Laura Ingraham's Angry Rants at Dem on Fox Reveal MAGA's Dark Endgame

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An Arizona Democratic congresswoman shoved the Fox host’s talking points back in her face Tuesday night. Why can’t more Democrats do that?

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Fox News host Laura Ingraham in New York City on March 5, 2024

Democrats have long intensely debated whether to appear on Fox News. Going on Fox risks providing a sheen of legitimacy to a propaganda outlet. But not going on risks leaving Republican news consumers—and even some GOP-leaning independents—even more out of reach in an undiluted, impenetrable information universe where contrary facts and complicating nuances are rarely permitted to penetrate.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s long segment with Democratic Representative Yassamin Ansari on Tuesday night makes a strong case for Democrats to go on Fox and mix it up with those bozos a good deal more. Critically, repeated descriptions of Trump’s lawlessness and outright defiance of the Supreme Court managed to reach the eyes and ears of Fox viewers. How often does that happen on Fox News? Approximately never.

A basic fact about this whole saga has gotten lost: President Donald Trump is already defying the Supreme Court. This is not some theoretical final showdown that may or may not happen later. It’s upon us right now. It’s happening the way experts say such lawlessness takes root: insidiously, almost imperceptibly but, over time, very consequentially. The high court has pronounced Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s rendition to a Salvadoran prison “illegal” and directed Trump to “facilitate” his return. Trump refuses.

During this segment, Ansari managed to tell Fox’s audience that Trump is currently defying the Supreme Court around five times. Ingraham barely bothered to contest this claim. That’s remarkable, but ominous. Indeed, the whole segment—which you can watch in this link—also shows how MAGA personalities will help soften the ground for Trump to engage in rampant lawlessness on an even larger scale.

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