New developments at Fox News involving Jeanine Pirro and Donna Brazile has Donald Trump seething in social media-land.
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Last weekend, Fox News surprised conservatives by suspending Pirro from her popular show “Justice” following comments she made doubting the patriotism of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who is Muslim.
“Think about it: Omar wears a hijab,” Pirro said late last week. “Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?”
The remark instantly stirred charges of Islamophobia against Pirro and rebuke from at least one senior Fox News staffer.
Hufsa Kamal, a producer on Fox’s “Special Report with Bret Baier,” tweeted: “@JudgeJeanine can you stop spreading this false narrative that somehow Muslims hate America or women who wear a hijab aren’t American enough? You have Muslims working at the same network you do, including myself.”
@JudgeJeanine can you stop spreading this false narrative that somehow Muslims hate America or women who wear a hijab aren’t American enough? You have Muslims working at the same network you do, including myself. K thx. https://t.co/ZfKhRhlvM3
— Hufsa Kamal (@hufkat) March 10, 2019
Additionally, several advertisers instantly distanced themselves from Pirro and her show, prompting the network to pull her show and avoid a catastrophe.
However, despite her very obvious racist remark, Donald Trump somehow inserted himself into the mix and raced to offer his personal support to Jeanine Pirro, who has been a constant defender of him.
“Bring back @JudgeJeanine Pirro,” Trump tweeted on Sunday. “The Radical Left Democrats, working closely with their beloved partner, the Fake News Media, is using every trick in the book to SILENCE a majority of our Country. They have all out campaigns against @FoxNews hosts who are doing too well.”
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Bring back @JudgeJeanine Pirro. The Radical Left Democrats, working closely with their beloved partner, the Fake News Media, is using every trick in the book to SILENCE a majority of our Country. They have all out campaigns against @FoxNews hosts who are doing too well. Fox …..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2019
Although Pirro’s comments were clear and Fox made the decision on their own to suspend her from her show, somehow ‘The Donald’ made the entire debacle about the “Democrats” and the “Fake News Media” without once holding Pirro responsible for her own actions.
Meanwhile, after being dropped from CNN for tipping off the Hillary Clinton campaign about debate topics in 2016, former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile is joining Fox News as a political contributor.
On Monday, Brazile said she knows fellow liberals will criticize her for joining Fox, but added it’s important for people not to retreat to “safe spaces” where they only talk to people who agree with them.
“There’s an audience on Fox News that doesn’t hear enough from Democrats,” Brazile said in a statement.
“You can be damn sure that I’m still going to be me on Fox News,” she continued. “I’m going to do what I always do, and dish it out straight, exactly as I see it, with just as much New Orleans hot sauce as folks expect.”
Good Morning DJ, And thanks for covering this!
I had actually heard/read about Donna (going to Fox) yesterday and frankly, I was a little taken aback by the news. My immediate thought was-“What the heck is Donna doing?”
I had also heard about Pirro being suspended by Fox for 2 weeks. But I hadn’t heard about Fox ‘s decision to actually Cancel Pirro’s show altogether. Now THAT really shocks me!
So exactly how is the venom spewed nightly by Pirro any more toxic than the venom spewed nightly by Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and other Haters on Fox News?!
I don’t get it!?!