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Fox News pulls Jeanine Pirro show after her Islamophobic remarks

Fox News pulls Jeanine Pirro show after her Islamophobic remarks

Trump stepped in defense of Pirro saying: Stop working hard on being politically correct, it'll only bring you down.
18 Mar, 2019

Fox News weekend host Jeanine Pirro’s show didn’t air a week after her comments questioning U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar over her wearing a Muslim head covering. No explanation was given.

Pirro’s show, “Justice With Judge Jeanine,” was replaced Saturday night by other programming. The Fox News schedule for the upcoming weekend doesn’t include the show.

Fox said Sunday that it would not comment on internal scheduling matters.

President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday morning about Pirro’s absence, saying she should be brought back.

“Stop working soooo hard on being politically correct, which will only bring you down, and continue to fight for our Country. The losers all want what you have, don’t give it to them,” one of his tweets said.

Pirro hasn’t tweeted herself since March 10, a day after her comments about Omar aired. That’s an unusually long absence from the platform for Pirro, who is a frequent tweeter.

Fox News had “strongly condemned” Pirro’s commentary on Omar, the first-term representative from Minnesota. Pirro had questioned whether Omar’s wearing of a hijab was “indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which is in itself antithetical to the U.S. Constitution?”

Fox said Pirro’s views didn’t reflect the network and it had addressed the issue with her, but didn’t specify what that entailed.

Omar, in a tweet, thanked Fox for the statement, saying no one should question a person’s commitment to the Constitution because of a person’s faith or country of origin. Omar is a Somali immigrant.

Pirro said her intention had been to start a debate, but that being Muslim didn’t mean someone didn’t support the Constitution. She invited Omar to her show.

Pirro is the former district attorney from New York’s Westchester County.

Comments

Ali Mar 18, 2019 10:49am
All these judges in us are the most corrupt and unjust. More like a pawns of politicians and total scums
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Shah Mar 18, 2019 10:54am
Hope and despair come from the top. In Pakistan we have a leader who is pulling people together from all walks of life. In America they have a leadership which is not only deviding their own country but the larger world.
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Newborn Mar 18, 2019 12:25pm
Jeanine Pirro is a "Lebanese" American turned right-wing white supremist agenda pusher. She was hired by Fox News for the exact same reason.
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putho madre Mar 18, 2019 05:00pm
Freedom of speech people.
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MA Mar 18, 2019 07:00pm
They cant take it down.
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Dr. salaria, aamir ahmad Mar 20, 2019 11:37pm
Too little, too late.
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