Juan Williams Gets Into Testy Exchange With Fox Panelists As He Accuses Americans Of Sexism For Trump’s Lead

Fox News political analyst Juan Williams sparred with his fellow panelists early Wednesday as he accused Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss on sexism.

Republican nominee Donald Trump won the key battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania which ultimately placed him in a healthy lead against Harris. Williams said voters ignored Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021, and voted against Harris because she is a black woman, sparking a heated exchange between him and the other panelists.

“Would a white male have done better? Obviously Trump has defeated two women and now a black woman, so there’s all these questions. But to my mind, it seems to me incredible that a guy who led an insurrection against the United States government essentially now is going back into the Oval Office, it’s unbelievable,” Williams said.

“You have to consider the fact that one, a lot of people did not think that was an insurrection. They thought it was a riot, but not an insurrection. And had they thought it was an insurrection, he probably couldn’t have won. I think there’s exaggerations about that day about the alleged threat to democracy is a piece of what happened tonight is about,” panelist Brit Hume said.

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Fox News anchor Bret Baier said the Harris campaign ran several ads about January 6, but polling showed that voters were more concerned about the economy and immigration. Williams argued that a historically high percentage of black and Latino men supported Trump partially due to Harris being a woman.

“That’s where we differ,” Williams told Baier. “I’m not sold on this idea that oh, it was the cost of eggs. I worry that it was, ‘well I’m not voting for this woman, or I’m not voting for this black woman.’”

“Well that’s not what we see in our data,” Baier said.

Anchor Martha MacCallum argued many black voters who shifted their support for Trump are frustrated and may believe Democrats’ “put immigrants” before them, leading Williams to continue blaming the male turnout and so-called “white male grievance” for the former president’s victory. Republican political consultant and policy adviser Karl Rove argued