Fox & Friends Hosts Call Out Liberals’ Dishonest Outrage over MO Rodeo Clown

The hosts of Fox & Friends on Wednesday dug into the story of a Missouri rodeo clown who ignited a national controversy when he sported a mask of President Barack Obama and taunted bulls to attack him. The Fox News Channel hosts noted that this is not a unique level of disrespect for any president and read the reactions of a number of their viewers who identified hypocrisy and disingenuous outrage on the part of those offended by the rodeo clown.

Gretchen Carlson said that the fact that the rodeo clown has been banned for life from the Missouri State Fare after the Obama mask incident has some upset because others have mocked past presidents without being subject to such a harsh penalty.

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Peter Johnson Jr. reported that the NAACP is calling on the federal government and the Department of Justice to investigate the “incendiary event.” Carlson quoted a tweet via Dana Loesch who observed that this is “the same NAACP who called a black man beaten by an SEIU mob an “Uncle Tom” on tape.”

The hosts read a variety of reactions from their viewers, many of whom believed that the reaction to the rodeo clown from Obama’s supporters has been overwrought.

Watch the clip below via Fox News Channel:

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