Fox News cut off its live coverage of former President Donald Trump’s remarks at the nation’s southern border on Wednesday after he began discussing his allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
Despite heavy promotion of the event, the network abruptly returned to studio coverage after Trump claimed he had won the 2020 presidential election.
“We had an election where we did much better than we did the first time and amazingly we lost,” the former president said during his remarks.
“I just want to thank the people of Texas because we won in a landslide. It wasn’t even close,” Trump added.
“We got 12 million more votes than we got the first time,” he continued.
“We better get our elections straightened out because you’re going to have a runaway country, you’re going to have a banana republic, you’re going to have a third world country here pretty soon because our elections are a mess,” Trump continued. (Despite numerous allegations of voting irregularities, no court has ruled that there was widespread fraud that affected the results of the 2020 election.)
The former president’s audio was cut off by Fox News shortly after those comments, and the network continued coverage from its New York studio.
Raw Story captured the Fox News coverage change and posted it to YouTube.
Trump’s full remarks were streamed on several other platforms, including Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s Facebook page.
Abbott posted a video Tuesday ahead of Trump’s visit to the nation’s southern border announcing a security briefing that would be streamed live on Facebook, despite Trump’s ban from the platform.
Securing the border is not just important to Texas—it is vital to America.
TOMORROW President Trump will join me and law enforcement officials for a border security briefing in Weslaco.
Watch on Facebook Live at 12 PM CT. pic.twitter.com/8S625nOqig
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 29, 2021
The livestream aired on the Office of the Governor Greg Abbott Facebook page.
The Facebook livestream was considered somewhat controversial, as the social media giant banned Trump following the events of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol building.
Facebook later added a two-year ban to Trump’s accounts, keeping him off both Facebook and Instagram until 2023.
Trump also published an Op-Ed on Wednesday blaming President Joe Biden for the “humanitarian catastrophe” he has caused with his immigration policies.
“When I was president, I delivered on my promise to build a border wall to protect our country. All Joe Biden had to do was paint it,” Trump said in The Washington Times article, which was headlined: “I built the wall; Biden built a humanitarian catastrophe.”
“Instead, Biden has enacted the most radical open borders agenda imaginable,” he added.
via wnd
F is for fox!
Conservative talk radio is where the truth lives!
It’s the only place left where one can hear the truth. And now that we’ve lost Rush, I fear the country is in very dire straits. Mom told me early on that liars are losers. I hope the Dems get what they deserve.
Good one, now, FOX IT, Fox you,
You mean FAUX! Right?
Some apples fall close to the tree some fall further away and some just Rot
Yup cause the truth hurts fake media.
Scumbag Chris Wallace probably did this!
Points to Ponder! Because Courts have found no evidence of Fraud (So they Claim) in the 2020 election, That must mean that no fraud existed?? The Supreme Court wouldn’t even L00K at the evidence because they were afraid to take sides so they opted out, not very “Supreme” of the Organization bearing that Title! Audits are being held across America that are proving otherwise,
despite the outcries of the Democrats who are attempting to hide their Crimes!
It is absolutely true , audits are being done all across the country and there have been information released about fraud in many different forms, the entire truth will be found even though the Rats are trying to stop these audits from happening, any way they can ,but they can’t and why would the Rats want to , do they Not want fair elections, do they not want their constituents to know that their vote went to whomever they chose, this exacerbated attempt to stop these audits just proves they have something to hide!!!! Hopefully the American people will feel confident by 2022 that integrity has been restored to our elections!!!
One would think the Democrats would be happy to have a recount. Just to prove they won fair and square. Or did they?
Of course Fox News stopped Trump from airing that since they were partly responsible for him, not losing the election, but in fact, having it stolen from him. They don’t want people to start remembering on election night how they called one state for Biden before all of the results were in. Some of us people have very long memories.
I certainly remember when tht happened I went to Newsmax!
FOX was getting viewers back. But if FOX doesn’t start to deal with the massive 2020 vote fraud, then it will lose those viewers again.
So true Phil,must be one of the lib sons of Rupert.
How can people deny the fraud issue when more ballots were cast THAN PEOPLE THAT VOTED in a number of states….and the ballots in question are MORE THAN THE VOTES that decided some states. The cover-up is stunning, MSM is the lying ‘faux’ news force again.
Fox is showing signs of demo rot
FOX has gone all in on their left wing low life status.
When you will not air the truth, you join the main stream propaganda machine. I guess this is goodbye to Fox News, I guess Newsmax is the only honest news left. America watched this event election night. The people will not let it go unaccountable.
you are so right Kenneth!! this was your last chance to come back and now your gone forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When is the Supreme Court going to take action for Ol Bidy illegally pulling funding and completion of the wall??? When are they going to take action on Bidy and Da Ho for failing to secure this country and allowing us to be INVADED???? What is the purpose of the Judicial branch anymore???? Because it sure as hell is not doing what the founding fathers intended!
Fox: I’m so disappointed in your network.!!! So much so Im about to throw you in the GARBAGE!
Everyday you lean more and more to the Marxist side and WE THE PEOPLE will end up boycotting you like the rest of the media. TRAITORS! you will deserve it. I stay n for Tucker hnnity and ingraham, steve hilton, judge jeanine and trey gowdy. & marc levin! Chris wallace I never watched and wont be missed in fact, kick him in the butt and boot him.! so GOOD BYE very soon from me. !!!
So, when is the big reveal by Fox with their new Label “FAUX” almost fair and balanced! We’re No 2 so we don’t try at all! I never thought I’d see the day they capitulated to the social media giants! What’s in the future for “THE FIVE”? “The Almost Five”? And what of “Hannity” & “Tucker” Will they become “Hand-idly” & “Tuck it to you”?