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Fox News Loves Trump Fan And Rally Speaker, Gene Huber

Posted by Brian and Ellen -19pc on February 22, 2017 · Flag

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At the president’s campaign rally over the weekend, Gene Huber, a fan who has not one but two cardboard cutouts of his idol and salutes it (them?) daily, was called up to the stage for what he called “a dream come true.” And as much as Huber seems to love the president, that’s as much as Fox seems to love Huber. In fact, Trump knew of Huber thanks to Fox. So was it a set up? We report, you decide.

On Sunday, the day after the rally, Huber got some Fox love on Fox & Friends. On Monday, the weekday Curvy Couch Crew admired him all over again. So did Fox’s blog.

Cohost Steve Doocy asked the hard-hitting question, “How close were you to kissing Donald Trump, out of curiosity?”

Doocy also noted that some people thought Huber was “so perfect for Trump, he must’ve been a plant.”

Huber called that “totally ridiculous.” He insisted there had been “no set up, anything like that at all.”

But what Doocy didn’t mention is that Trump had seen Huber interviewed on Fox News and recognized him in the crowd. So was it possible that Fox set up Huber without him knowing it, thereby keeping the surprise genuine on his part? Given that Fox may have leaked a debate question to Trump and may have given him a heads up on interview questions, it would not seem inconceivable for Fox to have helped orchestrate this bit of PR.

Cohost Ainsley Earhardt made a show of giving the story credence. She gushed, “I thought this is so like President Trump just to invite, just one of us, up on stage and say, ‘Come on over and tell your story.’”

Doocy gave a few plugs for Huber’s car sales business and urged the viewers, “Buy a car from Gene today.”

Huber returned the favor.

“I salute him every morning,” Huber said, meaning the Trump cardboard cutout(s). “Just like this: Good morning Mr. President. I pray for your safety, and let’s have a wonderful day. Thank you, sir, for what you do for us.”

Cohost Brian Kilmeade did his part to suggest that a poll giving Trump an approval rating of 39% was wrong. “How is the president doing?” Kilmeade asked, as if he didn't already know the kind of response Huber would provide.

“He’s doing 139% awesome,” Huber replied. “This man is the leader that we need in this world and, folks, write this down, he’s going to be the best president in history.”

Even if Fox did nothing to steer Trump to Huber during the rally, the network certainly did its part to milk every bit of Happy Trump optics from it. Vladimir Putin would be impressed.

Watch it below and imagine how Fox would react if CNN or MSNBC did a similar interview during Barack Obama’s time in office.

Update:  Richard reminded us that Huber has called Obama a Muslim in tweets. No wonder Trump liked him so much, eh?

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John McKee commented 2017-02-23 17:20:56 -0500 · Flag
Guber Huber – a worthy successor to Joe the Plumber (not), Snowdrift Snooki and Krusty the Klown.
B W commented 2017-02-23 09:48:33 -0500 · Flag
CNN also put this clown on the air, so they are just as bad as Fox.
Dadeo commented 2017-02-23 09:40:59 -0500 · Flag
Huber must live in Joe the Plumbers basement.
B W commented 2017-02-23 08:57:58 -0500 · Flag
Typical Fox to promote a creep like this guy.
David Lindsay commented 2017-02-23 06:33:17 -0500 · Flag
EOF, while watching Stephen Colbert’s show last night he said Trump was a big fan of Alex Jones. If this isn’t a put on by Trump, we are in trouble. From reading about this guy on the web, Jones is a nut. A thousand amp nut who drank too much expresso and doesn’t know how to use the indoors voice. Let’s see how enthusiastic twit Huber is after four years of insane conspiracy theories.
Eyes On Fox commented 2017-02-23 05:58:10 -0500 · Flag
John Oliver’s 1st show of the season had a wonderful segment on the circular nature of right-wingers at all levels swallowing their own propaganda. If I recall it goes something like this:

1. A guy on Twitter tweets 3 million illegal votes cast.
2. Total crackpot Alex Jones legitimizes the fantasy as fact screaming and yelling it’s true. Note Trump has appeared on Jones’ show and praises him greatly.
3. Other conservative disinformation outlets hear the noise and suppose it’s true so repeat it. No critical thinking allowed.
4. Narcissist Trump gets wind of the ‘fact’ (it’s on the Internet so must be true) and trumpets it at public events because it fits the flattering image he sees gazing into a mirror.
5. Man on the street Trumpets swoon over their orange leader’s words and soon are caught on tape parroting it as one of the reasons they love Trump unequivocally.
6. Going full circle, Der Furur rages he really won the election, not lying Hillary and her millions of fraudster voters. Proof? Everyone he knows says it’s true!
David Lindsay commented 2017-02-22 23:28:38 -0500 · Flag
John M, this passenger Huber is jumping for joy now and the ship hasn’t been unmoored yet. Wait a while. When the ship is pitching in the first squall President Orange Popsicle steers us into. We’ll have to remind squid Huber that the puking is done outside on the rail, not in the galley.
John McKee commented 2017-02-22 22:08:14 -0500 · Flag
John H – the intriguing thing is just when Fox scuttles down the mooring rope and leaves the SS Trump to sink without a friend in the world. Will they go all CPAC and holier than thou (ha!) or will they get all tub-thumping militaristic and start cheering for a new war somewhere to cover their embarrassment while they regroup?
john howard commented 2017-02-22 18:29:12 -0500 · Flag
WOW!!!!FAUX FAKE NEWS is sinking fast, bless their little hearts!!!!








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