The hosts of “Fox and Friends” laughed at Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday morning for holding a campaign event without a crowd amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“There was no one around him yesterday,” said Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth, who was filling in as a “Fox and Friends” co-host that morning. “Does it count going on the campaign trail if you go to an empty warehouse surrounded by circles with no one there, and you read off of a teleprompter for 23 minutes and take no questions?”
“Does that technically, Brian, meet the threshold of a campaign event?” Hegseth asked co-host Brian Kilmeade, then burst out laughing. “Come on!”
“If a tree falls in an empty factory, does anyone hear it? Especially when you walk off and don’t take any questions?” Kilmeade joked.
On Monday, Biden gave a stump speech at a former steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the audience was limited to reporters.
“Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Biden campaign is following the guidance of scientists and health experts,” Ike Hajinazarian, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “The safety and well-being of all Americans is our first priority.”
In contrast, President Donald Trump has been regularly holding campaign events with full audiences without requiring attendees to distance themselves from others or wear masks.
Watch Hegseth and Kilmeade below:
"Fox and Friends" hosts mock Biden for not being surrounded by a crowd at a campaign event on Monday. pic.twitter.com/SHWwHHgst4
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As opposed to the hostages Fat Nixon surrounds himself with?
aka the GOP Senate?
Why should anyone care what any of the assholes on Fox have to say.
I am glad that some people listen to report what they say, but other than adding on to the millions of reasons why I would never listen it means nothing to me.
“Does it count going on the campaign trail if you go to an empty warehouse surrounded by circles with no one there, and you read off of a teleprompter for 23 minutes and take no questions?”
Does Trump cap off his rallies by soliciting and answering questions from those at his rallies?
If you all think Fox and Friends bullshit is news, it is time for you to take a step back and breathe deeply. Please spend a little time finding some news.
They’re just jealous because Biden was actually coherent - something Trump is totally unable to do.
BTW, is anyone having trouble getting TPM to load this morning?? I’m having all sorts of re-load issues…