Tucker Carlson calls Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s deathbed wish “pathetic” Carlson: “We wouldn’t wish finals words that small on anyone” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 09/21/20 8:45 PM EDT Video file Citation From the September 21, 2020, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): We don't really know actually what Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final words were. Did she really leave this world fretting about a presidential election? We don't believe that for a second. It were true, it would be pathetic because life is bigger than politics, even this year. We wouldn't wish final words that small on anyone so we're going to again choose to believe that Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn't actually say that, that in real life she was thinking at the end about her family and where she might be going next. Human concerns, not partisan ones.