Fox & Friends Hosts Gently Criticize Trump, Urge Him To Retract Comments

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In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the hosts of Trump-friendly Fox & Friends gently pushed back on the President Tuesday morning, urging him to walk back his comments.

“I will say this to the President: When Newt Gingrich, when General Jack Keane and Matt Schlapp said the President fell short and made our intelligence apparatus look bad, it’s time to pay attention,” said host Brian Kilmeade, quickly adding that the situation is easily correctible.

“Look, a lot of people get confused. I’m not saying the President is confused. A lot of people are confused about the Russia collusion thing,” chimed in host Steve Doocy. “There is a big difference between collusion and the meddling. The President says there was no collusion, and he is very strident about that. He says it every time. But pretty much everyone and their brother, except Vladimir Putin, knows that there was meddling.”

Doocy added that Trump should not feel that the Russian interference delegitimized his election victory.

Abby Huntsman, the third host who criticized Trump strongly on Monday, said that Trump “has got to get over” that he won the election and urged him to see the difference between the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia and the proven election tampering committed by Russian intelligence officials.

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  1. Doocy added that Trump should not feel that the Russian interference delegitimized his election victory.

    This seems to be an important bullet point, tho, it sure looks like a thin reed to lean on.

  2. There is a big difference between collusion and the meddling.

    Here’s hoping that this moron can explain the difference in ways that we can all understand because I frankly don’t see the difference. Semantics doesn’t change the action.

    They know 45 is watching, but I’m guaranteeing you he’s throwing a shoe at the TV’s.

  3. Well if the Russians meddled and the GOP didn’t help, that would mean no conspiracy. So there is a difference. It’s just not relevant in this case.

  4. Impeach all the Republican Russians and save our Democracy!

    Trump, Pence, McConnell, Ryan, Nunes, Gowdy, Rohrabacher, Ted Cruz, Chief Justice Roberts, Gorsuch, all the judges appointed by Trump are Russian sympathizers, and the rest of them.

    Trump should NOT get one more judge in our courts…he is a traitor, McConnell is a traitor, McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao is a traitor.

    Clean house and save the Democracy!

  5. “Brian Kilmeade, quickly adding that the situation is easily correctible.” It is correctible but not easily done due to the control of the House and Senate by traitorous Repugs who are also on Putin’s payroll via the NRA.

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