Fox Hosts Express Amazement That Hugh Hewitt Apologized For “Gotcha” Question To Donald Trump

Eric Bolling: “You May Get A Little Bit Of A Softer [CNN] Debate Than We Had Hoped For”

From the September 15 edition of Fox News' The Five:

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ERIC BOLLING: I will tell you, the Hugh Hewitt -- we talked about this last week -- the gotcha question that Hugh laid into Donald Trump. He walked that back. Now, if that's any indication of what tomorrow night is going to be like, you may get a different -- first of all, we thought it was going to be this going after Trump -- you may get a little bit of a softer debate than we had hoped for.

DANA PERINO: That is remarkable. I mean, in 2000 George Bush was asked, can you name the president of Slovenia? Not really relevant, OK, but the head of the Iranian Quds force, probably, someone you should at least maybe be aware of, since they're like chanting “death to America.” I don't think it was a gotcha question. And in fact, this is also what's kind of strange is that there are conservatives who will have said somebody like me, like, “you're not a real conservative.” For 10 years I've heard that, “you're not a real conservative.” I can answer the question about that. I know the enemies., but I don't get any credit. Somebody like Trump gets off scot-free on it. And Hugh Hewitt, as seen to in your eyes, you know, walked it back. I think that's amazing.

BOLLING: No, he did. He said it was his fault. He shouldn't been - he shouldn't have asked Trump that question on his radio show. [CROSSTALK]

JUAN WILLIAMS: Did he really say that?

BOLLING: Yeah

WILLIAM: Hugh Hewitt backed off on it?

BOLLING: He backed off on the question. No, I'm not making that up. [CROSSTALK]

WILLIAM: I couldn't believe it. 

Previously:

“It Was My Fault”: Hugh Hewitt Caves To Criticism From Right-Wing Media, Drops Defense Of Questions He Now Says Trump “Misunderstood”

Fox's The Five Criticizes Fellow Conservative Pundit Hugh Hewitt For Asking Foreign Policy “Gotcha Questions” To Donald Trump

Right-Wing Media Turn On Fellow Conservative Pundit For Asking Trump A Foreign Policy Question