Former Fox News editor and on-air personality Chris Stirewalt made a surprising announcement Friday.
The longtime Fox star-turned-network critic has been called to testify before the Jan. 6 committee on Monday.
Stirewalt told journalist Adrienne Bankert he's not in a position to discuss what he's going to be testifying about.
As CNBC reports:
His announcement came the morning after the committee's first public hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, when hundreds of followers of then-President Donald Trump busted through doors and windows to invade the Capitol and delay Congress' confirmation of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
Fox sparked controversy when network executives announced journalists from their news division would cover the Jan. 6 hearings on Fox Business Network while pro-Trump hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham would host their top-rated shows without commercial interruption at the same time as the hearings. (RELATED: Fox News Won't Air Jan. 6 Hearings Live)
Carlson himself dismissed the hearing as “propaganda.”
Even some supporters of the hearing found its first night underwhelming. Along with disturbing testimony from a police officer who confronted a group of Proud Boys infuriated by baseless election claims and Rep. Liz Cheney's claim that Trump seemed to agree that then-Vice President Mike Pence deserved to be hung, the most significant moment came when Ivanka Trump agreed that her father lost the election.
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While few conservatives watched the hearing, and swing voters were probably unmoved given their day-to-day concerns, the former president had plenty to say and let his thoughts be known to his followers on Truth Social.
The Hill reports:
“So the Unselect Committee of political HACKS refuses to play any of the many positive witnesses and statements, refuses to talk of the Election Fraud and Irregularities that took place on a massive scale,” Trump wrote in a post. “Our Country is in such trouble!”
Trump had also publicly denounced the hearing earlier in the day, before the event began, through a statement from his Save America PAC, describing the 2021 Capitol riot as the “greatest movement” in the history of the U.S.
Trump continued, criticizing his daughter and berating his ex-attorney general, who told him there was no evidence of voter fraud sufficient to overturn the election results.
“Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results. She had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be respectful to Bill Barr and his position as Attorney General (he sucked!),” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
According to Nielsen, 20 million Americans watched the hearings.
Although Fox News regularly beats out MSNBC and CNN combined, MSNBC topped Fox last night during prime time, with the left-wing network averaging 3.95 million viewers.
So, what do you think? Will the Jan. 6 committee's hearings threaten the Republicans midterm prospects? Or will it backfire with the help of ridiculous comments like this?
As always, tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
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Give me a break, Putin isn’t to blame for price hikes, the illegitimate president is
Give me a break. PUTIN IS NOT TO BLAME FOR INFLATION, BIDEN, THE ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT IS, OLD FART
I agree w Marlene, dementia, vote stealer from our Trump is to blame. Hope all u who voted for Joe are happy paying gas, food, housing ?
FOX correctly called AZ for Biden, my foot! They called it with 48% of the ballots counted with Trump slightly behind. After “2,000 Mules” we now know how that happened, and that FOX was in on the coup! I’ve not watched, nor supported them since.
This big fake court has nothing that’s why they keep having g more witnesses come in but then find they’re witness to nothing , they’re still empty handed and surly empty headed.
Couldn’t have said it better ?
s1 e2……….of Dem Damn Dem’s ‘Sh*t Show 23.3.3.175’…………
I couldn’t care less about January 6. It’s all an overtly stupid, lame attempt by the libs to divert attention from the abysmal mess Biden has made of this country in a relatively brief amount of time. The things Trump did to build up America’s economy and regain our status as a world leader was amazing; what Biden’s done to destroy everything Trump accomplished is nauseating.
JAN 6 AS I HAVE STATED MANY TIMES WAS
A NOTHING BURGER
NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED AT ALL
MORE FASCIST BULL @#$% !
Good one Brinda, I stopped watching Fox. There trying to stop Republicans from winning come November. There’s still a lot of airheads out there that will believe this BS may God have mercy
The people should have thrown the worthless a$$es out in the street instead of playing games
Look what we have now , two airheads who are on soro’s and Obama’s puppet strings
I knew it; Communist ‘show-trial’, tactic used by communist agents when internally over-throwing every country in the southern hemisphere. Pelosi’s father was not just a mayor, he was a Marxist, just like Barry Obama. George H.W.Bush gave us the New World Order speech, and he also gave us the Clintons because he had to get AirAmerica out of Miami, so he chose Mena, Ark. Great dossier on the two insane fools who were Governor, and 1st Lady! Socialism murdered JFK. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings, or swings I should say. Hillary is looking a bit plump these days. Don’t count out American armed Patriots just yet. The proof will show its head in just hours now.
another RINO from FNC 2020 days for J6
Shame on the whole thing PERIOD!!!!!!
This phoney Jan6 trial is a distraction measure. Meanwhile Biden blames iul companies. Strange they didn’t want “record profits” with Trump in office. Now they do?? Also what does Putin have to do with this, So much B/S from Biden.
“”Patrick Houck is an avid political enthusiast based out of the Washington, D.C. metro area. His expertise is in campaigns and the use of targeted messaging to persuade voters.””
Another swamp dweller caught up in inside the beltway mindset posing as a non-biased or “conservative writer” fails miserably. AZ called 10 seconds after polls closed. I am sure he used copy and paste for as many times he insuitaded election fraud was/is non-existant
Got some news for the looney left; the House is a legislative body, not an investigative agency. The committee on January 6 peaceful assembly is Just another distraction for ineptness of the Xi den regime. Ole’ nanc will do anything she can to try and keep our lawful President from his office.
There is only one reason that Dems are putting on this show trial – they are hoping that it will save them in the November elections. They are terrified that the GOP will sweep the elections and they are desperate to turn that around.
Their professionally-produced theatrics did nothing to change anyone’s beliefs. They tried this once with impeachment #2 and failed to convict, so they’re trying again. Attempt #2 (double jeopardy, anyone?) will be no more successful than their first failed attempt.