Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday lashed out at Senate Republicans, opening his show with a monologue telling GOP voters that "if the Republicans cared, they would protect you."

He said that Republicans are allowing Democrats to slow the Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh and are telling conservative voters they “don't really care” about them.

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He also accused the GOP of not protecting its voters by being weak on border security, allowing “propaganda” in schools, not protecting religious freedom and allowing big tech companies to run rampant.

“Republicans in the Senate don't really care about you,” Carlson said. “If the Republicans cared, they would protect you from the foreign invasion that our immigration system has become. They would protect your children from the torrent of mandatory propaganda they face in schools that are bankrupting them. They protect your privacy and freedom of speech, freedom of worship from the tech monopolies that seem to crush all of those things."

He went on to say that Republicans are failing to protect Kavanaugh from “obvious smears.”

"And they'd protect Brett Kavanaugh from the obvious smears that are destroying his family and his life," he continued. "They won’t protect him, and they won’t protect him for the same reasons they won’t protect you, because it’s hard and embarrassing. It’s moving that way, and a lot of us would like to be protected from that. But representatives don’t seem to notice."

The commentary comes as Senate Republicans are facing increasing backlash from conservatives for their handling of Kavanaugh's confirmation process in negotiating with attorneys representing Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a high school party in the 1980s.

Kavanaugh has repeatedly denied the claim while stating he did not attend the party in question.

"Good luck in November, gentlemen," Carlson concluded in reference to the midterm elections, where polls show Democrats are likely to take back the House and have an uphill but plausible path to winning back the Senate.

Kavanaugh and Ford are both scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, echoing the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings of 1991, when 22 million people tuned in to watch Anita Hill testify about sexual harassment allegations against Thomas, her former boss. Thomas was eventually confirmed and remains on the court.