Trump Loses It On Fox News Host Steve Doocy For Fact-Checking His False Election Claim: ‘Unwatchable’
Donald Trump let loose on Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy for having the audacity to fact-check him on Friday morning.
The night before, the former president appeared on Hannity where he falsely claimed Democrats are allowed to vote in next week’s New Hampshire Republican primary.
“Donald Trump said that New Hampshire law allows for Democrats to vote in the Republican primary,” Doocy told viewers. “That is not true. You’ve got to be a registered Republican unless you’re undeclared. The last day for a Democrat to change party affiliation was back in October. October 6th. So, that is not accurate.”
Hours later on Truth Social, Trump doubled down while calling Doocy a Republican In Name Only”:
Unwatchable RINO Steve Doocy of Fox & Friends, which is suffering mightily from a lack of interest and Ratings Decline, with Steve being the principal factor, has just blurted out that I was wrong on the fact that Democrats can vote in the New Hampshire Republican Primary. He was so anxious to go against me, that he fell into the proverbial “Trump” trap, just like all others do. In actuality, Democrats can vote, they had to register by October 6, but they can come in as Independents, and then can be Democrats, and nobody’s going to know, so already we have 3,542 Democrats changed to Undeclared, 408 to Republican (all of whom will be voting), and others will come in as Liberals or Independents. Their rationale is that they are desperate to stop “Trump,” because they don’t want to run against me, they want to run against Nikki or Ron or anyone else. If an Independent is a Democrat, they can vote. That’s what they want to do, fill up the Roster with Democrats!
Trump trounced Republican rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley in last week’s Iowa caucuses. However, Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary will likely be a closer affair as Haley has surged in the polls recently. The former president has been critical of Fox News at times, telling the network’s Bret Baier last year that Fox is “hostile.”
Despite Trump’s occasional missives, he has appeared on the network with greater frequency in recent months. Notably, he participated in a town hall moderated by Baier and Martha MacCallum. The event coincided with a CNN Republican presidential debate that Trump boycotted. Trump’s town hall easily beat CNN in the ratings. Moreover, Fox News finished first in the cable news ratings for the 22nd consecutive year in 2023.
