Matt Gaetz is one of the more detestable of the new Republicans FOX has elevated to a much higher level of importance than his competence would deserve. He's been a regular on the show for some time now, stridently defending Trump and denouncing Democrats. He's Shady with a jaw! But suddenly FOX has forgotten his name ... for some reason.
This is, hands down, the most shocking scandal involving a sitting member of Congress in at least a decade. But Fox News remains on the sidelines, too nervous to cover the story.
Rupert Murdoch's Republican propaganda outlet likely knew it had a major problem on its hands with the Gaetz story when he appeared on Tucker Carlson's show Tuesday night just as the scandal was breaking, and seemed to try to drag the host into the swamp.
"You and I went to dinner about two years ago, your wife was there, and I brought a friend of mine, you'll remember her," Gaetz said. Carlson, reportedly "pissed" about the interview, quickly denied remembering any such female friend and acted confused. He later told viewers the Gaetz segment was one of the "weirdest" interviews he had ever done.
And now Fox News is trying to flush the whole sordid story down the memory hole. But it's not going to work. The Republican bottom feeder, who has been groomed for right-wing stardom by Fox News, where his obnoxious and ignorant antics were celebrated, is now facing his time in the barrel.
https://crooksandliars.com/2021/04/fox-news-completely-silent-gaetz?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral