If there wasn't a more compelling reason for higher taxes on those who can pay more should... It just goes to show that there's always someone dumb with more money than they know what to do with that's willing to dump it into making more people dumb.
Most of the article isn't about Tucker Carlson, but rather about the ecosystem arising on the right/center-right, to fund companies that are disfavored by existing funders. The article even references YC in passing, since 1789 Capital apparently used a SAFE to invest in Tucker's company.