Fox News Host: ‘I’d Grab My Wallet’ if I Met ‘the Squad’
Fox News host Jesse Watters appeared to a make a racially insensitive joke about the Democratic representatives who are members of “the Squad” on Thursday. During a guest appearance on Fox & Friends, the anchor was asked by a member of the live audience what he would do if he had the chance to sit down with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).
“First, I’d grab my wallet,” Watters said, eliciting laughter from the audience.
Fox News host Jesse Watters appeared to a make a racially insensitive joke about the Democratic representatives who are members of “the Squad” on Thursday. During a guest appearance on Fox & Friends, the anchor was asked by a member of the live audience what he would do if he had the chance to sit down with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).
“First, I’d grab my wallet,” Watters said, eliciting laughter from the audience.
It’s possible that Watters was referring to progressives’ proposals to
raise taxes on wealthy Americans, rather than suggesting one of them
might be willing to pick-pocket him. But the comment seemed to highlight
negative stereotypes of people of color, the morning after President
Donald Trump elicited chants of “Send her back!” pointed at Rep. Omar at
a widely condemned rally in North Carolina.
Watters went on to explain that he didn’t think he would “get along too well” with the four women.
Watters went on to explain that he didn’t think he would “get along too well” with the four women.
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