• The Republican presidential candidates who travel to Iowa for the cattle call hosted by the FAMiLY Leader this summer will be grilled on stage by Tucker Carlson.
• Sources with direct knowledge tell RealClearPolitics first that the Fox News host will handle moderator duties at the Family Leadership Summit, an influential gathering of social conservatives expected to draw top presidential contenders in the field.
• The decision to deputize Carlson for such a major policy forum reveals perhaps as much about the conservative universe writ large as the substance of the answers that the presidential hopefuls will deliver on July 14. Frank Luntz, a veteran Republican pollster with establishment ties, sat down with the primary candidates last time around in 2015.

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