As chaos erupted on the floor of the Republican National Convention following a voice vote over whether or not delegates would be free to vote on the conventions' rules, Fox News first ignored the uproar and then criticized other media outlets for reporting on it.

In what was billed as the last stand for the “Stop Trump” movement, a voice vote was taken to adopt rules drafted by the RNC rules committee. Despite chaos on the floor, it was ruled that “the ayes have it and the resolution is agreed to,” a ruling which was denounced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and other anti-Trump conservatives.

While MSNBC and CNN were covering the scene from the RNC, Fox host Stuart Varney was attacking The Washington Post for its reporting on Fox host Neil Cavuto. When the network finally turned to the uproar, Varney used it to attack other media outlets for reporting on the “commotion,” saying “this convention will be treated by the establishment media as a series of confrontations, a series of crises. Very different from the expected media treatment of the Democrat convention next week”:

STUART VARNEY (HOST): Now, we're bringing you this because there was some kind of commotion on the floor. Mike Lee, I believe, is trying to explain that commotion, whether it's a procedural thing, whether it involves those who oppose Donald Trump, that we're not quite sure of. The media, of course, is making the great play of some kind of commotion on the floor of the convention, which has already begun. We're trying to get our own James Rosen onboard to find out exactly what is going on down there. It's not a huge commotion by any means but Mike Lee, Republican senator from the state of Utah, is right there dealing with it. I'm not quite sure of his role in this commotion as I'm calling it. But that is what he is doing right now. Explaining to the media what just happened, why it happened, and what is going to happen next. That is Mike Lee on the floor of the convention. Now, the convention is barely been opened a fewer hours. Already we have contentious stuff happening on the floor. The media all over it, of course, as you just heard from Brent Bozell this convention will be treated by the establishment media as a series of confrontations, as a series of crises. Very different from the expected media treatment of the Democrat convention next week.

Varney later repudiated claims that the convention had become a “car wreck,” saying that it should instead be described as “high drama.”