{"id":36139,"date":"2019-04-05T15:27:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T22:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36139"},"modified":"2019-04-05T17:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T00:00:27","slug":"friday-fun-fox-news-fearmongering-fail-turns-out-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/05\/friday-fun-fox-news-fearmongering-fail-turns-out-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Fox news Fearmongering Fail Turns Out Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fox news <em>(sic)<\/em> contributor was savagely mocked for wearing a partial bulletproof vest while reporting at the border with Mexico.\u00a0 (Although it\u2019s not clear <em><u>which<\/u><\/em> of the three Mexican countries that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Fox<\/em> <\/span>thinks exist, he was at.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fox-Chyron_Trump-Aid-3-Mexican-Countries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fox-Chyron_Trump-Aid-3-Mexican-Countries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fox-Chyron_Trump-Aid-3-Mexican-Countries.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fox-Chyron_Trump-Aid-3-Mexican-Countries-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fox-Chyron_Trump-Aid-3-Mexican-Countries-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, <strong>Lawrence Jones<\/strong> was taking his haberdashery hints from <strong><em>Jared\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> blazer and flak jacket ensemble he wore so well a few years back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Jared-Kushner_Flak-Jacket_Bulletproof-Vest_Crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Jared-Kushner_Flak-Jacket_Bulletproof-Vest_Crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Jared-Kushner_Flak-Jacket_Bulletproof-Vest_Crop.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Jared-Kushner_Flak-Jacket_Bulletproof-Vest_Crop-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Jared-Kushner_Flak-Jacket_Bulletproof-Vest_Crop-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So who wore it better?\u00a0 Here is Lawrence Jones all decked out, ready to rumble \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coming up on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> live from the border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aRlNQxrO1x\">pic.twitter.com\/aRlNQxrO1x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lawrence Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawrenceBJones3\/status\/1113763507101741056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, except for the fact that it\u2019s way too small \u2013 and didn\u2019t have the protective steel plates inserted \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1. Next time you might want to buy the vest from the adults section.<\/p>\n<p>2. That&#39;s a decorative prop, not a functional piece of protective gear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PjN8Wk0YQJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/PjN8Wk0YQJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllbrightNFL\/status\/1113820587254636545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Those vests work better when the plates are in them.<br \/>Might weigh a few pounds but that\u2019s what actually stops the bullets.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Randy Bryce (@IronStache) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IronStache\/status\/1113872854993592321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other reporters were quick to join in the mocking reminding him that it is NOT a war zone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dude. Why are you wearing a bulletproof vest. YOU ARE NOT IN A WAR ZONE. Here I am reporting from the border recently WITHOUT a bulletproof vest, but WITH a coat of fabulous hairspray! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ftmBzjTBVT\">pic.twitter.com\/ftmBzjTBVT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lisa Guerrero \ud83d\udc83\ud83c\udffd (@4lisaguerrero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4lisaguerrero\/status\/1113883206976040960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is totally ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>I have never once worn a bulletproof vest at the border, nor has CBP ever asked me to &#8212; even while on a chase with Border Patrol to apprehend migrants in remote Arizona desert in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Because. The. Border. Is. Not. A. War. Zone. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q1V95e7N5x\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q1V95e7N5x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobsoboroff\/status\/1113837221071605761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thin-skinned Jones got defensive about all the mocking and tried claiming the CBP agents demand that he wear the vest.\u00a0 But here\u2019s an earlier Tweet he posted of himself and CBP agents at the border \u2013 and <em><u>NONE<\/u><\/em> of them are wearing body armor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coming up on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foxnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seanhannity<\/a> live from the border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9xEu2xFTlZ\">pic.twitter.com\/9xEu2xFTlZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lawrence Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawrenceBJones3\/status\/1113594453661450240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Does Fox only require reporters to don a flak jacket when they\u2019re on camera?\u00a0 Nah \u2013 it\u2019s all part of <strong><em>Twitler<\/em><\/strong> &amp; Fox\u2019s plan to stoke fear and hatred at every opportunity!\u00a0 Gotta keep the MAGA cult riled up, dontcha know?<\/p>\n<p>But it was too hard to pass up the chance to have some fun Photoshopping that vest \u2013 and Twitter Tweeters did:<\/p>\n<p>No doubt this is how Fox wants you to view him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SO TOUGH! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Da8EpqmXEp\">pic.twitter.com\/Da8EpqmXEp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Micah Wright (@MicahWright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicahWright\/status\/1113945125531586561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But this is how he actually appears \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tm0dipTjgn\">pic.twitter.com\/tm0dipTjgn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; T\u029c\u0258 W\u0252\u01a8 \u1660unny \ud83d\udc07 Kamala 2020 (@TheWasBunny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWasBunny\/status\/1113996405662576640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wr0cqll8AO\">pic.twitter.com\/Wr0cqll8AO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \/ spek-\u02c8t(r)\u00e4-f\u0259-g\u0259s \/ (@spectrophagus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spectrophagus\/status\/1113933812436799489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No time for hatred on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalBurritoDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationalBurritoDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qm07CmG0QE\">pic.twitter.com\/Qm07CmG0QE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fuzz Martin (@FuzzMartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FuzzMartin\/status\/1113825790846746624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But we have to admit that those vests can actually be quite useful \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gFu01RDrr0\">pic.twitter.com\/gFu01RDrr0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dylan (@dyllyp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dyllyp\/status\/1113816945814528000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and WRT <em>Twitler<\/em> making claims while visiting the <em>\u201chis new wall\u201d<\/em> that <em>\u201che got built\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>it isn\u2019t and he didn\u2019t<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/fact-check-trump-heads-border-tout-his-wall-actually-plans-n991376\">replaced one built in the 1990\u2019s with recycled metal scraps and landing mats<\/a>.\u00a0 And it was <strong>Pres. Obama<\/strong> who designated it for an upgrade back in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>But Twitler did manage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-border-04-05-19\/index.html\">expound about the fence with his customary eloquence<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cIf you want to climb that, it&#8217;s pretty sharp up on top, too. If you want to climb that then you deserve whatever you can get, but it\u2019s very, very hard. It\u2019s meant anti-climb. It\u2019s called anti-climb, so it\u2019s a great wall and \u2026 I think it looks fantastic \u2014 very see-through, so you\u2019re able to see the other side, which is a very important element.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Kyrie, eleison.<\/em> Lord, have mercy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fox news (sic) contributor was savagely mocked for wearing a partial bulletproof vest while reporting at the border with Mexico.\u00a0 (Although it\u2019s not clear which of the three Mexican countries that Fox thinks exist, he was at.) 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