{"id":48299,"date":"2021-01-14T15:32:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T23:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48299"},"modified":"2021-01-14T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T23:32:32","slug":"fox-news-clings-to-trumps-big-lie-of-election-fraud-that-fueled-the-capitol-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48299","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Clings to Trump&#8217;s Big Lie of Election Fraud that Fueled the Capitol Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago several thousand Donald Trump cult disciples stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the constitutional duty of Congress to certify the results of the presidential election. These traitors terrorized members of Congress, their staff, and Capitol security. Five people died during the insurrection, and many more were seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visit and follow News Corpse on Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNews\/foxnews-incite-terrorism.jpg\" alt=\"Fox News, Terrorism\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30695\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The impetus for this assault on democracy was Trump&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Big Lie&#8221;<\/em> that the election was stolen from him by some nefarious and massive Deep State cabal. Never mind that there is no evidence whatsoever of this alleged conspiracy. Just the allegation was sufficient to inflame Trump&#8217;s followers and produce a historic and tragic atrocity carried out by fatuous fools under the influence of flagrant falsehoods.<\/p>\n<p>Within a week Trump was impeached for his role in inciting the riots, which <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48268\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he threatened would result in even more violence<\/a><\/strong>. He may be right. His cult is notoriously hostile and not known for their adherence to reason or facts. And it makes little difference that he posted a video asking to find common ground. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48294\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">With racist conspiracy crackpots<\/a><\/strong>? Not likely.<\/p>\n<p>All of which makes what aired on Fox News Thursday morning more heinous and dangerous. Trump&#8217;s trade advisor, Peter Navarro, who has zero credentials to address these matters, appeared on Fox News for an interview with their Senior Trump-fluffer, Maria Bartiromo. The segment could only be described as a further incitement to violence (video below):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Navarro:<\/strong> What happened yesterday <em>[the impeachment vote]<\/em> was a travesty. The Democratic Party did violence to this country by attacking a president who I believe was legally elected on November 3. If the election were held today he&#8217;d be elected again. And if he runs in 2024 he will be elected then. And I think that&#8217;s what the Democrats fear. I&#8217;ve never been more pissed off in this place, and I think there&#8217;s 74 million Americans out there who voted for President Trump who feel exactly the same way.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Notice that Navarro tries to linguistically associate Democrats with violence when all of the violence was caused by Republicans and Trump supporters. More ominously, he is regurgitating the very same <em>&#8220;Big Lie&#8221;<\/em> that Trump has been pushing about a <em>&#8220;rigged&#8221;<\/em> election, which is what triggered his supporters to commit terrorist crimes in the Capitol. This is a brazen attempt to incite more violence, just as Trump warned. Navarro then engaged in this exchange with Bartiromo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Navarro:<\/strong> So I would say to these people on Capitol Hill, &#8220;Knock it off. Stop this.&#8221; Let the man leave peacefully with his dignity. He was the greatest jobs president, the greatest trade negotiator we&#8217;ve ever had in history. And this is just wrong what they&#8217;re doing.<br \/>\n<strong>Bartiromo:<\/strong> We know that there were irregularities in this election. We know that 70% of Trump voters have said we&#8217;re not buying this election. We think it was rigged. But get this, you cannot say that on social media. You will get banned.<br \/>\n<strong>Navarro:<\/strong> You can&#8217;t say it anywhere.<br \/>\n<strong>Bartiromo:<\/strong> You can&#8217;t use the word &#8220;irregularities.&#8221; And if you say there was fraud it&#8217;s absolutely outrageous. This feels more like communist China than it does America, that they have the ability to stomp out free speech.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>First of all, suggesting that Trump has any dignity is just another big lie. What&#8217;s more, he is literally <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/04\/economy\/august-jobs-report-trump-jobs-record\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the worst jobs president<\/a><\/strong> ever. As for trade, he has only succeeded in imposing tariffs that have crippled American businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Then Bartiromo returns to the election fraud lie, saying that <em>&#8220;70% of Trump voters have said we&#8217;re not buying this election.&#8221;<\/em> So what? Those are Trump&#8217;s dimwitted zealots whose opinions were formed by his hammering falsehoods into them. Of course they feel that way. That is not, however, the way the majority of Americans feel. They <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/opinion-poll-impeachment-donald-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">support his impeachment<\/a><\/strong> and removal from office.<\/p>\n<p>Both Bartiromo and Navarro then make the absurd observation that you can&#8217;t say the election was rigged. Notice that they are both saying it on a national television network. Bartiromo goes further to compare her false allegations to the media in communist China. Once again, she&#8217;s making that charge on her own nationally broadcast TV show. The only plausible comparison that can be made in that regard is the comparison to how devotional and sycophantic she and her Fox News confederates are toward Dear Leader Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News seems to be doing everything in its power to exacerbate an already volatile situation. An analysis by Media Matters shows that Fox News has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/fox-news\/2-weeks-after-it-called-election-fox-news-cast-doubt-results-nearly-800-times\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cast doubt on the results<\/a><\/strong> of the election nearly 800 times in the two weeks since Fox itself called the election for Joe Biden. They seem to be purposefully antagonizing Trump&#8217;s terrorist brigades. There just isn&#8217;t any other plausible explanation for their persistent dissemination of Trump&#8217;s lies. And if they keep it up, they will make sure that Trump&#8217;s prediction of more violence comes true.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:blue;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Twitter recently suspended the News Corpse account after 11 years without giving a reason. So if anyone wants to tweet articles <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from my website<\/a><\/strong>, please feel free to do so often and repeatedly. And you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noozvk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow this surrogate Twitter account here<\/a><\/strong>. Thanks for your support.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Peter Navarro: \u201cThe Democratic Party did violence to this country by attacking a president who I believe was legally elected on November 3,\u201d \u201c74 million Americans out there\u201d are \u201cpissed off\u201d like him.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Bartiromo: \u201cWe know that there were irregularities in this election.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NFqdKQTjFK\">pic.twitter.com\/NFqdKQTjFK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricKleefeld\/status\/1349718142323478529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago several thousand Donald Trump cult disciples stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the constitutional duty of Congress to certify the results of the presidential election. These traitors terrorized members of Congress, their staff, and Capitol security. Five people died during the insurrection, and many more were seriously injured. Be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,684,1200,8,692,16],"tags":[554,1140,33,1112,1146],"class_list":["post-48299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-terrorism","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-fox-news","tag-maria-bartiromo","tag-terrorism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-incite-terrorism.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-cz1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51646,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=51646","url_meta":{"origin":48299,"position":0},"title":"Trump Aide Confesses Coup Plot with Bannon, Cruz, and 100 Congressional Co-Conspirators","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/28\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The conspiracy by Donald Trump to subvert the Constitution and fulfill his authoritarian aspirations has been well documented repeatedly for the past year. 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