"Important issues" Tucker Carlson has been the central figure in a foreign-tied demoralization op aimed specifically at Republicans. There are equivalent efforts aimed at the left. His framing changes, but everything he does is to advance that op. In this case, he's promoting a third-party candidate trying to take votes from the Republican. In many other cases, he promotes various left-wing activists. But the actual issue isn't what matters; just making people feel demoralized is the key. The message is that our country is terrible, Republicans are terrible, and there is nothing you can do to fix it other than destroy our entire system. That's the aligned ideology of the green-red-alt-right alliance. That's why he can promote far-left Abdul El-Sayed as the answer in Michigan while also claiming the Wyoming Republican isn't conservative enough. That's why he can claim his line is dead civilians in Gaza one day and then praise Putin and defend Russia's mass murder of countless Ukrainians, Syrians etc. the next. Or offer a revisionist view of Nazi crimes. It's why he can claim Christians are being mistreated by Israel, while actively covering for far worse mistreatment in Arab countries. He doesn't have any principles and will say anything that will advance the demoralization. Luckily, most actual voters have proven immune to his efforts. Almost everyone Tucker promotes has lost their races, including at least one incumbent. But the online influencer sphere is so corrupt and incestuous that they are happy to assist this effort. Their audience numbers do better when Dems are in power anyways so might be a win-win for them. Just not the country.