Commenters online had a field day roasting Juan Williams, a woke commentator who occasionally appears on Fox News Channel to infuriate viewers with his far-left takes, appeared on the cable channel to discuss the election that Trump won and had an utter meltdown over the results.
Speaking about those results, which he found quite disturbing, Williams said, “I think that there are even recriminations now among Democrats as to Biden, and whether Biden should have dropped that earlier, or Biden should have stayed with a white male. Have done better? Obviously, Trump has defeated two women and now a black woman.” He continued, “So there’s all these questions, but to my mind, it seems to me incredible that a guy who led a resurrection insurrection against the United States government is going essentially now, you know, like … going back into the Oval Office. It’s unbelievable,” he said.
Co-host Brit Hume challenged Williams, saying, “You have to, you have to consider the fact Juan that a lot of people didn’t think that was an insurrection. They thought it was a riot, but not an insurrection. And had they thought there was a really as an insurrection, I don’t think he could have won.” Williams shot back, “What I saw was not only a right in terms of the violence, but a direct action intended to stop certification of a presidential election.”
Williams also said that he doesn’t think inflation and similar issues mattered that much to voters, saying, “I’m not sold on this idea that, Oh, it was the cost of x. I worry that it was, well, I’m not voting for this woman, or I’m not voting for this black.” Brett Baier fired back, “That’s not what we see in our data,” to which Williams responded by saying, “Here’s the thing, where do you see that? Because a moment ago, Darren was out here and he said, in fact, not only did the bro strategy work, and the bro strategy largely worked along the lines of white men, but the bro strategy also had some impact in terms of Latino and Black men who came along and gave higher percentage.”
As could be expected, Williams was shredded on X (formerly Twitter) for his ridiculous takes on the election and his meltdown about the results. One person, for example, posted, “Juan Williams is in full liberal meltdown mode. Implying that Trump won because America is racist and sexist 😂.”
Similarly, the pro-Trump “Proud Elephants” account noted that Williams had “lost his composure” when melting down about what happened, saying, “Juan Williams made a TOTAL FOOL of himself last night and completely lost his composure in response to President Trump’s historic victory.”
Yet another X account joked that Williams had been laugh-out-loud funny when he blamed various isms for Kamala’s loss rather than just how awful of a candidate she was and how awful the Biden-Harris Administration has been. That account said, “I literally laughed out loud last night when, before the election was even called, Juan Williams was already saying sexism and bigotry was probably why she lost.”
And, on much the same note, another account said that Williams was “lacking decency” with his meltdown, writing, “Guess who was melting down last night, on Fox News? Juan Williams, of course. His behavior was so lacking decency, that he didn’t come back after the commercial. Why does Fox allow him to continue to lie?”
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