For example, the two recently held rallies in Arizona on the same day in support of their respective gubernatorial candidates. since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.įox News’s decision to skip Trump’s speech comes as Trump and Pence are drifting apart in key political races across the country. Trump’s speech at the AFPI summit, organized by former senior officials in his administration, marked the first time the former president had been in Washington D.C. Well, it appears that Fox News didn’t learn their lesson.įox News declined to air former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday speech at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) summit, despite airing a speech by Vice President Mike Pence hours earlier.Īlthough the network skipped Trump’s speech, Fox News aired former Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Young Americas Foundation’s national student conference just hours before Trump spoke.

This isn’t the first time that Fox News has appeared to target President Trump.ĭoesn’t anyone remember the first primary debate? Notably, it did go live with Mike Pence’s address the same day. But they are totally fair and balanced….įox News devoted little airtime to Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday, in his first visit to Washington since leaving office.

covered the entirety of Pence speech and o seconds of Trump. Pence and Trump both gave speeches in DC yesterday. When Fox News airs 17 minutes of Pence’s speech and ZERO minutes of Trump’s speech, Rupert Murdoch is over you.

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