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.
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
“I think it is extremely odd to suggest that black men are somehow prejudiced because they vote for a white candidate who says ‘I want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to succeed in our great economy, I want you to be more prosperous and I want to make it possible for you to make a better life,’” Rove said. “That is an appeal to their best instincts. He did not come on and say ‘vote for me because I’m not a woman, vote for me because I’m a white man.’ That would not have attracted those votes. They got attracted to him because they thought he was a strong, effective leader and they thought he would do something about the issues that they care most about.”
“You’re distorting my comments, but … wait, Karl, hang on. We’re not saying most black men did not vote for Donald Trump. So I never said anything like that. That’s just not true. I’m saying to you that in terms of this bro strategy for white males, the whole notion of ‘I’m bad, I talk about women in the most disparaging way,’ there’s some men who say ‘you know what? I want to be in on that. I want to be a badass guy and I think they like Trump’s image,” Williams said.
Public polling showed Trump leading by significant margins among male voters as he appeared on several podcasts, most notably “The Joe Rogan Experience,” that largely appeal to young, male voters. The former president made major inroads among black and Latino men, along with blue collar workers ahead of the 2024 election.
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