Welcome to Thursday’s Washington Secrets, where we are World Cup-ready. A team hat is in the mail, and our wall chart is ready to go. In the meantime, we spent yesterday with conservative supporters of Ukraine as they pondered how to push back against pro-Russia voices on the Right. But there are signs that the most prominent of them may be losing influence.Tucker Carlson is losing his grip on the Republican Party, according to a new survey of GOP primary voters.Conservative supporters of Ukraine are celebrating the results as they try to work out how to combat the influence of a small but influential coterie of pro-Russia voices.
Carlson, who famously went into fanboy mode during a 2024 visit to Moscow and served up softballs in an interview with Vladimir Putin, is target No. 1. Yet his influence appears to be cratering.
A Public Opinion Strategies Poll found that 37% of respondents had a negative view of the former Fox News host, up from 19% in October. Only 41% said they had a favorable view of a man who could once claim to be the most influential conservative broadcaster in the country, a drop of 14 points.
“Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy,” said Steven Moore, founder of the Ukraine Freedom Project, which commissioned the poll. “Just wanted to leave you with that little bit of good news.”
