Lately, Tucker Carlson has been dedicating large chunks of his show to calling Tim Walz “gay.” It’s really tough to convey just how weird and insistent Carlson has been about it, so—apologies in advance— let’s just go to the transcript . If I were a junior high school boy from a less enlightened era, I might suggest that Carlson has, well, something of a crush? Since I’m an adult, I think Carlson’s just bewildered and perhaps genuinely curious. This is a phenomenon that’s long been on display: