Text Shows Fox Host Wanted Non-MAGA Hosts Fired

The Daily Beast reports:

In these unredacted texts, which Confider obtained and reviewed, Fox News star Jesse Watters expressed some very Tucker-like thoughts to Carlson about firing some news vets and replacing them with MAGA-friendly voices.

“Wallace Cavuto and other [sic] have got to go. Need some fresh blood. Should hire some trump people,” Watters, who is seen as a likely heir apparent to Carlson’s primetime throne, texted Tucker on Nov. 13.

Watters’ demand to fire veteran anchors Chris Wallace and Neil Cavuto mirror Carlson’s similar, previously reported grousing to fellow primetime stars Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.

Read the full article. Neil Cavuto, one of Fox’s “straight news” hosts, has debunked stolen election claims on multiple occasions. Chris Wallace left Fox News after the election and now works for CNN.

Text Message Shows Jesse Watters Wanted Fellow Fox Host Neil Cavuto Fired: ‘Need Some Fresh Blood. Should Hire Some Trump People’https://t.co/zy2P3V4wWq

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) May 9, 2023

WATCH: As McEnany baselessly accused Dems of stealing the election, host Neil Cavuto interrupted to tell viewers what was actually going on.

“Unless she has more details to back that up, I can’t in good countenance continue showing you this.”

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— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 9, 2020