Fox News veteran Brit Hume took a shot at President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance Friday, and the MAGA faithful came after him.
“We have a president who thought he could make a deal with Moscow and a vice president who thought he could make a deal with Tehran,” Hume, Fox News’ chief political analyst, posted on X.
The post had been viewed more than 416,000 times by Saturday morning. Many of the replies came from Trump’s online army, who saw it as a neocon call for war.
“Brit is suggesting that we should be in a two front hot war across multiple continents,” conservative commentator Auron MacIntyre wrote. “He’s literally calling for WWIII.”
MAGA attorney and commentator Robert Barnes went further.
“We have a war w---- in @brithume who lied America into multiple wars and thought he could trick America into two new wars,” Barnes wrote. In a separate reply, he asked Hume, “Apologized yet for lying America into war over, and over, and over?”
Pollster Rich Baris, who goes by “The People’s Pundit,” blamed Fox for the GOP’s midterm losses.
“And a FOX News team who thought we could start a war, betray the voters, and not destroy the Republican Party, again,” Baris wrote. “Thanks Team Neocon! I know, let’s nominate Rubio!”
MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec mocked the veteran newsman with a single line: “Someone’s stuck at the airport bar...” He appeared to be referring to the nationwide FAA ground stop that snarled air travel Friday.
Others went straight for Hume’s record.
“And you’re a Fox News hack who advocated for the Iraq War, sending hundreds of billions to Ukraine, and pretty much every other failed foreign policy in the last 3-4 decades,” wrote Anthony Sisk. “Go take a nap, neocon.”
“And we have sick neocons like you cheerleading every possible war,” another user replied.
Some said Hume’s take was the reason they had stopped watching his network.
“Don’t watch you anymore because of takes just like this,” wrote Linda Quinn. “In fact @FoxNews is full of people just like you everyday.”
Not everyone disagreed. Some users said Hume had a point.
“We have 2 fools who belong no where near the levers of power,” one wrote.
“Yes we do and if they were democrats every Republican in media and politics would be outraged over how weak they appear,” another added.
Others noted that the White House had been quiet as flights were grounded across the country. “Neither have released a statement 5 hours after a nationwide ground stop. Total incompetence,” one user wrote.
Hume’s jab came a day after Trump posted on Truth Social that he had asked Vance to focus his “complete and total attention” on “Democrat run Cities and States,” adding, “We don’t need a deal with Iran.”