After Fiery Hamburger Speech At CPAC, Fox News Parts Ways With Seb Gorka

NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 28: Former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka speaks during CPAC 2019 February 28, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosts the annual Conservat... NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 28: Former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka speaks during CPAC 2019 February 28, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosts the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to discuss conservative agenda. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Conservative pundit and former White House official Sebastian Gorka is no longer a paid contributor at Fox News, the network confirmed to TPM Monday.

Gorka made headlines last week for his comments at the Conservative Political Action Conference, when he claimed that Democrats’ Green New Deal was a guise to “take away your hamburgers.”

“They want to take your pickup truck, they want to rebuild your home, they want to take away your hamburgers,” he said. “This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved.”

It is unclear if Gorka’s comments led to him breaking ties with the network, where he frequently appeared as a guest on Sean Hannity’s and Jeanine Pirro’s shows. Gorka told The Hollywood Reporter in an email that he decided not to renew his contract with Fox because he wants to focus on his new radio show.

H/t: Marketwatch and Mediaite.

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  1. Don’t cry for Seb Gorka. I am sure he will catch on at some conservative welfare “think tank.” He is a lot like Ann Coulter except his Adam’s apple is smaller.

  2. Avatar for pine pine says:

    " Gorka told The Hollywood Reporter in an email that he decided not to renew his contract with Fox because he wants to focus on his new radio show."

    I guess his family if he has one said don’t use us as and excuse.

  3. All these Wingnuts spread themselves across every damned avenue of media exposure they can manage. Dozens of them simultaneously do radio, and television, and write in a right wing rag, and blog, and have a newsletter. For Gorka to claim a fricking radio show prevents him from keeping his face out there a few minutes a day on Fox News is a lie. No conservative turns down the opportunity to have the exposure Fox News provides. If they’ll have you you’ll do it.

  4. Avatar for noonm noonm says:

    Soon to be downgraded to a podcast. And then a 90’s-style website.

  5. Too unpleasant and ridiculous for FOX. Literal leeches manage to make a living better than this parasite.

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