Those self-styled America lovers over at Fox Nation have found a new way to hate monger against our president - and one that coincidentally fits in with Fox News' impeachment fever. Their latest? "Just asking" if President Obama will "ignore election laws."
Here's a perfect example of how Fox acts as an echo chamber to repeat and amplify Republican talking points: A Republican official, in this case Tea Party-allied Congressman Trey Gowdy asks an inflammatory "question" about President Obama during a House hearing. Gowdy almost certainly knows that his soundbite will be picked up and - sure enough, it became the top story on Fox Nation.
Not surprisingly, some of the Fox Nation readers used this story as an excuse to break out the racism:
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Jane S commented
2013-12-06 01:29:43 -0500
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This is particularly shameful pandering coming from Trey Gowdy, who’s a strong conservative, but very bright and absolutely knows better than this. Ugh.
Joseph West commented
2013-12-05 18:25:41 -0500
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Well, if anyone knows about “ignoring election laws,” it’s Teabagging Republicons.
