Fox News personalities have participated in more than 100 Republican events since the start of 2017, according to a Media Matters analysis. That boosterism underscores how intertwined the network is with the Republican Party -- and it's another example of how advertising and cable fees paid to the network are helping Republicans.
In this list, Media Matters documents that the following Fox Business or Fox News personalities have done events -- many of them direct fundraisers -- for Republicans while working for the network: hosts Dan Bongino, Rachel Campos-Duffy, Lou Dobbs (no longer with the network), Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity, Pete Hegseth, Laura Ingraham, Larry Kudlow, Mark Levin, and Jeanine Pirro; contributors Jason Chaffetz, Trey Gowdy, Tom Homan, Alveda King, Tomi Lahren, Mike Pompeo, Lara Trump, and David Webb; legal analyst Gregg Jarrett; Fox News Radio host Todd Starnes (no longer with the network); and Fox Nation hosts Diamond and Silk (no longer with the network).
In November 2018, Hannity and Pirro spoke at a rally for then-President Donald Trump. Fox News responded to criticism by claiming that it “does not condone any talent participating in campaign events.” That policy was certainly not enforced before that statement and has been enforced inconsistently at best since then, with numerous Fox News personalities pulling out of events after Media Matters reported on them and numerous others continuing to do them.
Here is a chronological list of Fox News personalities doing 105 Republican events since January 2017.
- January 26, 2017. Pete Hegseth speaks at a fundraising event for the Republican Party of Brazos County in Texas.
- February 18, 2017. Jeanine Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Kent County Republican Committee in Delaware.
- March 4, 2017. Lou Dobbs speaks at a fundraising event for the Manatee County Republican Executive Committee in Florida.
- March 9, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Erie County Republican Committee in New York.
- March 13, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Georgia Republican Party.
- March 20, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth in Pennsylvania.
- March 31, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Bonneville County GOP in Idaho.
- April 21, 2017. Hegseth speaks at a fundraising event for the Snohomish County Republican Central Committee in Washington.
- July 28, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Republican Party of Arkansas.
- July 29, 2017. Hegseth speaks at a fundraising event for the Larimer County Republican Party in Colorado.
- September 21, 2017. Greg Gutfeld speaks at a fundraising event for the Washington State Republican Party.
- October 8, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Volusia County Republican Party in Florida.
- October 14, 2017. Jason Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Gallatin and Madison County Republican Central Committees in Montana.
- October 17, 2017. Laura Ingraham speaks at a “campaign kickoff event” for Kelli Ward's Senate campaign in Arizona.
- October 21, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the California Republican Party.
- November 2, 2017. Hegseth speaks at a fundraising event for the Montgomery County Republican Women's PAC in Texas.
- November 9, 2017. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Alachua County Republican Party in Florida.
- January 18, 2018. Pirro speaks at an event for the Trumpettes USA club at Mar-a-Lago.
- February 8, 2018. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Sangamon County Republican Central Committee in Illinois.
- February 17, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the San Jacinto County Republican Party in Texas.
- February 17, 2018. Gutfeld speaks at an event for the Morris County Republican Committee at Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.
- February 23, 2018. Hegseth speaks at a fundraising event for the Alabama Republican Executive Committee.
- March 16, 2018. Pirro speaks at a fundraising event for the Kern County Republican Central Committee in California.
- May 17, 2018. Hegseth speaks at a fundraising event for the Benton County Republican Central Committee in Washington.
- May 22, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Ingham and Eaton County Republican Party in Michigan.
- May 24, 2018. Hegseth speaks at a fundraising event for the Livingston County Republican Party in Michigan.
- June 2, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Spokane County Republican Party in Washington state.
- June 15, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Jackson County Republican Party in Michigan.
- June 28, 2018. Sean Hannity speaks at a Manhattan Republican Party event in New York honoring him.
- June 30, 2018. Todd Starnes speaks at an event for the Fayette County Republican Party in Tennessee.
- July 2, 2018. Hannity participates in three campaign rallies for two Florida Republicans: gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis and congressional candidate Rep. Matt Gaetz.
- August 3, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Modesto Republican Women Federated in California.
- August 6, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for Rep. Lee Zeldin’s (R-NY) congressional campaign in New York.
- September 26, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Republican Party of Story County in Iowa.
- October 10, 2018. Pirro speaks at an event for Scott Wagner’s gubernatorial campaign in Pennsylvania.
- October 19, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Aliso Viejo and San Clemente Area Republican Women Federated in California.
- October 20, 2018. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the San Bernardino County Federation of Republican Women in California.
- November 5, 2018. Hannity and Pirro both speak at a campaign rally with Trump.
- February 23, 2019. Pirro again headlines a Trumpettes USA party at Mar-a-Lago.
- March 23, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Weber County Republican Party in Utah.
- March 30, 2019. Diamond and Silk are special guests at a fundraising dinner for the Bush Legacy Republican Women of Weatherford in Texas.
- April 18, 2019. Gregg Jarrett headlines a fundraiser for the Columbiana County Republican Party in Ohio.
- April 26, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Hamilton County Republican Party in Tennessee.
- May 4, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Yakima County Republican Party in Washington state.
- May 19, 2019. Mark Levin headlines a rally for Geary Higgins’ Virginia state Senate campaign.
- May 31, 2019. David Webb emcees a fundraising event for the Belknap County Republican Committee in New Hampshire.
- June 7, 2019. Trey Gowdy keynotes a fundraiser for the Republican Party of Arkansas.
- June 27, 2019. Rachel Campos-Duffy headlines a fundraising event for the Desoto County Republican Party in Mississippi.
- August 10, 2019. Diamond and Silk appear at an event for the Watauga and Ashe County Republican Parties in North Carolina.
- August 30, 2019. Tom Homan speaks at an event for the Nashua Republican City Committee in New Hampshire.
- September 23, 2019. Diamond and Silk appear at an event for the Republican Women Federation clubs in San Diego County, California.
- October 4, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for then-Rep. Cynthia Lummis’ (R-WY) Senate campaign in Wyoming.
- November 3, 2019. Pirro makes a “surprise appearance” at a fundraiser for the Volusia County Republican Party in Florida.
- November 4, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Saginaw County Republican Party in Michigan.
- November 4, 2019. Levin headlines a rally for Higgins’ campaign.
- November 5, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Clinton County Republican Party in Michigan.
- November 5, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Bay County Republican Party in Michigan.
- November 6, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Republican Party of Kalamazoo County in Michigan.
- November 12, 2019. Pirro appears at a fundraiser for the Seminole County Republican Party.
- November 13, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the New Hampshire Republican Party.
- December 13, 2019. Chaffetz speaks at a fundraiser for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Republican Women committee in North Carolina.
- December 16, 2019. Jarrett speaks at a meeting of Club 45 USA in West Palm Beach, Florida.
- February 12, 2020. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Sangamon County Republican Party in Illinois.
- February 22, 2020. Homan speaks at an event for the Culpeper County Republican Committee in Virginia.
- March 6, 2020. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Jefferson County Republican Party in Texas.
- September 10, 2020. Gowdy keynotes a fundraiser for the Comal County Republican Party in Texas.
- September 28, 2020. Chaffetz speaks at an event for the Teton County Republican Party in Wyoming.
- October 16, 2020. Homan speaks at an event for Steve Negron’s congressional campaign in New Hampshire.
- April 8, 2021. Gowdy speaks at a fundraiser for the Harris County Republican Party in Texas.
- April 16, 2021. Gowdy keynotes a fundraiser for the Mahoning County Republican Party in Ohio.
- April 17, 2021. Mike Pompeo keynotes a fundraiser for the Republican Party of Palm Beach County in Florida.
- June 2021. Pompeo speaks at an event for the Republican National Committee in California.
- June 5, 2021. Lara Trump speaks at the North Carolina Republican Convention.
- June 18, 2021. Pompeo keynotes a fundraiser for the Miami-Dade County Republican Executive Committee in Florida.
- July 22, 2021. Tomi Lahren speaks at an event for the Sumter County Republican Party in Florida.
- July 23, 2021. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for the Kern County Republican Party in California.
- July 30, 2021. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for the South Carolina Republican Party.
- August 7, 2021. Larry Kudlow speaks at a fundraiser for the Bridgeport Republican Town Committee in Connecticut.
- August 7, 2021. Homan appears at a rally for Jarome Bell’s congressional campaign in Virginia.
- August 7, 2021. Pompeo speaks at an event for the Williamson County Republican Party in Tennessee.
- August 19, 2021. Pompeo speaks at two events for Sen. James Lankford’s (R-OK) Senate campaign in Oklahoma.
- September 10, 2021. Dan Bongino keynotes a fundraiser for the Martin County Republican Executive Committee in Florida.
- September 24, 2021. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for the Maryland Republican Party.
- October 2, 2021. Pompeo speaks at an event for Maverick PAC, which supports Republican candidates.
- October 20, 2021. Lara Trump speaks at an event for the Republican Party of Medina County in Ohio.
- October 22, 2021. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for Rep. Doug Lamborn’s (R-CO) congressional campaign in Colorado.
- January 26, 2022. Lara Trump speaks at an event for the Collin County Conservative Republicans in Texas.
- February 18, 2022. Alveda King keynotes an event for the Alabama Republican Party.
- March 11, 2022. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for the Iowa Republican Party.
- March 12, 2022. Pompeo speaks at an event for the Kansas Republican Party.
- March 18, 2022. Levin keynotes a fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago Club for the Republican Party of Palm Beach County, Florida.
- March 24, 2022. Pompeo speaks at an event for the Republican Party of Sarasota County in Florida.
- March 26, 2022. Homan speaks at a rally for Trump in Georgia.
- April 7, 2022. Pompeo keynotes a fundraiser for the Hillsborough County Republican Committee in New Hampshire.
- April 8, 2022. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for the Butler County Republican Party in Ohio.
- April 11, 2022. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for the Dallas County Republican Party in Texas.
- April 20, 2022. Pompeo speaks at a rally for David McCormick’s Senate campaign.
- April 26, 2022. Pomepo speaks at a fundraiser for the Allen County Republican Party in Indiana.
- April 29, 2022. Pompeo speaks at a fundraiser for the Delaware County Republican Party in Ohio.
- March 5, 2022. King speaks at an event for the Spokane County Republican Party in Washington.
- April 2, 2022. King speaks at an event for the Republican Party of Charlotte County in Florida.
- May 6, 2022. Pompeo holds a press briefing for McCormick’s Senate campaign in Pennsylvania.
And here are 13 instances when Fox News personalities withdrew from a Republican event -- including their originally scheduled date -- after Media Matters reported on their participation:
- February 16, 2019: Brian Kilmeade withdrew from a fundraiser for the Williamson County Republican Party in Tennessee.
- April 25, 2019: Hegseth withdrew from a fundraiser for the Bridgeport Republican Town Committee in Connecticut.
- September 18, 2019: Pirro withdrew from an event for the Trump fan club Trump Team 2020 Florida in Pensacola, Florida.
- September 19, 2019: Pirro withdrew from an event for Trump Team 2020 Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.
- September 22, 2019: Pirro withdrew from an event for Trump Team 2020 Florida in The Villages, Florida.
- September 24, 2019: Pirro withdrew from an event for Trump Team 2020 Florida in Vero Beach, Florida.
- October 20, 2019: Pirro withdrew from an event for the pro-Trump group Jexit.
- October 25, 2019: Pirro withdrew from a fundraiser for the King County Republican Party in Washington state.
- November 7, 2019: Pirro withdrew from an event for the Valley Young Republicans in Fresno, California.
- February 21, 2020: Fox News host and reporter Lawrence Jones withdrew from a fundraiser for the Snohomish County Republican Party in Washington.
- February 23, 2020. Fox News contributor Tyrus withdrew from a fundraiser for Daniel Rodimer’s congressional campaign in Nevada.
- April 21, 2022. Fox News host Katie Pavlich withdrew from a fundraiser for the Trumbull County Republican Party in Ohio.
- May 7, 2022. Fox News contributor Joe Concha withdrew from a fundraiser for the Snohomish County Republican Party in Washington.