'Holy moly': Dems stunned Fox News worked with GOP group to air edited Trump town hall
Fox News allowed former President Donald Trump's all-women town hall to be filled with MAGA supporters — and failed to disclose as such, according to a report.
"The Georgia town hall, where Trump took questions on reproductive laws, transgender rights and other issues, aired Wednesday morning," according to the CNN report. "But Fox News did not disclose that the female audience it selected for the event was packed with local Republican supporters."
Moreover, Fox News edited out moments where participants in the town hall said things that made this too obvious, " reported Hadas Gold and Liam Reilly.
For example, one woman named Alicia said, “I want to thank you for coming to a room full of women the current administration would consider domestic terrorists,” and added, “I proudly cast my vote for you today. I hope they count it.”
Fox News edited out the last part where she said she was already a Trump voter, but a CNN reporter in the audience captured the full exchange.
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Other women had attire that revealed themselves as Trump supporters, including one who wore a Trump pin and another who wore a hat that said "RNC Delegate." The former woman, who was identified as "Rachel," has disputed this, saying, “I’m nobody and I’m not registered with anybody. I found out about this meeting late through my local county Facebook page.”
The Georgia Federation of Republican Women also reportedly advertised on their Facebook page that they were hosting the event — although after CNN reached out to them, they modified their post, and Fox maintains that they were the sole hosts of the event, without any involvement from partisan organizations.
Fox's management of the town hall, which comes after Trump repeatedly pushed a conspiracy theory that CBS News edited Vice President Kamala Harris' interview with "60 Minutes" to make her look better, drew stunned reactions from some observers.
"Holy moly," wrote Politico's Adam Wren.
"If any other outlet did this with a Democrat, Fox News HQ would have to be evacuated due to rage tears flooding the building," wrote the Harris campaign's rapid response adviser, James Singer.