Tucker Carlson's former editor said the Fox host always had a 'mean streak' but his anti-mask comments were 'repulsive' acollman@businessinsider.com (Ashley Collman) The conservative pundit Bill Kristol founded the magazine where Tucker Carlson started his career. Kristol weighed in on Carlson's recent anti-mask comments, calling them "really terrible." He said Carlson "always had a slightly mean streak" but said the latest comments went beyond that. Tucker Carlson's old editor had some choice words to say about the Fox News host's recent anti-mask rant. On Monday, Carlson went on a diatribe against parents who make their children wear face masks outdoors, saying it "should be illegal" and amounts to "child abuse." Carlson even told viewers to call the police if they saw it happening.