Newsmax's Greg Kelly says he agrees with Trump that Fox News bears responsibility
Greg KellyHost of Greg Kelly Reports on Newsmax
On the November 4 edition of his Newsmax program, Kelly says he agrees with Trump that conservative media, especially Fox News, bear a great deal of responsibility for the midterm result.
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Trump says Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' losses in the November 3, 2026 midterms because it constantly and consistently puts the Democratic opposition on the air.
“I agree with President Trump, conservative media, especially Fox News, bears a hell of a lot of responsibility for what went down.”
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Trump says Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' midterm losses; Bret Baier says results were close to Fox polls
Shortly before midnight Eastern time on election night, President Trump wrote that Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' midterm losses by putting Democrats on the air. Minutes later, when he told Fox on a call that its polls were terrible, anchor Bret Baier answered that the night's results were close to what Fox polls showed.
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Media Matters' clip and transcript of Greg Kelly's Newsmax program the night after the election. Kelly says he agrees with Trump that conservative media, especially Fox News, bears a lot of responsibility, then criticizes Fox host Jesse Watters for joking on election night and calls the network lazy and too reliant on CNN. The quoted words were checked against the audio of the clip.
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Cited from the trumpstruth.org archive, which records the original post ID, the original URL (truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117556376518256698) and the posting time. Trump asks why Fox News has former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on the air, calls him the worst mayor in the city's history, and writes that Fox News bears responsibility for the losses by constantly and consistently putting the Democratic opposition on the air.
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The night before, Trump had written on Truth Social that Fox News bears responsibility for the Republican losses by putting Democrats on the air. The Media Matters excerpt of Kelly's program begins with this remark.
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Kelly then criticizes Fox host Jesse Watters for joking on election night as the results turned against Republicans, and says the network is lazy, way too casual and way too reliant on what CNN says.
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The reference point is Trump's election-night claim that Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' losses in the November 3, 2026 midterms, one of several complaints he made that night about the network's guests, ratings and polls. Kelly says he agrees with Trump and repeats that Fox News bears much of the responsibility, which supports Trump's assignment of blame. He adds his own criticism of Fox hosts but does not dispute or qualify Trump's claim.
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