Trump turns his ire toward Fox News on Election Night
Summary
President Donald Trump criticized Fox News on Election Night, targeting its hosts, polling and coverage as voters awaited midterm results. He also promoted older CNN polling, while tensions between Trump and Fox had grown over the network’s election coverage and its treatment of Democratic candidates.Key Facts
- Trump criticized Fox co-host Jessica Tarlov and said he would watch another channel until she was off the air.
- Trump reportedly texted Tarlov’s co-host, Greg Gutfeld, to complain.
- Trump attacked Fox’s political polling and blamed its coverage for lower ratings.
- Trump cited CNN polling that showed strength among MAGA Republicans, but the segments he shared were more than a month old.
- Fox’s coverage of Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed had contributed to tensions with Trump’s allies, according to Axios reporting cited in the article.
- In late October, Trump criticized Fox for giving airtime to Republican candidates’ opponents.
- Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, now a Fox pundit, said on air that she had spoken with Trump.
- Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden in 2020, a decision that angered Trump’s allies.
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