Schlapp: Fox Banned Me Because They’ve Gone “Woke”

The Daily Beast reports:

American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp, who is currently facing a multi-million dollar sexual battery and defamation lawsuit for allegedly groping a GOP strategist, suggested with a straight face on Thursday that his ubiquitous Fox News appearances dried up because the network became too “woke.”

During a Newsmax panel discussion on Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch stepping down, Schlapp wove a far-fetched narrative that his particular brand of MAGA conservatism had become unwelcome in recent years because Murdoch had steered the conservative cable giant to the left.

Noting that Murdoch’s son Lachlan has been tapped to take over the media empire, Schlapp wondered if the new chairman would “recapture the spirit of the early years of Fox” or if the network is “going to continue down the ‘woke’ road.”

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American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp, who is facing a multi-million dollar sexual battery and defamation lawsuit for allegedly groping a GOP strategist, suggested that his Fox News appearances dried up because the network became too “woke.” https://t.co/NCIVdQ6LF0

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 21, 2023

I’m ready to go to the Senate pic.twitter.com/OiQfWuX5Gr

— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) September 21, 2023

Matt Schlapp lies to Newsmax viewers that Fox dropped him for political reasons, while it was actually about sexual harassment allegations:

“I was on Fox practically every day for years…And then something happened in the country… Fox seemed to want to be at war with its… pic.twitter.com/dekFKrtMpY

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 21, 2023