{"id":40174,"date":"2019-01-06T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T22:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40174"},"modified":"2019-01-06T21:47:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T05:47:23","slug":"and-heres-the-very-first-contestant-for-stupidest-comment-by-a-fox-news-shill-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40174","title":{"rendered":"And Here’s the Very First Contestant for ‘Stupidest Comment By a Fox News Shill’ for 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are only six days into 2019 and we already have a contestant for “Stupidest Comment of the Year By a Fox News Shill.”<\/em> The lucky winner is a veteran of the State TV Network who has contributed more than his share of idiocy in past years. And even though the year is young and there are no other contestants, this will be difficult to beat as the year goes forward.<\/p>\n

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Brit Hume is currently a senior political analyst for Fox News. Prior to that he was the anchor of their signature evening newscast, “Special Report.”<\/em> He is still seen frequently on Fox as a commentator and a member of news panels. But this Sunday morning he was triggered by an article in the Daily Beast<\/a><\/strong> that reported Donald Trump’s remarks to the press as he was departing for Camp David. Trump was asked whether he related to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who he has thrown out of work via his “Trump Shutdown”<\/em> – the political tantrum he’s throwing to try to get his idiotic vanity wall on the southern border. Trump replied that<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI can relate, and I\u2019m sure that the people that are on the receiving end will make adjustments, they always do, and they\u2019ll make adjustments. People understand exactly what\u2019s going on. But many of those people that won\u2019t be receiving a paycheck, many of those people agree 100 percent with what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s aside the absurdity of Trump’s response that he can in any relate to the tribulations of people living paycheck to paycheck. And never mind the fact that he’s shown zero consideration for these innocent victims of his ego-driven fetish for a useless and racist wall. And don’t even bother trying to figure out where Trump got the idea that the federal workers who are suffering and risking losing their homes agree that it’s all worth it to construct a wall that will accomplish nothing.<\/p>\n

What bothered Hume was the notion that the author of the article wasn’t giving Trump the credit he deserves for the sacrifices he’s making:<\/p>\n

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I wonder if the author of this story is aware that Trump accepts no salary as president. https:\/\/t.co\/WTIKcjzfl8<\/a><\/p>\n

— Brit Hume (@brithume) January 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n