All posts tagged "Rachel Campos-Duffy"

A Trump Cabinet member's wife drew backlash with a claim about children killed in war that critics branded an "outrageous lie."

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, whose husband Sean Duffy serves as President Donald Trump's transportation secretary, claimed Saturday that Ukraine has killed "a million kids on the Russian side," according to a clip shared by journalist Aaron Rupar.

Campos-Duffy did not specify to what figure she was referring. Critics suggested the "kids" in question were Russian soldiers sent to fight in the war Moscow launched with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and her remarks quickly drew condemnation online from journalists, former intelligence officials and Russia analysts....

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy walked back a comment live on-air Monday after she called longtime television personality Van Jones a "communist."

Campos-Duffy took a moment during the broadcast to clarify what she said — and did not apologize for it.

"I said that Van Jones was a communist — I guess he’s a former communist just like Karen Bass says she used to be a communist but she was trained in the fields and in the youth brigade in Cuba. So we'll see. He says he's not a communist anymore. OK," she said....