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'Absolutely!' CNN panel slams Trump commerce secretary's 'conflict of interest'

CNN's Inside Politics' panel slammed Donald Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday for blatantly promoting Tesla stock in an effort to help owner Elon Musk.

Tesla has seen its stocks slump since Musk's affiliation with President Donald Trump and stewardship of the vastly unpopular Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), that has slashed whole departments and thousands of government jobs. Well-publicized recalls of Tesla vehicles, including Cybertrucks that had their parts fall off, have not helped the situation.

According to Business Insider, Tesla shares have "plummeted 53% from record highs reached in mid-December."

"Apparently there's a push to buy Tesla stock from the commerce secretary," Manu Raju said to introduce a clip of Fox News, where Lutnick told Jesse Watters about the benefits of buying Tesla stock.

As Lutnick gave a full-throated endorsement of Tesla, vehicles were seen smoldering, set ablaze by Musk protesters throwing Molotov cocktails in Las Vegas.

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"I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla!" Lutnick told host Jesse Watters. "It's unbelievable that this guy's stock is this cheap. It will never be this cheap again. When people understand the things he's building, the robots he's building, the technology he's building, people are going to be dreaming of today and Jesse Watters, and thinking, 'Gosh, I should have bought Elon Musk's stock. I mean, who wouldn't invest in Elon Musk?"

After the clip ended, Raju interjected, "I mean, this is the commerce secretary telling people to buy Tesla stock. And this is after Trump tried to sell Teslas on the White House lawn!"

"Yeah, nice to have friends in high places, right, for your business?" quipped Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent for Puck.

She continued, "This is absolutely a conflict of interest! You know, the Federal Election Commission, I'm sure is not really going to do anything about it. But, I mean, yeah, it's untoward. It's not what's supposed to happen. And we obviously see what the political and personal benefit is for Donald Trump and Elon Musk."

She added that Musk "is funding Republican candidates around the country, too."

"And he will continue to do that, and I suspect they'll continue to push from the White House and administration to help Tesla," Raju said.

Watch the CNN clip below or click the link.

'Men should not move this way': Fox News host and guest befuddled by Tim Walz's hugs

Tim Walz's body language befuddled Fox News host Jesse Watters and his guest Wednesday night.

Watters jabbed "twitchy Tim" on his show "Jesse Watters Primetime" as he played a clip of Walz waving to a crowd in Philadelphia with both hands.

"Here's twitchy Tim on stage waving profusely in a very unsettling manner. Very unsettling. Men should not move this way. It's not the way we move."

Watters then homed in on Walz's handshake with his wife.

"The handshake is probably the most telling," said Watters. "This is Walz and his wife shaking hands like business associates. Followed by a weird hug."

Watters compared the interaction with that of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.

"Interesting. What's going on here?" Watters asks as his guest, Fox News contributor Joe Concha, laughs.

Concha chimes in that when he sees his wife at speaking events, he also likes to give her a hug and a kiss.

"I'm not shaking her hand like I'm at a State Farm convention," he said. "But that's what we saw here with Tim Walz. Some might call this 'weird.' That's the only adjective that comes to mind right now."

Watters then asserts that Walz's hug is "not the way you hug your wife."

"You hug your wife from the body," Watters said, using his own body to explain. "Different than he hugged Doug."

"It was very sumo-wrestling-like, almost, right?" retorts Concha.

"He was going to take him out!" Watters responds as he laughs. "He loves Doug!"

Watch clips of the Fox News host and contributor's exchange over Walz's hugs below or at this link.

Watters: Here’s twitchy Tim on stage, waving profusely in a very unsettling manner. Men should not move this way. It’s not the way we move. pic.twitter.com/hhMMBhl7L5
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 8, 2024

'His unit thinks he's a coward!' Shouting erupts on Fox News over Walz's military service

A panel on Fox News' "The Five" erupted into chaos on Wednesday when resident Democratic commentator Jessica Tarlov chided the rest of the group for echoing the Trump campaign's attacks on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's military service, following his selection as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate.

Specifically, Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance's claim that Walz, who served in the Army National Guard for decades, abandoned his unit by retiring just before he was deployed to Iraq — even though those orders came several months after Walz retired to run for Congress, and even though neither Walz nor Vance ever served in a combat role.

"So obviously, this was going to come up because the Trump campaign manager was the one behind the John Kerry Swift Boat attack, which was obviously very persuasive to people," said Tarlov. "He served for 24 years, honorably, then he stopped to run for Congress on a platform of ending the war, and I don't think that anyone, especially with Donald Trump at the top of a ticket, he dodged the draft four or five times, bone spurs, Captain Bone Spurs."

"Bone spurs are a very serious issue, Jessica," shouted Greg Gutfeld.

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"[Trump] said that people who had gotten captured, 'suckers and losers,'" said Tarlov, as the rest of the group erupted and insisted Trump denied ever saying the latter. "He denied he slept with Stormy Daniels but that obviously hasn't worked out for him. I don't think you should ever say anyone who served didn't do a good job in this. If J.D. Vance wants to get into that tit-for-tat, he was in the public affairs department. It's just a fact of all of this. I don't think he should be going there with Tim Walz. I think that everyone who has served—"

"He was in a war zone," snapped Jesse Watters. "He was in Iraq."

"He was a reporter," said Tarlov.

"He was in Iraq, Jessica," said Watters. "He was in the Marines. And this guy left his unit ... Listen, it doesn't matter what I think, Jessica, his unit thinks he's a coward."

"It's not true!" exclaimed Tarlov.

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'Laughing will be the undoing of your side': Fox News hosts erupt over 'Tampon Tim' jab

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) wants women to have tampons and pads if needed.

For generations, school restrooms have had ancient machines on the wall selling feminine hygiene products to kids who might need them if they start menstruating at school.

Walz, who has a daughter, signed a bill as governor to ensure that any child who needs such a product can have it for free.

So, when Walz was named Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Stephen Miller, an ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, rushed to ridicule the governor as "Tampon Tim."

Chaya Raichik, who runs the fringe site "Libs of TikTok" then photoshopped Walz's face on a Tampax tampon box.

“Tampon Tim is hands down the best political nickname ever,” conservative Liz Wheeler posted on X. “It’s so… savagely effective. In one word tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about Tim Walz’s dangerous radicalism.”

Speaking Wednesday on "The Five," Fox's Jesse Watters mocked "Tampon Tim." His co-host, Jessica Tarlov, pointed to the "pink tax" and what it's like for girls who get their periods for the first time in school but don't have access to supplies.

"It's not about women!" shouted Watters.

"It is about women!" Tarlov shouted back.

"Women can get as many tampons as they want!" ranted Watters.

Tarlov explained that if there is a girl who identifies as male, they are still going to have a period in that bathroom.

It prompted Watters to break into laughter.

"Your laughing is going to be the undoing of your side," Tarlov said.

The "radicalism" Wheeler and others like her references that the pads and tampons are in both boys' and girls' bathrooms.

As one graphic designer and cancer caregiver pointed out, "Harping on them being in both bathrooms is also fairly dumb. All it means was that if a girl had to use the boys room in an emergency (this does happen) she would have the supplies she needs. How hard is this to undrstand?"

Women have also fought over the years to eliminate what is being called the "pink tax," or the sales taxes or value-added tax (VAT) that women must pay for feminine hygiene products like tampons and pads. The argument by activists is that women are unfairly financially penalized for biology.

Tarlov's comments reference the trouble that Republicans are having with women by trying to control reproductive freedom, monitoring menstrual cycles, banning birth control, and other topics.

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Fox News host slams Walz over tampons — and changing flag to 'look more like Somalia'

Following Vice President Kamala Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Fox News host Jesse Watters unleashed a tirade against him, painting him as a radical and appearing to reference a bizarre conspiracy theory from the far-right corners of the internet that Walz is trying to push Islamic influence in his state.

"This guy put tampons in boys' bathrooms," said Watters. "Fourth-grade boys' bathrooms, tampons. He wants [critical race theory] taught. He was all about toppling the Columbus statue. This guy changed the flag of the state to look more like Somalia! What is wrong with this guy?"

Watters is referring to Minnesota's decision last year to replace the state flag it has used since 1983, which consisted of simply the state seal on a field of blue and was widely regarded as dull, and which also included a portrayal of an indigenous figure widely seen as offensive. The design was replaced by one with a simpler and more distinguishable design, consisting of a white eight-pointed North Star in a blue, stylized shape of the state, all against a field of turquoise.

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The flag of Somalia contrasts to Minnesota's flag in that it features a white, five-pointed star against a solid blue background of a different shade. The symbolism and colors also carry different meanings on each flag.

However, some pro-Trump figures have tried to draw a connection between the two, with some trying to claim it's the influence of the Somalian ex-pat population living in Minneapolis, or Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of America's first female Muslim members of Congress, who came to America as a refugee from Somalia.

Most prominently, Mike Lindell, the election-denying CEO of MyPillow who is himself a Minnesota native, agreed with Steve Bannon in an interview earlier this year that the new flag was an "Islamic symbol" and raged, "It's an atrocity! Everybody's going, what is this? Is this a takeover? This is like a Trojan horse here in Minnesota, Steve. When they started pouring in, they don't love our country."

Watters, who has garnered attention for a number of controversial on-air remarks over the years, just last week attacked Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif based on false claims that she was transgender, saying, "All of these international Olympic committees are corrupt ... We're now at the point where we're going to give gold medals to men for beating up women."

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Fox News host on Olympic boxer: We're giving 'gold medals to men for beating up women'

Multiple prominent Fox News hosts doubled down on right-wing attacks against an Olympic boxer who defeated her opponent in under a minute and has since faced a deluge of smears on social media, including from former President Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance.

Algerian Imane Khelif defeated Italian boxer Angela Carini when Carini forfeited. Khelif is a woman from birth and has naturally occurring high levels of testosterone. She was excluded from competition last year for failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, leading many right-wing commentators to falsely claim she is transgender or a "biological man."

The fight became a talking point for right-wingers, with Trump saying being punched by Khelif would be "like getting hit by a horse" and Vance saying "This is where Kamala Harris's ideas about gender lead: to a grown man pummeling a woman in a boxing match."

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On Friday, Fox News' afternoon show "The Five" waded into the fray, including anchor Jesse Watters, who suggested that Olympic committees "got greased" by Khelif.

"All of these international Olympic committees are corrupt," he said.

Watters added that "whenever you have a trans situation in anything, it gets a lot of publicity. So they're probably thinking this is great publicity."

But, he suggested, "We're now at the point where we're going to give gold medals to men for beating up women. We might have a gold and silver medalist who just beat up a bunch of women. They're going to stand up on the podium with a bunch of medals around their neck for punching girls in the face!"

When fellow co-host Jessica Tarlov tried to interject and say, "No one is saying that they're men, they're not men," Watters doubled down.

"They're men. Everybody knows they're men, Jessica. And if Trump were president he would slap Algeria with sanctions."

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'Certified weirdo': Fox host roasted for confusion how men could vote for Democrats

Fox News host Jesse Watters fumed that men who vote for Vice President Kamala Harris might as well turn in their man cards during a segment of "The Five" on Tuesday, discussing Harris' wildly successful "White Dudes for Harris" livestream at the start of the week, which racked up millions of dollars from hundreds of thousands of donors.

"Now, I don't see why any man would vote Democrat," said Watters, who just a week previously was schooled for trying to claim Harris didn't earn her position of power. "It's not the party of virtue, security, it's not the party of strength, it's definitely not the party of family. And to be a man, and then vote for a woman, just because she's a woman, is either childish, that person has Mommy issues, or they're just trying to be accepted by other women. And I heard the scientists say the other day, that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman."

Commenters on social media instantly reacted to Watters' sardonic rant.

"Uh oh, fellas. Arbiter of Masculinity Jesse Watters has ruled we cannot vote for Democrats. This is quite the dilemma," wrote USA Today opinion columnist Rex Huppke.

"Because not all men are insecure in their manhood and masculinity," wrote the account @grace_hackney.

"Are conservative men OK?" asked national security attorney Bradley Moss.

"I don’t see why a man would have to let the air out of the tires of a young woman who works for him in order to force her to need a ride home from him so he could hit on her and eventually leave his wife and kids for her," wrote podcaster JoJoFromJerz, referencing a bizarre story Watters has told about how he seduced his current wife.

"Jesse Watters is still living in the 1400s," wrote the account @franklinisbored.

"This guy is a certified weirdo," wrote the account @nycjaneyvee.

"Think of how far this guy has fallen since conducting racist interviews in Chinatown," wrote the account @JohnnyMcNulty. "Not a whole lot, tbh. He always sucked."

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'Not even hiding the racism anymore': Fox News host slammed over Kamala Harris theory

Critics slammed a Fox News host on Tuesday night who told viewers that Vice President Kamala Harris is in the White House due to a deal with Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders.

Jesse Watters, a frequent proponent of conspiracy theories, made the comment during "Jesse Watters Primetime," in which he slammed Harris' numbers among Black voters.

"How can Kamala Harris cobble together the Obama coalition if she can't even crack 5 percent with Black voters?" Watters said, referring to the 2020 Democratic primary. "Biden, Bernie, Liz Warren, Cory Booker — all did better with Blacks than Kamala Harris. And suddenly she's the next messiah?"

Watters then floated his theory of why Harris is really the vice president.

"The only reason she is in the White House is because of the DEI deal Biden cut with Bernie to seal the nomination," he said. "The only ones really pumped about Harris is the machine."

The internet blasted Watters over the remarks, with some likening it to racism.

"Just say the word, Jesse. We all know you want to," wrote @dvillella.

"They’re not even hiding the racism anymore are they," wrote @cocoburbank.

"Watters said DEI," wrote @ConservBlue2020. "Drink."

"And here come the racist and sexist attacks," wrote @TheNicAbides.

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Watters: The only reason Kamala’s is in The White House is because of the DEI deal Biden cut with Bernie pic.twitter.com/LHeVDpBJa6
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 24, 2024

'We did not cut your mic': Fox News host jabs CNN in chummy chat with Trump campaign

Fox News host Jesse Watters jabbed CNN on Tuesday days after Donald Trump's campaign spokeswoman was booted off the air during an interview as host Kasie Hunt became fed up over the bashing of her colleague Jake Tapper.

During the CNN interview Monday, CNN host Kasie Hunt asked spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt about the campaign's expectations for Thursday's debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.

Hunt noted that the campaign appeared to be alternating strategies by praising Biden as a brilliant debater while also describing him as "senile."

Rather than address the question, Leavitt bashed Tapper, who is expected to moderate the debate.

"Well, first of all, it takes someone five minutes to Google Jake Tapper and Donald Trump to see that Jake Tapper has consistently...""

Hunt interjected: "Ma'am, we're going to stop right there if you're going to keep attacking my colleague."

Leavitt continued undeterred: "I am stating facts that your colleagues have stated in the past that — "

"I'm sorry, guys, we're going to come back to the panel," Hunt said. "Karoline, thank you very much for your time, you are welcome to come back at any point... and speak about Donald Trump."

The heated interaction reverberated throughout social media — and got Watters' attention Tuesday.

During his interview with Leavitt, Watters fired multiple shots at the rival network.

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"Does Jake Tapper get a mute button," he asked.

"Well he should! He should have a mute button after the last eight years of spewing anti-Trump lies on CNN," responded Leavitt. "And that's exactly what I tried to say just yesterday on CNN but apparently they don't like to hear the truth about what Jake Tapper feels about President Trump."

She said Tapper is "clearly" an anti-Trump leftist and activist — "not a veteran journalist like CNN is doubling down and saying now."

For this reason, Trump expects a three-on-one dogpile Thursday, she said.

Rather than push back, Watters noted Trump signed up for the deal after "they threw it at him." He then brought up a recent right-wing talking point about whether the candidates will be asked to "pee in cups" to prove they aren't doping ahead of the debate.

Leavitt couldn't help but crack a smile and said Trump has repeatedly challenged Biden to a drug test. She reiterated to Watters the challenge still stands, and said that's how the Biden campaign can prove the president is "not going to be doped up" like many in MAGA circles may have questioned during the annual State of the Union.

"They're getting very upset that we're even suggesting Joe Biden may be artificially stimulated," she said.

Watters retorted that he'll obtain a drug test the night of the debate "so everybody can see that I'm clean."

"Everyone on The Five will take a drug test and we'll reveal the results at 6 o'clock," he said with a laugh.

Later in the interview, Watters asked Leavitt if Trump has done any mock-debate prep — "even a little bit?"

Apparently not.

"No, he is continuing with his regular daily life," she replied, noting that in her mind, one of the most "underreported stories" this week has been Biden's debate prep.

"The leader of the free world, Joe Biden, has to prep for debate for a whole week," she said. "He can't govern and do both! Not one public schedule. It really is quite concerning that that's the leader of our country."

Watters agreed.

"It's never happened in the history of our politics that the president's taken a week off to prepare to do his job," he said.

Watters ended with one final dig at his rival network.

"Karoline, thank you so much, and, um, we did not cut your mic," he said. "You're welcome."

Watch the clip below or at this link.

'As Zen as the Tasmanian Devil': Fox News host mocked for Trump 'court meditation' excuse

Donald Trump isn't sleeping in court; he is actually searching for nirvana.

That's according to Fox News anchor Jesse Watters.

Wearing a straight face, the TV broadcaster made the fulsome defense of former President Donald Trump's alleged courtroom nap times while he stands trial for the criminal hush money cover-up case where he faces 34-counts of falsifying business records.

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"He’s not sleeping," Watters declared to his "The Five" co-host Greg Gutfeld. "He’s meditating, Greg."

"He’s in a meditative state. And when you’re defensive about something, you avoid something. Trump’s not defensive of being old and tired. He can shut his eyes and not feel bad about it like Sleepy Joe."

The mention of "Sleepy Joe" is aimed at President Joe Biden, echoing the nickname Trump has given him along with "Crooked Joe."

Trump has already tried to explain away his shuteye disposition in court.

"I don’t fall asleep during the Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt, especially not today," Trump declared. "I simply close my beautiful blue eyes."

Trump's rebuttal attempted to accentuate his physical beauty and mental acuity despite eyewitness accounts that he's been nodding off frequently in the Lower Manhattan courtroom.

Watters' latest suggestion that Trump is internalizing his thoughts and concentrating on his breath, body, and sounds was met with widespread skepticism.

@Christo12919382 posted: "Jesse Watters: He's not farting. He's sending smoke signals to his lawyers."

In the early days of the trial, Trump was also accused of not just sleeping but also of being cursed with a case of flatulence.

"Donald Trump is actually farting in the courtroom and that it's very stinky around him," MeidasTouch co-founder Ben Meiseles reported at the time. "It's a putrid odor in the courtroom and Trump's lawyers are repulsed by the scent and the smell."

Bruce Goldberg doesn't buy Trump's blissful state in court, posting: "He’s not sleeping. He’s meditating. Apparently, I got 8 hours of meditation in last night."

"Like my dad used to say, 'I was just resting my eyes'" reads a sarcastic post by @cathyob1.

"This isn't the flex he thinks it is," @A_tothe_Z_Amber argues.

More and more expressed doubts.

@KMCE15 writes: "Yes, yes. Whenever I think of d Trump, I think zen. I think meditative state."

@no_raise4_7_yrs also leaned in on the meditation farce: "He meditates like nobody has ever seen before."

"Trump is about as Zen as the Tasmanian Devil," jokes @Richard89220241.

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