childhood with your empty words."

After Carlson broadcast an excerpt from Thunberg's speech, he made fun of what he said. "You stole my childhood, do what I want you to do, otherwise you are devilish," said the animator, apparently imitating the words of his remarks.

"How do you respond to such statements?" Carlson continued. "The truth is that you can not answer and of course, that's the point." When you use children to demand power, they become a kind of human shield.You can hide safely behind them, No one can criticize you, but who would do anything? Someone who would do that would be someone who would literally do anything to grab control. And that's exactly right. what they do. "

Thunberg met President Donald Trump on Monday after his speech at the United Nations. Her reaction after the American president entered the room quickly became viral on social media, with many people interpreting it as a reflection of anger and disgust.

Last month, Thunberg said Trump was "obviously" not hearing the science behind global warming. The president has already questioned the climatologists of his government, is committed to pulling the country out of the Paris climate agreement and has stepped back for many climate initiatives.

Moments before the start of the Carlson show, two Fox News guests contested live after one of them called Thunberg a "Swedish child with mental illness."

"You are an adult man and you are attacking a child, you should be ashamed," said Chris Hahn, former councilor of Senator Chuck Schumer, to Michael Knowles, host of The Michael Knowles show.