'You used to be conservative': Fox News icon gets brutal fact check for Trump king comment
Fox News political analyst Brit Hume was hit with outrage on Saturday after appearing to reject the premise of the "No Kings" protests this weekend.
Hume took to social media to defend the president. He wrote, "The 'No Kings' rallies are mostly a protest against a man who sought power 3 times through democratic elections and enacted his major agenda item by majority vote of democratically elected members of Congress."
"Some king," he then added.
But he was quickly corrected.
Ex-GOP lawmaker Adam Kinzinger replied directly to Hume, writing, "Come on. You know what this means."
"Of course he’s not a literal king because we won’t let him be. But our nation was founded on anti-corruption, disseminating power to the people, holding all equal under the law," he wrote Saturday. "Trump tried to overthrow a free election, pardoned 1000 criminals, and has placed congress on their knees. Oh not to mention the Epstein files, and his 400 million dollar free jet that we will pay 1 billion to upgrade and give to him. Gold palaces and ballrooms and massive arches are not the works of someone who seeks humble power."
Political scientist Norman Ornstein had a list of his own:
"Executive actions, illegal acts, including 'pocket' rescissions, firing people and eliminating agencies, bragging about killing fisherman in violation of international law. Weaponized DOJ and FBI in an open campaign of retribution," he wrote. "Masked thugs without identification assaulting children and American citizens, throwing them into detention without their constitutional rights being respected. Federal judges nominated by every modern president trying to block imperial actions. Brit, you used to be a conservative."
He continued: "Let’s talk about selling pardons, violating emoluments clauses by enriching himself and his family through his office, including a $400 million jet bribe from Qatar, and Trump resorts in various countries, not done out of largesse but knowing they can extract something in return."
Ornstein concluded, "If you don’t see something troubling in all of this, Brit, you have replaced your integrity with fealty to the cult. Which is very, very sad."
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— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) October 18, 2025