Fox Host Busted In Lie About “Immigrants” Voting In TX

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports:

“From a friend …,” Maria Bartiromo’s post on X begins. “Friend of mine’s wife had to take her 16 yr old son to the DMV this week for a new license. Couldn’t get an online appointment(all full) so went in person and had to go to 3 DMV’s to get something done. First DMV was in Weatherford. Had a massive line of immigrants getting licenses and had a tent and table outside the front door of the DMV registering them to vote!”

Bartiromo’s statement was “simply false,” according to Sgt. William Lockridge, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Contrary to Bartiromo’s friend’s wife’s account, there is no office for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in Weatherford. Folks there get their licenses at a DPS Driver License office. Still, no such tent and table were set up outside the office last week.

Read the full article.

According to Media Matters, Bartiromo has repeated her lie three times on air since Sunday without, they note, bothering to check with Texas officials. The Texas paper linked above further notes that Bartiromo’s X post generated thousands of screams about “illegals” voting.

Maria Bartiromo's wild and “kind of racist” election conspiracy theory collapses immediately https://t.co/vc9UZIcp9n

— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 20, 2024

Fox News host said Dems registered immigrants to vote in Weatherford. ‘None of it is true’ https://t.co/3bk1jtKjvB

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram (@startelegram) August 19, 2024