Jessica Tarlov, a liberal co-host on Fox News’ “The Five”, recently faced backlash online after Greg Gutfeld fact-checked her on comments she made about former President Donald Trump. During a Fox News segment earlier in the summer, Tarlov claimed Trump called for people to inject bleach into themselves to ward off the COVID-19 virus, a falsehood that has been thoroughly debunked.
During the segment, Tarlov was criticizing Trump’s response to the pandemic, suggesting that he advocated for “injecting bleach.” However, Tarlov’s co-hosts refused to let her get away with the comment, immediately fact-checking her on the claim. Jeanine Pirro cut Tarlov, stating, “Oh come one.” Gutfeld asserted, “That’s a hoax!” He continued, “No one said injecting bleach, please look it up.”
As Tarlov and Gutfeld argued back and forth, he continued, “You’re literally living in a delusion right now. That never was said. Do the research, no one ever said injecting bleach, look it up, it’s been debunked that’s just like the fine people hoax.” Corroborating Gutfeld’s insistence that Tarlov’s claims were false, Politifact rated the claim as “mostly false.”
Democrats have continually touted this claim about Trump’s supposed comments, where Biden stated in a 2020 speech, that Trump said, “Maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.” However, Politifact set the record straight, stating, “No, Trump didn’t tell Americans infected with the coronavirus to drink bleach.”
“Joe Biden said President Donald Trump told Americans that drinking bleach could help combat the coronavirus, but that’s not correct,” the website added. “Trump did not explicitly recommend ingesting a disinfectant like bleach. But he did express interest in exploring whether disinfectants could be applied to the site of a coronavirus infection inside the body, such as the lungs. Responding to confusion over Trump’s comments, the maker of Lysol said in a statement that “under no circumstance” should its products be used in the human body.”
Trump’s comments in full context read, “A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it. And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. (To Bryan) And I think you said you’re going to test that, too. Sounds interesting, right?”
Users on social media reacted to Tarlov’s sharing of the falsehood. “If President Trump started suing these slanderers, they just might stop. How about it @AlinaHabba? They should pay for lying repeatedly after something’s been debunked over and over again and for so long,” one person said.
“The worst part of this is that she’s not alone. – Mexicans are rapists. – Very fine people. – Inject bleach. – Bloodbath. MSM created these bullshit narratives and blasted it across every channel. No matter how many times it is debunked, these people will never accept the truth. Why? Because it means they would have to admit to themselves they were duped,” another person added.
Watch the argument between Tarlov and the other Fox News commentators below:
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