Tucker Carlson fans talk Kamala Harris, FOX News and the polls

A trio of women drove all the way from the Pittsburgh area to attend Tucker Carlson's live show stop with JD Vance i n Hershey Saturday night.

The women – Cathy Forsythe of Allegheny County and Debbie Phillippi and Pam Barton, both of Beaver County – said they used their cross-state trek to gauge support for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

The women, who strongly prefer the Republican Trump and were sporting the MAGA T-shirts to show it, said there's no contest. While Trump signs litter the Pa. landscape, signs for his Democrat rival were few and far between, they said.

But what about a growing number of national and statewide polls showing Harris taking the lead in the race to Nov. 5?

Don't believe them, the women say.

"The polls are not correct," Phillippi insisted. "Everywhere we drove, it's all Trump. There's no Harris anywhere. That's what they want you to think."

As for why the women would travel from the Pittsburgh area to see the same conservative media star they once watched for free on FOX News, they all gushed about Tucker Carlson's "truth-telling" and dissed FOX News, which let him go in April 2023.

"We love him," Forsythe said. "And we miss him on FOX, which we don't always watch all the time. We watch Newsmax a little bit more, but Tucker is the truth."

"Tucker just speaks the truth," Phillippi added. "Always has, that's why he's not there anymore."

"He shoots from the hip," Barton said. "Just like Trump does. He's allowed to speak more not being on FOX."

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With media critics, the Harris campaign and the Democratic National Committee blasting some of Carlson's rhetoric as irresponsible hate-filled misinformation, a PennLive reporter asked the women if they disagreed with him on anything.

"Not really, no. We pretty much agree with it," Forsythe said.

As for Vance, who sat for a revealing, wide-ranging interview with Carlson, the women admitted they didn't know much about the first-term Ohio senator when Trump picked him as his running mate. But they said they've since watched the Netflix movie inspired by Vance's best-selling memoir of his Appalachian upbringing, "Hillbilly Elegy," along with other research, and have warmed to the selection.

"He's got a good head on his shoulders," Forsythe said of the Yale Law School educated Vance. "And I trust Trump. Trump always knows what he's doing."

Phillippi added that unlike former Trump VP Mike Pence, Vance is willing to go toe-to-toe with what she described as the hostile mainstream media, effectively articulating Trump's agenda for a second term.

"Did you ever hear from Pence? You heard zero from Pence," she said.

"Yeah, he is out there," Forsythe agreed. "So, you know, I like him. I didn't know much about him before (Trump) chose him. But, you know, we have watched 'Hillbilly Elegy.'"

They also cited Vance's taking the lead raising the now-national issue of legal Haitian immigrants migrating en masse to small working-class towns in Springfield, Ohio, and Charleroi, Pa. The women said they believed the unsubstantiated claims of pets being eaten in these towns.

"Guess what? Do your research," Phillippi said.

"It's happening out there," Forsythe added.

More importantly, the towns are being "overrun by Haitians. It's scary," Phillippi said.

All in all, the women agreed Vance is the right candidate to help Trump win rust belt swing states like Pennsylvania. The women made their comments on Vance before Carlson's probing interview, which was delayed over an hour due to advanced Secret Service screenings , slowing the entrance of thousands of fans at Giant Center.

While the women were eager to hear all the political discourse at Carlson's live tour stop in Hershey, they said they're already fed up with all the political commercials cramming the Pennsylvania airwaves. So much so, they said they're avoiding watching TV and instead streaming content like food and cooking shows.

"People tell me about all the commercials," Phillippi said. "I don't even see them. I don't watch it. It's crazy."

Added Barton: "Yeah, if my TV's on it's either Newsmax or I'll tune in a little bit now to (FOX News anchor) Jesse Watters. I truly quit FOX when they let Tucker go."

That's why they drove across the state for a live dose of Carlson's unique brand of conservatism.