Fox Analyst Praises Network: “Fox Tapped Into” Trump's Rise “A Long Time Ago”

Peter Johnson Jr.: Trump's Win Is “An Historic Moment In America.”

From the February 9 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:

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ANNA KOOIMAN (HOST): Hi, everyone. Many see last night's victories by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders as a big win over the mainstream media in America.

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KOOIMAN: Have American voters been put into the driver's seat instead of big Washington media? Here to weigh in is Peter Johnson Jr. I want everyone's ears to perk up, because this is an interesting theory and take a look at this first. The Daily News cover this morning, “Dawn of The Brain-Dead, Clown Comes Back To Life In New Hampshire Win As Mindless Zombies Turn Out In Droves.” So, so they're shaming voters.

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PETER JOHNSON JR.: You see the Daily News headline about Donald Trump, so it's an attack on Donald Trump, politicians are used to that, but more than that it's an attack on Americans, that they're somehow brain-dead, that they're lifeless, that they're zombies, that they're stupid, that some of you folks are stupid at home, because you voted for Donald Trump or you want to vote for Donald Trump. So they're saying we have lost control of you. You're not paying attention to the candidates we want to win, that we want you to vote for. And it's an historic moment in America. It's something that I think Fox tapped into a long time ago. Like Donald Trump has been on this show before he was a candidate for a long, long time. And a lot of people have had the opportunity to be heard, but Americans are saying I like this candidate. I like Sanders. I want them perhaps to be the President. And Washington and New York, broadcast executives and big newspapers like the Daily News and The New York Times, they're exploding.

Previously:

Trump Is Devouring The GOP, And Fox News Fed It To Him

Bernie Goldberg Slams Fox: “Trump Gets More Air Time On Fox Than Some Of The Anchors”

The 2015 Fox Primary: It's Trump, And Then Everyone Else