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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News Hosts Shepard Smith, Chris Wallace Pile On Trump at End of 'Embarrassing' Week
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-hosts-shepard-smith-chris-wallace-pile-on-trump-at-end-of-embarrassing-week?ref=homeFox News Hosts Shepard Smith, Chris Wallace Pile On Trump at End of Embarrassing Week
If Donald Trump thinks hes under fire, its because he is, Chris Wallace said on Friday.
Matt Wilstein
Videos at link~
09.07.18 7:49 PM ET
Shepard Smith and Chris Wallace have never been President Donald Trumps biggest fans at Fox News, but rarely have this seemed as fed up as they did Friday.
I have to say, its kind of been a 1-2-3 punch for Donald Trump this week, Wallace said on on the network Friday afternoon. First you had the Bob Woodward book, and as if that werent bad enough you had the anonymous op-ed piece in The New York Times. And now you have Barack Obama getting off the political sidelines and back into the arena, taking some powerful shots, unusually powerful shots for a former president against the current president.
If Donald Trump thinks hes under fire, its because he is, Wallace added.
If Donald Trump thinks hes under fire, its because he is, Wallace added.
After playing a clip in which Obama called out Trump for trying to use the Justice Department to punish opponents and protect allies, Smith said the former president is right. Wallace then said he found Trumps tweet castigating Attorney General Jeff Sessions for allowing the prosecution of sitting Republican congressmen disturbing.
Now, Trump is floating the possibility of prosecuting the author of the critical New York Times op-ed. Id like someone to point out what the violation of federal law is here, Wallace said. Clearly, its embarrassing to the president, its disturbing to the president. You can argue its anti-democratic, but Im not sure that writing that essay was illegal.
Smith quickly agreed, saying that the op-ed like this one is protected under the First Amendment. So unless they can come up with something else, he or she should have nothing to worry about.
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Fox News Hosts Shepard Smith, Chris Wallace Pile On Trump at End of 'Embarrassing' Week (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2018
OP
Welcome to the rest of the world, Fox News...you aren't telling us anything new...nt
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
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SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)1. Welcome to the rest of the world, Fox News...you aren't telling us anything new...nt
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,430 posts)2. rats leaving the ship?
Is it bad enough for rats to start abandoning ship?
The Fox/Pravda Cult of Disinformation is still going.
Stop Kavanaugh.
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)3. The great tantrum is nigh
Oh there will be lash out and whattabout. Namecalling and belittling. What a petty petit tyrant we have.
Norbert
(6,041 posts)4. This is a cunundrum for the orange shithead
FOX is the greatest news organization because of Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs and Tucker Carlson.
or
Failing FOX is fake news because of Shepard Smith, Chris Wallace and John Roberts.
This could occupy his feeble mind for weeks.
samnsara
(17,636 posts)5. shep is the only time i will let FAUX news show in my home.
tavernier
(12,401 posts)6. And not even then .
But yes, I like Shep.