Fox’s Jesse Watters Says His Mom Won’t Stop Dunking on Him Over Trump Conviction: ‘All Day Sending Me 34, 34, 34 Felony Counts’
Jesse Watters told Fox News viewers that his liberal mother keeps sending him test messages to gloat about former President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction.
A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on Thursday of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments. Reaction to the verdict has largely fallen along party lines, with liberals hailing it as a win for the rule of law and conservatives claiming that the U.S. is now a totalitarian hellhole.
On Friday’s edition of The Five, the co-hosts discussed the verdict. Watters explained that his mother has been relentlessly needling him about it.
“My mom is celebrating. She texted me that she was dancing after the verdict. Dancing. And then she kept all day sending me 34, 34, 34 felony counts,” Watters complained. “She’s a grandmother. She’s a grandmother! Get it together, Mom! Oh my God!”
Watters’ co-hosts, who were also outraged by the verdict, were nonetheless amused by the anecdote.
“Who’s the victim here?” Watters said of Trump’s felonies. “Why are they celebrating anything? There is no victim. Why are they happy? Who are they happy for? If anything, Donald Trump’s the victim of this case.”
Watters wasn’t the only Fox personality upset by liberal rejoicing after Trump’s conviction. Earlier in the day, network legal analyst Jonathan Turley alleged, “There is a dehumanizing aspect” and “that people on the other side no longer view [Trump] as a human being.”
Trump claimed throughout the trial that the proceedings were rigged against him and baselessly said President Joe Biden was behind the prosecution. The former president says will appeal. His sentencing is set for July 11.
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