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Fox News has parted ways with a briefing held by White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, during which it repeated Donald Trump’s refusal to accept defeat in the presidential election and doubled down on allegations of election fraud, for the which there is little or no evidence. .
Speaking to the media Monday night in his “personal capacity” during what he said was a campaign event at the Republican National Committee headquarters, McEnany said Republicans want “every legal vote to be counted and every illegal vote is ruled out, “prompting conservative Fox News to stop broadcasting the report.
From the studio, host Neil Cavuto said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa – I think we have to be very clear. She accuses the other party of welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting. Unless I have more details to back that up, I can’t keep showing this up for you. “
He added: “I want to make sure that maybe they have something to back that up, but it’s an explosive charge to do, that the other side is effectively manipulating and deceiving. If you bring proof of that, of course we will accept it. So far he has started to say, from the very beginning: “welcome fraud, welcome illegal voting.” Not so fast.”
The decision to cut was Cavuto’s, the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the show.
Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News has moved away from its loyalty to Trump over the past week, instead appearing in what appear to be tightly coordinated messages to warn its readers that Trump has lost the election despite his claims in contrary.
Fox was one of the first news organizations to name the state of Arizona for Joe Biden.
Some high-level Republican lawmakers have continued to refuse to recognize Biden as the winner of the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Trump had the full right to investigate alleged voting irregularities and in a Senate speech did not recognize Biden as president-elect.
The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Pennsylvania’s vote-by-mail system lacked the oversight and verification applied to voting in person and was seeking an emergency court order to prevent state officials from certifying the victory of Biden in the state.
The Trump campaign and Republicans have filed numerous lawsuits alleging electoral irregularities. Judges have already thrown out cases in Georgia and Michigan.
