People pass by a promo of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on the News Corporation building in New York, U.S., March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
USAA has come under heavy criticism for airing advertisements on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show in recent days after the conservative commentator’s disparaging remarks toward chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, with some members threatening on social media to take their business elsewhere.
USAA, a banking institution for members of the U.S. military and their families, is being pushed to remove their ads from Carlson’s show, Tucker Carlson Nightly, after he said Milley was “not just a pig, he’s stupid” on Thursday. The comments were made after Milley told lawmakers he wanted to understand “white rage” and that he believed members of the military should be well read on a variety of issues, including critical race theory.