Fox Information host Jesse Watters celebrated the information that Carrie Underwood will probably be performing “America, the Beautiful” at Donald Trump’s inauguration, citing her sexual orientation and blonde hair as an indication of America’s return.
“I’m just happy Carrie Underwood is performing. When a straight, blonde female is singing at the inauguration, I think we’re back. I think we’re definitely back,” he stated throughout a Tuesday episode of “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
His visitor, conservative comic Nick Di Paolo added, “Thank God Kamala didn’t win, we would’ve had to see Lizzo’s ass for 45 minutes.”
Watters’ and Di Paolo’s feedback echo longtime conservative complaints that President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and different Democrats are too “woke,” which means they’ve embraced range.
When Biden was inaugurated in January 2021, the performers had been in reality various. Woman Gaga—who was blonde on the time—sang the nationwide anthem, Jennifer Lopez additionally carried out, and so did Garth Brooks—a straight white man.
Watters has spent years at Fox espousing racist and misogynistic feedback, and the community expanded his platform when he acquired his primetime present in 2023, changing the extraordinarily bigoted Tucker Carlson.
Throughout the latest presidential marketing campaign, Watters lobbed a number of sexist and racist assaults at Harris, who made historical past as the primary lady of coloration to safe a serious get together’s nomination.
“She’s just like your typical girl’s girl that talks behind everybody’s back and then says nice things to your face. She’s just not at the level of what you would think would be a president,” he ranted.
In one other occasion, Watters known as Harris a “frightened woman too insecure to tell us who she is” and claimed the media supported her as a result of “they love a Black woman taking on a white man.”
Fox has been all in for Trump—and racism—for years, and with feedback like Watters’, there’s no signal the community will cease any time quickly.