Pirro Confirms Suspension, Whines That Fox News Is Blocking Her From Other Platforms

Judge Jeanine Pirro in February 2017. (MIKE THEILER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro confirmed on Seb Gorka’s show Tuesday that Fox News suspended her and is keeping her from appearing on other rightwing outlets.

“They’re still saying you cannot do Bill O’Reilly, you cannot do Newsmax,” she complained.

“They suspended me,” she added. “I’m not going to get fired. You know I’m worried that that suspension was the basis to tee up for anything I do wrong, they’ll fire me.”

Gorka cut her off, saying “you just keep doing what you’re doing.”

Pirro was reportedly temporarily  suspended in March for questioning Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) loyalty to the United States due to her Muslim faith. This is the first time Pirro confirmed the punishment.

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  1. Trump will just convince McConnell to confirm her for a federal bench. All will be well. Just wait.

  2. Suspended since March?

    And nobody noticed?

  3. Avatar for docd docd says:

    One of my hobbies is not watching Fox, so I can’t keep track of their machinations. Has she been suspended since March? Is this a new one? Has she come back and they are just not allowing her to visit any other hog wallow? And is it just me, or is that a really long suspension?

  4. I think it was noticed briefly, but I guess she isn’t missed. Whomp whomp…

  5. I thought she made those comments more recently, but no, it was in March. Didn’t miss her big, fat, stupid, racist mouth at all. This was published on March 11th.

    Fox News condemned its own Jeanine Pirro over comments the host made Saturday that seemed to question the national loyalty of Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Muslim women who wear hijabs.

    “We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar,” Fox News said in a statement last night. “They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly.”

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