“It was well worth it,” a smiling Devlin said, adding that she likes Carlson because he “tells it like it is. That plan earned the two women the right to be the first to have their books signed by Carlson – an experience both said they wouldn’t soon forget. Saturday and took home the first book signed by Fox personality Tucker Carlson. We left Ocala about 5 a.m.” Shelly Smith, left, and Ryan Devlin, of Ocala, arrived at Barnes & Noble at Lake Sumter Landing at 6:45 a.m.

“So we got up bright and early this morning to try to beat the crowd. “We certainly didn’t want to be all the way in the back,” she said. Smith said they had a plan to get to the front of the line and it worked out quite well. with friend Shelly Smith after having spent the previous evening at Barnes & Noble for a cookbook-singing event with “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy and his wife, Kathy. “I was actually surprised when I pulled up in the parking lot and nobody else was here,” said Ryan Devlin, of Ocala, who arrived at 6:45 a.m. After spending some time with an excited crowd of Villagers shortly after 2:30 p.m., Carlson headed to Jacksonville for another book signing and is then heading to Tennessee for similar events.Īn eager crowd awaited Carlson’s arrival Saturday afternoon, many having arrived in the wee hours of the morning to get an armband that assured them the chance to see the commentator who first joined Fox News in 2009. The popular host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” made the stop in The Villages after signing copies of his latest book, “Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution,” earlier in the day in Lakeland and Kissimmee. Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson signs books for Shelly Smith and Ryan Devlin, who came from Ocala and were the first to meet with the popular television personality Saturday at Barnes & Noble in Lake Sumter Landing. Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson and his entourage rolled into the Barnes & Noble at Lake Sumter Landing on Saturday afternoon for a fast-paced book-signing event.

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