Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Delivers Awkward On-Air Mix-Up | EUROtoday

On Nov 26, 2024

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Fox News host Laura Ingraham confused two totally different Black ladies throughout an ungainly on-air second Monday as she listed off officers who’ve taken half within the numerous authorized proceedings in opposition to President-elect Donald Trump.

“History is going to remember Jack Smith and Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis and the judges who let these cases get as far as they did as modern-day Keystone Cops, who chased Trump around, hounding him, trying to keep him off the campaign trail because they hated his agenda,” she mentioned on “The Ingraham Angle.” “They hate everything he stands for.”

Just one downside: The picture didn’t embrace Willis, the district legal professional prosecuting Trump in a Georgia election interference case. It did, nevertheless, present Letitia James, the legal professional common of New York who filed a civil fraud swimsuit in opposition to the Trump Organization. (Trump misplaced the case however is interesting the decision.)

Fox News mounted the picture for the model posted on YouTube.

Later within the present, Ingraham acknowledged the error, though she didn’t apologize.

“Earlier in the ‘Angle,’ we accidentally showed a graphic that had a photo of another vicious anti-Trump figure, Letitia James, when we were talking about Fani Willis,” she mentioned. “So that was our mistake, but they both hate Trump.”

Ingraham: Earlier, we accidently confirmed a graphic that had a photograph of one other vicious anti-Trump determine, Letitia James once we have been speaking about Fani Willis. That was our mistake. They each hate trump

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2024-11-26T00:28:08.380Z

Fox News and Ingraham have a little bit of a historical past of this. Earlier this 12 months, the community featured a graphic that included Willis and was alleged to additionally embrace Nathan Wade, a prosecutor who resigned from the Fulton County election interference case.

Instead of Wade, nevertheless, the graphic used on Ingraham’s present had a picture of a distinct Black man: Terrence Bradley, Wade’s former legislation accomplice and divorce legal professional.

And in 2018, the right-wing community featured a graphic paying tribute to Aretha Franklin that included a picture of one other Black singer, Patti LaBelle.

Ingraham’s critics sounded off on the most recent error, with many not shopping for her excuse for the mix-up:

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