Trump said he was glad Robert Mueller died. Fox News never mentioned his comment on TV | CNN Business
If you only watched Fox News over the weekend, you didnât hear about President Donald Trumpâs widely condemned reaction to Robert Muellerâs death. âRobert Mueller just died,â Trump posted to Truth Social shortly after the news of the former FBI directorâs death became public on Saturday afternoon. âGood, Iâm glad heâs dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!â Since then, Fox News has mentioned Muellerâs death at least six times on air without ever quoting Trumpâs celebration or all the outrage the post provoked, according to TV transcript database searches. Most of Foxâs mentions of Muellerâs death were short news updates, not full-fledged discussions. But that, too, was a curious choice for a network whose biggest stars spent years villainizing Mueller for leading the Russia probe during Trumpâs first term. One of the only extended conversations about Mueller was on Trey Gowdyâs Sunday evening show, in which he and Rep. Jim Jordan discussed âthe political origins of the Russia collusion hoax.â Trumpâs reaction did not come up. Foxâs omission was a window into how the pro-Trump network selectively amplifies or sidesteps his rhetoric depen
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