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=== 2020 election aftermath ===

After [[Joe Biden]] won the 2020 election, Carlson raised [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|false allegations]] of [[Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud|fraud in the election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Stelter|first1=Brian|last2=Darcy|first2=Oliver|date=November 9, 2020|title=Trump election dead-enders have a home on Fox News and right-wing radio|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/media/right-wing-media-trump-election/index.html|access-date=November 14, 2020|work=CNN Business|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114003506/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/media/right-wing-media-trump-election/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Silverstein|first=Jason|date=November 13, 2020|title=Trump posts flurry of anti-Fox News tweets: "They forgot what made them successful"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fox-news-tweets/|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=CBS News|language=en-US|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114002133/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fox-news-tweets/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Owen|first=Phil|date=November 9, 2020|title=Tucker Carlson Still Backing Trump's Fake Voter Fraud Claims (Video)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-wont-stop-backing-trumps-false-and-baseless-voter-fraud-claims-video/|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=The Wrap|language=en-US|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114052706/https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-wont-stop-backing-trumps-false-and-baseless-voter-fraud-claims-video/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kafka|first=Peter|date=November 13, 2020|title=Fox News's election fraud pandering may be its most dangerous lie yet|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/21563312/fox-news-trump-election-fraud-murdoch-hannity-carlson-ingraham|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=Vox|language=en|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113215124/https://www.vox.com/recode/21563312/fox-news-trump-election-fraud-murdoch-hannity-carlson-ingraham|url-status=live}}</ref> On his show, he mentioned the names of purportedly dead individuals who voted in Georgia; investigative reporting subsequently found that some of the individuals whom he claimed to be dead were in fact alive.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two accused 'dead' Georgia voters very much alive despite claims – and they voted legally|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/2-georgians-accused-of-being-dead-and-voting-are-alive/85-88dff3c1-8e78-4ac2-ae9c-96838e5b02a8|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=11Alive.com|language=en-US|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115175419/https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/2-georgians-accused-of-being-dead-and-voting-are-alive/85-88dff3c1-8e78-4ac2-ae9c-96838e5b02a8|url-status=live}}</ref>

Later that month, Carlson cast doubt on unfounded conspiratorial claims made by former federal prosecutor [[Sidney Powell]], who alleged that Venezuela, Cuba and unidentified communist interests had used a secret algorithm to hack into voting machines and commit widespread electoral fraud.<ref name="Peters">{{cite news |last1=Peters |first1=Jeremy W. |date=November 20, 2020 |title=Tucker Carlson Dared Question a Trump Lawyer. The Backlash Was Quick. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/us/politics/Tucker-Carlson-trump.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121012439/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/us/politics/Tucker-Carlson-trump.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Carlson said "what Powell was describing would amount to the single greatest crime in American history," but that Powell became "angry and told us to stop contacting her" when he asked for evidence of widespread voter fraud.<ref name="Peters"/> Prominent defenders of Trump criticized Carlson for his skepticism.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lahut|first=Jake|title=Tucker Carlson was attacked by Trump supporters for questioning the outlandish claims of the president's lawyer Sidney Powell before she was fired|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-trump-laywer-sidney-powell-backlash-ratings-2024-run-2020-11|access-date=March 16, 2021|website=Business Insider}}</ref>