Fox News guest uses slur to refer to Defense Sec. Austin

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From the January 8, 2024, edition of Fox News' Gutfeld!

GREG GUTFELD (HOST): Tyler, I think, last night Trump called for Austin to be fired immediately. What do you think Trump would say if one of his cabinet members suddenly went missing for four days.

TYLER FISCHER (GUEST): Well, frankly I wouldn't hire somebody so incompetent. It wouldn't happen. It wouldn't happen. But this guy was, we call it a diversity hire, right? He was a diversity hire. He was the mentally retarded hire, right?

Sure, you can't say that, you can't say that. Yes, you can. You can say it. You can say it. But, no, Biden doesn't even know that he's gone missing. No, he doesn't know he's gone missing.