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Bret Baier

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Bret Baier is an American journalist and Fox News Channel's chief political anchor. He anchors Special Report with Bret Baier, the network's weeknight evening news program, as its anchor and executive editor, and co-anchors Fox News election coverage. He joined Fox News in 1998 as the first reporter in its Atlanta bureau and later served as its Pentagon correspondent and chief White House correspondent. He is the author of six New York Times bestselling books.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Bret Baier, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Bret Baier

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Bret Baier

Role at the time: Fox News chief political anchor, co-anchoring the network's election-night coverage

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Response to this claim

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.

“But tonight, actually, the results are pretty close to what the Fox polls showed”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Aaron Rupar's X post of the Fox News exchange between Trump and Bret Baier, November 4, 2026 · Aaron Rupar44-second clip of Fox News election-night coverage
Why we used this label

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. Minutes after posting the claim, Trump told Fox on air that its polls were terrible and its pollster the worst. Baier answers that the results were close to what Fox's polls showed, which disputes Trump's description of the network's polling. He does not address the broader claim of responsibility, so condemns does not fit.

Read statementFull case: Trump says Fox News bears responsibility for Republicans' midterm losses; Bret Baier says results were close to Fox polls

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