After Fox News' Tucker Carlson's Critical Segment, Pulse Survivor Says He's Received Death Threats

Pulse gay club shooting survivor turned LGBTQ activist Brandon Wolf says he's receiving death threats following a Monday night segment on Fox News' Tucker Carlson's program, in which Carlson and gay conservative journalist Chadwick Moore criticized remarks Wolf made on MSNBC's Joy Reid's program over the weekend.

Wolf was a guest on Reid's show Saturday where she apologized for a controversy regarding her alleged use of anti-gay and transphobic language in a now-defunct blog that was recently discovered. On the show, Wolf discussed Vice President Mike Pence and his history of opposing LGBTQ rights and how he at one time supported the harmful practice of conversion therapy.

"If Mike Pence, God bless him, ended up in the White House sitting behind that desk in the Oval Office he would have us all in concentration camps trying to pray away the gay," Wolf, 29, said.

After the segment, Wolf took to Twitter to clarify he meant to say "conversion camps" and not "concentration camps."

Carlson took the opportunity to jump on Wolf during his program "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday night. According to a blog post from GLAAD, Carlson said Wolf's appearance on Reid's show was "to make everything okay. And Wolf did this by explaining-- okay, maybe those comments were offensive, but they are nothing compared to Mike Pence."

For his part, Moore defended Pence, The Wrap notes.

"It's almost become a kind of a depraved fantasy on their part. They actually believe this could happen, that Mike Pence wants to do this," Moore told Carlson. "I feel very bad for Mike Pence. He handles these attacks with such grace and such decorum. I really don't think that there's anything homophobic about Mike Pence.

"Pulse nightclub was not attacked by the radical Amish," Moore added. "The person who attacked Pulse nightclub did not pledge his allegiance to the Episcopalian caliphate."

At the end of the segment, Carlson again took aim at Wolf.

"So he's not actually a civil rights activist, he's a political hack who will say anything to get his candidates elected?" the Fox News host asked.

GLAAD reports that it didn't take long before ring-wingers began to fire off death threats to Wolf online.

"Last night Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson laughed and smiled during a discussion about the Pulse nightclub shooter and in doing so, unleashed a fury of online hate against Brandon Wolf," GLAAD writes in its blog post, later adding, "Within minutes of Carlson's on-air attack, Brandon's social feeds were populated with Carlson viewers who wished violence and harm on Brandon."

The blog also features screenshots of vile tweets and Facebook comments aimed towards Wolf. Additionally, GLAAD later posted more screenshots on its Twitter, directly tagging Carlson and Fox News.

Wolf spoke with GLAAD about the Carlson segment.

"Tucker Carlson should accept his personal responsibility for the indefensible harassment and calls for violence from his viewers and publicly demand that they end their social media assault," he said.

Wolf also wrote a statement to The Hornet:

"For most folks, that kind of relentless barrage would be too much to take. The unending flow of profanity-laced Facebook comments and violent Twitter threats would force most people to shut off their phones and call up their therapists. But the sad reality is, this is everyday life in the LGBTQ community. Gay youth face bullies like Carlson every day in the hallways of their schools. They stare down that same sinister smirk from teachers and parents who would also laugh at their trauma and pain. To be LGBTQ in America is to be laughed at when your friends are gunned down. To have death threats hurled your way when you dare to speak your mind. To be LGBTQ in America is to be vilified for having an opinion while those charged with running the country put their hatred on parade."

Earlier this week, Wolf continued to fire back at Carlson on Twitter.

Nevertheless, Carlson defended the segment in a statement sent to The Wrap.

"Brandon Wolf told MSNBC viewers that if Mike Pence became president, he would put gay people in concentration camps. That is false, and I said so," he said. "TheWrap's headline is dishonest. I didn't 'attack a survivor of the Pulse nightclub massacre.' I fact-checked a talking head on Joy Reid's show who was lying. That's still allowed, I think."

Watch Carlson's segment below via The Wrap.