Fox Host Calls Anti-McCarthy Reps “Insurrectionists”

Mediaite reports:

Brian Kilmeade can — at times— be fairly described as a loose cannon. And in the curious world of opinion-based television programming, that is a feature, not a bug.

Kilmeade’s off-the-cuff and unpolished-cum-authentic broadcast style was on full display Thursday morning when he derided the “Never Kevin” set of the twenty or so House Republicans refusing to support Rep. Kevin McCarthy as “insurrectionists.”

Fortunately for Kilmeade, he heard that word come out of his mouth and immediately walked it back, took Steve Doocy’s “saboteur” suggestion and proceeded with his larger point.

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Brian Kilmeade Calls McCarthy Holdouts ‘Insurrectionists,’ Then Scrambles to Take it Back: ‘Probably Shouldn’t Use That Word’ (opinion by @colbyhall) https://t.co/JozS4NUGKb

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 5, 2023