Sorry Fox News: The only one to blame for the Muslim ban being struck down is Donald Trump
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On Fox News’ Outnumbered, host Harris Faulkner and Fox legal analyst Andrew Napolitano criticized recent injunctions issued by federal judges in response to Trump’s third attempt to ban travelers from several Muslim majority countries from entering the United States. They called it “very, very unusual for the judiciary to be so disrespectful” and said it was “political” for the judges to use the term “Muslim ban” in their opinions. But the term “Muslim ban” was coined by President Trump himself, not the judiciary. In fact, as of February 2017, Trump himself had referred to a “ban” and mentioned Muslims -- or even explicitly said “Muslim ban” -- numerous times, including in appearances on Fox News, and administration officials had similarly agreed that the first iteration of the travel ban targeted Muslims. Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller later acknowledged that Trump’s second attempt at a Muslim ban had the same intent as the first, in an appearance on Fox News no less. Fox News has previously responded to setbacks to Trump’s attempted Muslim bans with false claims and attacks on federal judges. From the October 18 edition of Fox News’ Outnumbered: