Fox News Loses Guest Amid Unhinged Rant: ‘The Romans Understood How This Stuff Works’

Fox News lost its connection with guest Kurt Schlichter on Tuesday amid an unhinged rant where he said the U.S. should take inspiration from the Romans and “flex those muscles.”

Filling in for Fox News host Laura Ingraham, former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany interviewed Schlichter – an army veteran and Townhall senior columnist – after three U.S. troops were wounded by a drone strike in Iraq.

“Kurt, you served yourself and now we have a soldier in critical condition, a U.S. service member,” said McEnany, to which Schlichter replied:

Why are these people still breathing, Kayleigh? Look, I was there in Desert Storm, the last time we unequivocally won a major war, and you know in the wake of that, after we wiped out dozens of divisions in about a hundred hours, no one would screw with us. If you want to have power, you need to execute, ok? You need to use it. You need to flex those muscles.

Look, the Romans understood how this stuff works. If you messed with a Roman citizen, game over buddy! Carthage time. It’s done. And we need to reestablish that here. There’s nothing wrong with protecting Americans. But you have Americans getting shot at by the Houthis, wherever the hell they are; a bunch of scummy bandits in Syria and Iraq; you have Palestinians daring to take hostage and murder Americans and–

Schlichter’s connection suddenly cut off, leaving McEnany in a panic on what to say next.

After a brief pause, McEnany told viewers, “We lost Kurt Schlichter there, but we will show you this. Biden’s climate czar and fellow octogenarian John Kerry, he had this to say,” before playing a clip of Kerry on CNN.

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