Fox News brought everyday 'Trump voters' on as guests. They're actually Republican activists
Source: The Independent
Fox News brought everyday ‘Trump voters’ on as guests. They’re actually Republican activists
One of the guests told The Independent that Fox News did not ask him about his past political campaigns during his recent conversations with the network, adding that he’d appeared on the channel in the past and first came in contact with Fox a couple of years ago.
Justin Baragona
in New York
Tuesday 11 February 2025 20:37 GMT
Two Fox News guests who were portrayed by the network as run-of-the-mill “Trump voters” on Tuesday are both heavily involved in Republican politics, with one working as an assistant to an elected GOP official and the other a multiple-time candidate for local office.
During a Tuesday broadcast of America’s Newsroom, anchor Bill Hemmer moderated a discussion featuring two supporters of President Donald Trump, both of whom enthusiastically backed the efforts by the administration and Elon Musk’s meme-based department to dismantle government agencies and slash federal funding.
“President Trump doubling down on his support for the DOGE leader Elon Musk. Which is getting a lot of headlines – basically all of them in the last couple of weeks. It is still early, but they’re moving fast,” Hemmer noted at the top of the segment. “The president is pointing out it’s exactly what he campaigned on. But how do voters feel? I want to bring in Don O’Connor out of Iowa, a Trump voter from Mason City – he’s in banking. And screen right is Nick Schultz; he is outside of Milwaukee in Waukesha.”
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While the Fox News segment portrayed the two interview subjects as average voters, a closer examination of their backgrounds reveals that both are directly involved in Republican politics.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-guests-trump-voters-doge-b2696429.html
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