Fox News’s muted response to the stunning Trump Capitol inquiry was unintentionally hilarious
You might already have seen some of the extraordinary testimony given by former top White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to the congressional committee investigating Donald Trump and the Capital Riot.
Just in case you missed it, here are just three of the most jaw-dropping moments, as reported on Twitter.
Donald Trump, when told he could not go to the Capitol on Jan. 6: "I'm the fucking president. Take me up to the Capitol now," Cassidy Hutchinson testifies
Trump then reached to grab the steering wheel. A USSS agent said, "Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel."
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 28, 2022
Hutchinson said valets had to wipe ketchup off the wall of the White House dining room after Trump threw his lunch when he saw Bill Barr told the AP there wasn't evidence of widespread election fraud
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) June 28, 2022
“I don't fucking care that they have weapons. They're not here to hurt me. Take the fucking mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here. Let the people in. Take the fucking mags away."
— Trump on Jan 6, according to WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 28, 2022
We should add that Trump, for his part, denies many – if not all – of the allegations.
But we mention them here because of this moment on Fox News which has just gone wildly viral after it was shared by CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter over on Twitter.
This post-hearing moment of awkward silence on Fox kinda says a lot. pic.twitter.com/5yRNJ0btKd
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 28, 2022
Not quite a minute’s silence, but maybe it should have been.
They are finally speechless
— susan (@marathonmama) June 28, 2022
🤣 🤣Crickets 🦗 The other two are playing “Not It!” until bro snuck her with, “Sandra, can you still hear?” Sandra’s like fuck you man.. shit.. uhh, word salad 🤣🤣 Their faces, lol. They know they have nothing. pic.twitter.com/SJfcsccE3u
— Lowcountry Honyol (@savannahhonyol) June 28, 2022
Gym jordan pushing back. "I know he tried to strangle his Secret Service protector while he was driving, but wasn't Hunter Biden's laptop on the Dashboard? Could that have been what he was reaching for?"
— Jill Marie O’Brien (@malinutt10) June 28, 2022
the takeaway here: in the absence of Jim Jordan gaslighting, they literally don’t know what to say
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) June 28, 2022
To conclude …
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1541864905023913986?s=20&t=PktHoQ5cPNK7tnLbVCCZ4w
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Source Twitter @BrianStelter
