Apparently, Tucker Carlson thought it would be a good idea to use his platform to attack Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse and the faith-based community. Tucker Carlson made a big mistake.
There are situations that we sometimes have a great deal of familiarity with. The work of Samaritan’s Purse and Franklin Graham is one of those situations for me. Readers here will know of my time spent as a CERT volunteer during national disasters, most of which involve hurricane relief.
I have worked closely with Samaritan’s purse, spent time inside that organization and know the scale of assistance they provide. They are, quite simply, the single most effective emergency response mission in our nation.
On his podcast, Tucker Carlson and guest “Bro” Nathan Apffel spin a conspiracy tale that’s wildly out of touch with reality.
At the same time, they mock Christianity and Christian beliefs while taking aim at Franklin Graham, accusing him, among other things, of profiting from the Samaritan’s Purse mission.
You can watch Carlson and Apffel HERE. I’m not going to promote it, because it is sick, twisted, very dark and full of flat out lies.
Carlson even goes as far as to claim: Franklin Graham has a billionaire doomsday bunker in Alaska which he created from the donations to the organization, Samaritan’s purse has a $2.5 billion war chest and ownership of private airplanes worth $15o million which Graham and his leadership use for personal travel and self-enrichment.
Let me be very specific and very clear, every single thing they claim is false; demonstrably false and easily disproven for anyone who spent even five-minutes looking at the IRS filings of the organization [SEE HERE].
Why Tucker Carlson would choose to attack Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse is a bewildering question. President Trump’s decision to ostracize Carlson from any contact with the White House completely makes sense now.
Listening to the dark voices and whispers on your shoulder, is dangerous. That internal gnawing inside the spirit of Carlson is NOT the voice of God.
♦ Starting with the conspiracy theory first, Carlson claims Franklin Graham holds a doomsday bunker in Alaska. This is False.
Franklin Graham hosts “Marriage Encounter” events in Alaska, near his own small property (less than a quarter acre). The events are for military husbands and wives who are in desperate need of marital support, before the marriage collapses.
Usually this is a husband and wife in crisis, often driven by the stress of military service, extended absences, financial pressures, pornography and/or serious disturbing events that have fractured the marriage.
Franklin Graham and his entire ministry believe that marriage is a sacrament, and every effort must be made between spouses to hold on to their relationship with God. The Marriage Encounter events are designed specifically to renew Christianity in the relationship and save the marriage.
The area in Alaska is not an “end times” bunker complex. It is a few buildings, cabins on a lake, in a very remote area where the military family marriage encounter workshops take place. There are no distractions, and the remote area is next to a small quarter acre plot where Franklin Graham has a home.
The entire area is very remote and does not have municipal electricity. They use generators for power. The 60,000 gal above ground diesel storage is brought in to power the generators that provide electricity to the venue. The remote area is only habitable for 3 months in the summer. It is part of the Samaritans Purse mission. The small native community around the area also benefits from the provision of electricity.
I am going to be quoting from the IRS 990 forms that are available HERE:
♦ Next, the issue of compensation. Franklin Graham received $466,000 in base compensation and $407,000 in other reportable IRS compensation.
What is “other compensation” as required to be reported by the IRS filing? Food, Lodging, Benefits, Air Travel, charter travel, security, logistics for Franklin Graham’s mission and much more. As outlined in the 990 form.
Read the highlighted passages.
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♦ Tucker Carlson claims that Samaritan’s Purse has $150 million in private aircraft. That is false!
The $150 million valuation is the total value of all equipment owned and operated by Samaritan’s Purse and includes: Hospital tents, field hospital equipment, semi-trucks, tools, chainsaws, ATVs, small and medium sized trucks, hammers, logistical supplies, food, fuel, front end loaders, backhoes, tractors, pile drivers, portable air conditioners, lumber, MRE’s, all the equipment – the works.
The “equipment” is all the stuff that is dispatched when Samaritans Purse goes on lifesaving emergency disaster operations, in the USA and abroad, with a Christian focus to the mission. They spent $348 million purchasing it, the equipment has depreciated $196 million, it is now worth an estimated $151.8 million. This stuff is not hard to find out.
♦ Tucker claims that Samaritan’s Purse has $2.4 billion in liquid assets. Again, false.
As the 990 shows, the $2.4 billion is the total of all Samaritan’s Purse assets. Land, Buildings, Equipment, accounts, tangible assets, property, leases, everything.
Samaritan’s Purse took in $1.83 billion with the vast majority of it coming from donors ($1.76 billion) all around the world, not just in the USA. They spent $1.1 billion on operational expenses, disaster relief and mission work, leaving them with $746 million residual which is added to the prior year net totaling $2.4 billion in all assets at the end of 2024.
The total assets of the organization including all tangible property, equipment and cash totals $2.4 billion.
Summary: There is no charity more vital, more successful, more faith based and functionally responsible for helping our nation in times of crisis than Samaritans Purse.
Importantly, everything they do is above board, easy to research, easy to inquire about and accessible to anyone who would have questions about any of it.
There is no conspiracy, no hidden agenda and no dark organizational intention other than to help people, spread the word and love of Jesus Christ and show up when people and communities are in crisis. That is what Samaritan’s Purse does, and they are exceptionally efficient doing it.
The organization is a stickler for detail and financial responsibility, and they are light-years more effective than FEMA.
I have no idea what Tucker Carlson hoped to achieve with his attack against Franklin Graham and the people at Samaritan’s Purse; however, one thing is certain – none of it came from a place of light or good. Tucker Carson is on a very dark trajectory, and I have dismissed several issues of his in the past thinking he was just making poor decisions.
This attack on Graham and Samaritan’s Purse, however, is not a poor decision. He is doing this with a willful attempt at deception bearing false witness, and it will not end well.
It is totally understandable why President Trump and the people around him have pushed a great distance from themselves and the dark imaginings of Tucker Carlson.
Without a fully repentant apology from Tucker Carlson toward Franklin Graham and the entire Samaritan’s Purse organization, I will never highlight anything from him again. This time he has just gone too far.
Jerry Springer, (or his living trust if he croaked) should sue TC for stealing his business model.
Tuckers business partners are driving him to increasingly insane narratives
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That Tucker Carlson “Jumped the Shark” is too kind.
My question is who is he working for now?
What visible Dark Force has infested his soul?
Thank you SD for your affirmation of Franklin Graham ministries. I have never had reason to have the slightest doubt of Graham or his ministry.
I can personally attest to the mission of support during natural disasters. The organization helped my family during a hurricane recovery. At the end of their direct support we stood in a circle and they prayed for my family and gifted us with a bible.
Samaritan’s Purse is truly an organization that demonstrates what the Christian Church should be about. Demonstrating God’s love with acts of service with no strings.
I wholeheartedly agree with Sundance on this one. This attack is not a misunderstanding and reflects nefarious intentions. Truth is becoming increasingly a rare commodity. This reminds me of something my high school AP history teacher said on the first day of class: Every written word by anyone has an agenda and bias, so read everything with that always in mind.
Thus, reading the Bible daily greatly helps with putting human communication into perspective. Discernment is critically important in the world we live in today.
As I read this, I’m reminded of the Islamic (fundamentalist?) saying about the Saturday people first, then the Sunday people. Carlson has spent months going after Jews, with such rigor that the internet is now rife with anti-Jewish rhetoric. Now it’s time for him to go after Christians. It’s the Islamic playbook.
President Trump is absolutely correct to call these lice out..
Remember, this clown, Carlson, actually decried President Trump’s Easter post to Iran by sayings it was an inexcusable violation of Easter insulting “not only Muslims but Christians, too”. Christians being the afterthought. Because, of course, Muslims are the main concern during arguably, Christianity’ holiest day of the year.
Antisemitism was merely the canary in the coal mine, as it was in Hitler’s Nazi Germany. After them, incarceration in concentration camps began against Christian clergy. So the tide among the ignorant, slavishly conformist gluttons for social media and any new “trend” that’s popular are, here.
Carlson is the stain in used underpants along with all the others. They are Islam’s weapons here and are being paid handsomely to destroy our religious, moral and social fabric.
It’s not just the “Islamist Playbook”. They and the political Zionists are being manipulated by the same people for the same reason: to foment WWIII. The article below is a bit lengthy but it is well worth the time to read. In short, we’re all being manipulated within a plan that is centuries old and now coming to fruition. If we let it.
How the Illuminati (Luciferian Satanists) Infiltrated Religion, Secret Socities & Government and Hijacked Them from Within – Prepare For Change
Akll in4—We must stand against the Islamist takeover of the USA . We are under attack all across the country.
Define Islam:
A Theocratic Dictatorial Civilization being posed as a religion.
Or
A Theocratic Civilization being posed as a religion.
IMO it would be good to emphasize that Islam is a dictatorial theocratic civilization.
The No Kings & From The River To The Sea fools don’t seem to understand that there are no elections under Islam & Sharia Law. Islam is a direct dictatorship.
We have to do what we can to educate these manipulated minds.
Tucker? WOW! He has gone crazy!
Plus Canada just made the Bible hate speech…Lord, you have to help us, please!
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From Gateway Pundidt—
Look for article
“Canadian Liberals Pass ‘Anti-Christian’ Bill That Would Criminalize Reading Parts Of The Bible”
Crazy in Canada.
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Welcome to the club! My Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been suffering the same criticism.
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Hi, I am a regular reader of CTH. I am wanting to interact a little and ask questions, and naturally give my opinion, on certain matters.
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Tucker is really off the rails or really stupid. I and my extended family are staunchly Catholic and we all respect Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse. I have to believe that many non-evangelicals or even Christians feel the same way.
There are certain organizations, like St. Jude’s, that have very broad and diverse support and when you defame them you lose any respect you may have had in sane society.
Attacking Samaritans Purse???
Now I’ve seen it all.
If this doesn’t brand Tucker as a Psycho, nothing will.
Is he being paid off by Red Cross to intentionally smear SP?
I know people who have worked with both in FL. Thumbs down to Red Cross. Big Hurrah to Samaritans Purse.
Give it up, Tucker. With that one smear alone, you’ve lost your battle, whatever it was.
“Thumbs down to Red Cross”
Great March Nor’Easter, 1962, Jersey Shore
At municipal hall, volunteer townspeople brought plates of sandwiches as their contribution to relief efforts
Red Cross workers slipped little paper sandwich sleeves on them … white paper with big red cross at center
My Dad was furious, never ever contributed to Red Cross the rest of his life
I have LOTS and LOTS to tell about the evil doings of the Red Cross
No. TUCKER has gone to the dark side. His father is the father of lies. Sad. There is a gathering of such people in high soap box areas. God is revealing the real you, and the real them! I do not belong to that dark evil posse!!
Franklyn is like Father Lichtenburg, beyond reproach
Without a fully repentant apology from Tucker Carlson toward Franklin Graham and the entire Samaritan’s Purse organization, I will never highlight anything from him again. This time he has just gone too far.
Sundance, Tucker admitting he was physically attacked by demons in the middle of the night wasn’t far enough? I can’t believe you highlighted this. I didn’t read your words because Tucker has zero credibility and anyone who pays any attention to him will get burned because they are too close to an imminent explosion.
Tucker Carlson has been compromised. This attack on Franklin Graham may be a warning flag being waved indicating that Carlson is under duress from outside influences.
Tucker Carlson attacked Franklin Graham because Graham has been bashing Tucker, plain and simple. Not endorsing the behavior just explaining.
So that makes his outright lies and smears to his mission work OK? Nah.
I will eat crow on this. I have defended Tucker here on many occasions because I appreciate the mainstream pushback on foreign influence over the US government. However, Tucker’s tone changed drastically this week and I can no longer defend him. On the exact same episode where he attacked Samaritan’s Purse, he also spent his monologue clutching pearls that President Trump insulted Islam. It’s one thing to be anti-war. It’s one thing to be exhausted with Middle Eastern conflicts. It’s another entirely to act like a naive Leftist and say we can’t say mean words about people who would gladly rape and murder Tucker’s own family for being infidel American Christians. Frankly, Tucker should KNOW BETTER. That drastic change in character is why I’ve unsubscribed and will no longer defend him. Differences in opinion are one thing, but his rapid change in tone, character, and judgment is disturbing. Something foul changed Tucker, I don’t know what, but he’s not the same man I once defended. Very sad to watch.
Ronin – I unsubscribed a year ago after his completely delusional interview with “great historian” Darryl Cooper. I was becoming uneasy before that about what was beginning to feel like anti-semitism but at first I thought I was mis-reading and we could agree to disagree. Then, after that interview with Cooper’s truly insane revisionist history of Churchill and World War II, with Tucker nodding positively the entire time, I concluded I had misjudged Tucker – and not to the good. I had already realized pretty quickly he was shallow in his thinking but that interview was a wake up call. This is evil and it’s dangerous.
So – Is it the demon which he said attacked him in the middle of the night? The residuals of too much alcohol in younger days? In the pay of Islamist forces? Or under the influence of a Neville Roy Singham billionaire type who has made it worth his while to join forces with those who want to destroy America? I don’t know. But I do know we have to fight back against this vile man.
That was about the time that Tucker became painful to listen to. Sadly or thankfully, there have been several podcasts that are difficult to listen to and unsubscribing is quite easy. I don’t have the time or inclination to listen to nonsense on purpose.
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Agreed.
I agree – something changed in him! Remember during the campaign, he was “for” Trump. He even spoke @ some of the rallies. Everyone seemed to be thankful that Tucker was on board – glad to have his support of Trump. Why/what/who changed him. I’ve heard that he receives funding from Muslims – maybe that’s it. But I so wish instead of people talking about how Tucker has changed, someone could point out what they think made him take his support away from Trump & start bashing Trump. Has he always been against Israel? Until this last year, I hadn’t noticed that issue from him. Just wondering…
Ditto on all you said and did, Ronin. I also unsubscribed. May God help him snap out of it.
This did it for me on Franklin Graham. Franklin Graham presses Christians: Get vaccine or ‘it could be too late’
many were mislead about the poke, WE though we could trust our government and it’s agencies. But for a timing issue I would have sucumb to the propaganda myself
Who has ever trusted the government?
I would like to know if he was one of the many “influencers” paid by Biden’s HHS to push the jab?
Having said this, I’m still not a fan of Tucker Carlson and definitely think he has gone off the rails, to put it mildly, lately!
Tucker, come back! Tucker don’t turn to the dark side! Emperor Palpatine is not your friend.
Tucker Carlson fits the definition of “putz”.
Worse
SCHMUCK
Tucker Carlson is a disgrace who is now seeking to destroya far better man along with the wonderful organization he built
Glad I axed him. I had a feeling he went dark. Has he bothered to check out Catholic charities or Lutheran services who worked hand in hand with cartels to flood our country? Division, hatred, evil….Divided we will fall and he’s doing his part! Waiting for his horns to grow!
Did you get an answer to whatever you “axed” him? 😁
Tucker had a big voice in 2024. 2028, not so much.
Who is filling Tucker’s pockets
Hear, hear Sundance – Samaritan’s Purse goes where others won’t both home and internationally during disasters and wars with supplies, health care and HOPE through our LORD AND SAVIOR. TC is dead to me.
I am a traditional Latin Mass Catholic, and I support Franklin Graham and Samaritans Purse! Who can possibly find fault with either! He is devout man of God.
BRAVO, Sundance!
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Is Tucker Carlson now a MUSLIM? Or just an abject failure who has embraced the Prince of Darkness ??? WAIT—BOTH????
I have been subscriber to Tucker for awhile now but I agree that he has gone badly off track as of late with his Iran war vision and now attacks on Christian groups such as Graham and Samaritans purse. He needs to be praying more .
He prays to Allat the Moon god of the fertile crescent
I always knew Tucker Carlson was not to be trusted. Got told every reason in the book why I was wrong.
I can personally attest to the incredible job Samaritan’s Purse did in
E TN/WNC immediately after hurricane Helene. It is incalculable, the things they did to help horribly traumatized people who FEMA gave a big pile of papers to fill out. While they had no food water or house to live and no road to travel out on.
Tucker Carlson need not stop anywhere in the mountains iffen he takes a notion to travel about. All kinds of critters in them woods…
What about the man appearing with Tucker who apparently worked for Paula White and saw up close the workings of her and others associated with her? He had no reason to lie about what is alleged. Even Tucker has no reason to lie about this issue. Frankly I myself had begun to have doubts about Franklin (before Tucker). I have nothing except respect for the work his organization does and have been donating to the Billy Graham organization for MANY years but stopped because of what has recently come out. I can’t remember now what all the incidences were about but if my memory comes back (not guaranteed, I’m old) I will come back online with that information
I also believe Tucker is sincere about his religious beliefs. What did all of you think about the post Trump made on Easter? He didn’t say a word about Easter (how could this be?) but he did find time to use the F-word in his post and to say “all praise be to Allah.” Maybe he meant that in jest but when you don’t even mention the name of Jesus who died for us to be saved on the day of Easter, something has gone wrong, very wrong. Tucker, or any Christian, had a right, in my opinion, to call him out for that post. Those of us who are Christians in the true Biblical sense should have recognized the evil in his post. Tucker also said that Trump did not have his hand on the Bible during his swearing in – what’s going on with that? He just forgot? Every other president that I know of put his hand on the Bible.
I know many of you will be offended by what I have posted. I’m sorry but think about Trump’s post – go back and reread it. Is it the post of someone who has given his life to God or even respects God? Can you imagine Reagan (or any president really) not mentioning the meaning of the holy day or using the F-word ON EASTER? or posting “all praise be to Allah”?
Take a deep breath and relax ma’am. If the weight of the world rested on your shoulders like President Trump’s, then some ventilation at times is expected.
President Trump has done things and made decisions on a scale so profound most people cannot fathom nor will they ever understand what kind of pressure that can be.
No offense taken. Just relax a little. They say stress kills.
It was written that Obama used the Quran as have several members of congress. Do not know if that is true; it was in the media and we know how unreliable they are.
I said LONG ago that Tucker was vile and evil. He has been brainwashed by Qatar and Islamists. He IMO has the demon inside him
Outrageous.
Tucker began as a nobody on CNN then moved to become an establishment mouthpiece on Fox, parroting the “COVID is good” line. Then he became a skeptic and questioned the narrative around J6 and became a conservative darling, especially after Fox saw that he’d no longer tow the company line. Then he became independent, willing to go anywhere and talk to anyone and started to garner criticism for it. I’ve defended his right to do so!
Now…he all but implies that Trump is the Anti-Christ and that the administration is satanic. Even Biden, who had bare-breasted trans lunatics dancing half-clad on the White House lawn didn’t garner this kind of response from Tucker. He joins Candace in suggesting that every move of the U.S. government is controlled by the Jews, in service to the “Greater Israel” project. He attacks brothers like Franklin Graham, who have done more than Tucker could ever dare to hope and dream to bring relief and faith to millions.
Tucker tried jumping the shark but couldn’t quite hurdle it. He was swallowed by it.
So long Tucker, it was an interesting run while it lasted.
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Shepherds Purse was the ONLY help we got here in Western NC after Helene. Attacking Shepherds Purse will turn out really badly for anyone! We are rural, we are isolated, we are armed and most of us have access to backhoes! Thank You for your attention to this matter!! LOL!
I am honestly surprised it took this long for people here, including Sundance to figure out that there is something seriously wrong with Tucker. This was plain to see over the past 2 years that he has been sliding towards a dark path. It started our innocent enough, some legitimate criticism of Israel. Over time it became an obsession. Entire segments of his interviews became devoted to bashing a country that is our only real ally in the war with Iran. No other country took part, and our NATO so called allies refused to even allow us to use our shared bases to refuel. Then his segments devolved into outright antisemitism. And finally, he attacked Christians. A charity that seems to do more with less than entire government agencies such as FEMA. Historically speaking, when evil people attack Jews, Christians are next. I’m just glad that finally people here see him for what he is. Maybe he is just a grifter, maybe he is an idiot, but I do think he is an evil person.
Totally agree.
I’ve pretty much ignored carlson since he laughed in President Putin’s face when granted an interview. Graceless, unprofessional and rude. So I missed this latest death wish. Hard to believe anyone still listens to him.
I feel he truly is being paid by foreign adversaries. Some people do crazy things for money. Maybe they have something on him, that could be. One thing I have noticed, he is not comfortable within himself it seems. If you notice, the high pitched laughter, has gotten even higher pitched. That is off. Something is deeply off with him. Like an inner nervousness?? I do agree, this has gone too far and I do hope people notice.
Carlson is a self absorbed creep who deserves to be completely ignored For an attention junkie like Carlson that would be a most terrible punishment.
I could not agree with you more, Sundance. I live not too far from where Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse are located in North Carolina. When I was a little kid, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, my grandparents went to a tent meeting when Billy Graham was a young man full of fire for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that was the first time, I met Billy Graham. Being a Christian and a lifelong North Carolinian, I take personal offense to anyone who degrades the name of Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, their families or organization. Tucker Carlson has taken one step too far and has blasphemed one of God`s faithful servants which I cannot forgive him, I am sorry to say.
Candace has turned her attention to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as of late, just as Tucker has with Franklin Graham. Neither of them know what they are talking about. Either that, or they are just being plainly malicious. Something is clearly wrong here.
I oscillate myself between them – Candace and Sidekick Tucker – being mad as a hatter and being Deep State plants.
Possibly Tucker may be in early stages of undiagnosed dementia. My cousin’s wife was diagnosed in her early fifties.
Is Tucker trying to get a spot on the platform next to Schiff. A twofer works for me. Evil incarnate.
Trump and Tucker are friends…this is a giant Psyop…
To what end?
Only Trump knows…
Fantastic detective work, Sundance. President Trump and Rev. Graham have a most worthy champion in you.
About Quatar Islamson: all those (not talking about the “older times”, before he cracked up, we all liked him then, foolishly or not) who pushed in recent times his cockamamie Jew-hatred and his conspiratorial BS should be ashamed of themselves. Deeply.
I remember though, Sundance, that even in those older times, you were cautious in endorsing anything Carlson. Good sense of smell on you!!
Open ears? Listen to Ministry Watch. They recommended withholding giving from both BGEA and Samaritans Purse. That is their sole purpose for existence. I bet Eric knows Warren Cole Smith that leads Ministry Watch.
“They mock Christianity and Christian beliefs.” I watched the full interview. You’re lying.
Rewatched parts of the interview pertaining to Graham. The guest and Carlson clarify the 2.5 billion is ‘assets’, not ‘liquid assets’. There is no claim or even misleading wording to imply that Graham has 2.5 billion in purely money. Also, the guest states the value of the aircraft is 130 million, not 150 million. It is entirely possible, with the aircraft being so expensive, that it makes up the better chunk of the 150 million equipment filing. Furthermore, the guest starts off by crediting Samaritan’s Purse for its good work, including disaster relief. Also, the guest claims the lakefront property is a half acre. Okay, a half acre, a quarter acre, stop acting like he’s grossly misrepresenting. The guest also accurately and truthfully explains the healing patriot marriage mission and doesn’t mischaracterize that at all. The guest also quotes the pilot he talked to as characterizing it as a ‘bunker’, and admits the bugout zone idea of his was a, and Apffel admits this, “a conspiracy theory.”
In conclusion, I would advise anybody reading these comments to actually watch that interview and don’t trust how it’s being characterized here.