Fox News freaks out over “White Dudes for Harris”
Written by Helena Hind & Jane Lee
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Fox News figures resorted to pearl-clutching and wild analogies after the Zoom fundraiser “White Dudes for Harris” went viral. The fundraiser — which ended up raising over $4 million for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign — sparked an uproar at the pro-Trump network, with personalities reacting to the event’s success by comparing it to “racial segregation,” making allegations of “mommy issues,” and saying it could lead to “white guys for… Nazism.”
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- Fox co-anchor Dana Perino compared “White Dudes for Harris” to “racial segregation”
- Fox co-host Jeanine Pirro accused “White Dudes for Harris” of “politics by segregation” and said, “It's almost like they have reincarnated her and she is now the female Barack Obama”
- Fox co-host Tyrus suggested that “White Dudes for Harris” could lead to support for “Nazism”
- Fox host Jesse Watters said men who support Kamala Harris have “mommy issues”
- Fox host Laura Ingraham said the Harris campaign was banking on “men who bawl over a lost election”
- In a guest segment following Ingraham’s monologue, a chyron read: “Kamala supporters host racially segregated Zooms”
- Watters whined that the fundraiser attendees were “crying and sharing their feelings” and said to “vote Kamala” if you “want to be called a racist”
- Watters’ guest and Taylor Swift truther Graham Allen called the attendees “low-T, beta male, weak spine, limp wristed” and said “these dudes are riding us straight into the apocalypse”
- Watters’ guest Dr. Chloe Carmichael said the fundraiser attendees had “Stockholm syndrome” because “these are the very same people that would like to sacrifice these white men on the altar of diversity”
- Fox contributor Tomi Lahren said “White Dudes for Harris” is “a worthless virtue signal” to “soothe their white guilt,” while host Jimmy Failla accused them of “fighting racism with segregation”
- Fox host Brian Kilmeade and the Gutfeld! cast attacked “White Dudes for Harris,” with guest Morgan Ortagus calling it “a turnoff” and Tyrus saying he could attend, “transition, and then head off to the Black women’s meeting right afterwards"
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Fox co-anchor Dana Perino compared “White Dudes for Harris” to “racial segregation”
“When I hear, like, this racial segregation of the idea of ‘you just need this demographic,’ and then people proudly doing that — it makes me cringe. I don't like it, I want to reject all of it.” [Fox News, America’s Newsroom, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom
DANA PERINO (ANCHOR): White Dudes for Harris, that's the latest demographic to throw support behind Democrats. With membership consisting of Hollywood elites and lawmakers, organizers from the new group claiming they wouldn't let guys be bullied into supporting the Trump and Vance ticket.
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When I hear, like, this racial segregation of the idea of "you just need this demographic," and then people proudly doing that -- it makes me cringe. I don't like it, I want to reject all of it.
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Fox co-host Jeanine Pirro accused “White Dudes for Harris” of “politics by segregation” and said, “It's almost like they have reincarnated her and she is now the female Barack Obama”
[Fox News, The Five, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Five
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Fox co-host Tyrus suggested that “White Dudes for Harris” could lead to support for “Nazism”
“What if we have white guys for, I don't know, Nazism, you know, like, where do you draw the line?” [Fox News, The Five, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Five
DANA PERINO (HOST): What do you think about that? A rainbow of beige?
TYRUS (HOST): Sounds like a fun day to me. This is so racist. The polite racism cracks me up, and Jesse is supposed to be the embodiment of conservative racist face, but it's never a --
JESSE WATTERS (HOST): I thought it was --
TYRUS (HOST): It's never the Republicans who ever bring up race. It's never -- It's always the same thing. White Dudes for Kamala, awesome. So, now I'll start setting up White Dudes for Tyrus, like it just makes no sense. What if we have Black dudes, Black brothers for Trump. Well, we'd all lose our blackness as soon as we show up for the meeting. So, what if we have white guys for, I don't know, Nazism, you know, like, where do you draw the line? Why is white the issue? Or men?
And according to them, everything's gender-fluid. And you could literally be in a meeting and realize the whole time you're in the White Dudes for Kamala and you are really be at the Black Women for Kamala meeting next week. This is pathetic. This is what they do.
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Fox host Jesse Watters said men who support Kamala Harris have “mommy issues”
“To be a man and then vote for a woman just because she's a woman is either childish, that person has mommy issues, or they're just trying to be accepted by other women. And I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman.” [Fox News, The Five, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Five
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Fox host Laura Ingraham said the Harris campaign was banking on “men who bawl over a lost election”
[Fox News, The Ingraham Angle, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle
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In a guest segment following Ingraham’s monologue, a chyron read: “Kamala supporters host racially segregated Zooms”
[Fox News, The Ingraham Angle, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle
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Watters whined that the fundraiser attendees were “crying and sharing their feelings” and said to “vote Kamala” if you “want to be called a racist”
[Fox News, Jesse Watters Primetime, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime
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Watters’ guest and Taylor Swift truther Graham Allen called the attendees “low-T, beta male, weak spine, limp wristed” and said “these dudes are riding us straight into the apocalypse”
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime
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Watters’ guest Dr. Chloe Carmichael said the fundraiser attendees had “Stockholm syndrome” because “these are the very same people that would like to sacrifice these white men on the altar of diversity”
“We all know that diversity is code for ‘getting rid of white men,’” she added. [Fox News, Jesse Watters Primetime, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime
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Fox contributor Tomi Lahren said “White Dudes for Harris” is “a worthless virtue signal” to “soothe their white guilt,” while host Jimmy Failla accused them of “fighting racism with segregation”
[Fox News, Hannity, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' Hannity
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Fox host Brian Kilmeade and the Gutfeld! cast attacked “White Dudes for Harris,” with guest Morgan Ortagus calling it “a turnoff” and Tyrus saying he could attend, “transition, and then head off to the Black women’s meeting right afterwards"
[Fox News, Gutfeld!, 7/30/24]
Video fileCitation From the July 30, 2024, edition of Fox News' Gutfeld!