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Lowenna Waters
Jan 23, 2019
Fox News' terrible takes have totally stopped coming as a surprise these days. We usually just see them and shake our heads in dismay.
But this one almost takes it to the next level.
On a recent Fox News segment, the anchor referenced Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying that it's immoral that billionaires co-exist in a country where:
people [who] are still getting ringworm bc they don’t have access to public health.
In response, Marc Thiessen, a Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor, said:
1st of all, ringworm isn't fatal,
Wow.
Needless to say, people were pretty unimpressed by what they perceived as heartless conservatism.
@AlexMLeo @AOC @marcthiessen sounds like one of them there compassionate conservatives— Ted (@Ted) 1548206589
@AlexMLeo @AOC @marcthiessen I was at the gym on a treadmill when that segment came on the TV and i considered runn… https://t.co/oIOsvGhI5C— Nyandemonai (@Nyandemonai) 1548206696
Ocasio-Cortez responded that she'd actually meant to say 'hookworm', a disease that's associated with extreme poverty, and is thriving in the deep south.
However, the same principle applies.
@AlexMLeo @AOC @marcthiessen @FoxNews It’s not about ringworm it’s about the fact that there are numbers in the dou… https://t.co/vWlbnhjwRO— Salinda (@Salinda) 1548219156
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