As Twitchy reported, Attorney General Merrick Garland was before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, and he came under fire from GOP senators including Sen. Ted Cruz, who asked about his son-in-law’s financial interest in critical race theory in schools, and Sen. Tom Cotton, who ended his remarks by saying, “Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court. You should resign in disgrace, judge.”
A lot of the questioning also had to do with Garland’s federal school board task force, which he’s not going to disband despite the National School Boards Association apologizing for sending its letter suggesting parents might be domestic terrorists.
If you want to know what’s happening on Fox News at any moment, just scan the Twitter feeds of CNN’s Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter. Senior media reporter Darcy was keeping an eye on Fox News all morning as it televised the hearing. He even retweeted a Fox News clip posted by The Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona, who seems to have aspirations to take Aaron Rupar’s place clipping things out of context.
Fox is again spending another day airing a hearing with AG Merrick Garland in which GOP senators beat up on him for supposedly calling parents at school board meetings “domestic terrorists” (something he did not, in fact, do).
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 27, 2021
Here’s a snippet of what’s being aired on Fox today. https://t.co/FyEEqGTSdO
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 27, 2021
Major news orgs are obviously not covering this like Fox, but if you watch the right-wing network, this has been played up for weeks as a massive/serious scandal embroiling the Justice Department. It has even inspired some in GOP to call on Garland to resign.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 27, 2021
Meanwhile, of course, Fox has significantly downplayed news from the 1/6 committee.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 27, 2021
Just as CNN has downplayed news of Garland’s testimony.
Now that the hearing is over, Fox is just playing the highlight reel of GOP senators dunking on Garland. pic.twitter.com/UYCsGPiu4e
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 27, 2021
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) October 27, 2021
Play it all night, baby. https://t.co/eKeffrBFqL
— Josh Arnold (@JoshDavidArnold) October 27, 2021
https://t.co/aEBxwMjisa pic.twitter.com/fnzrjvEPAW
— Dr. Ricardo Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) October 27, 2021
Meanwhile, CNN will completely ignore the facts surrounding WHY these GOP Senators are dunking on Garland in the first place. https://t.co/79sfyZeJyG
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) October 27, 2021
That’s funny — a quick search of CNN’s website shows they haven’t covered Loudon County since August, and that was about a drive-in movie theater in Loudon County, Tennessee.
No, he just issued a memo in response to the NSBA letter who used the term "domestic terrorism", and promised to have the FBI help with that. Let's not mince words here. https://t.co/fQAMuQCfPF
— Irène Delse 🇨🇵🇪🇺 #Vaccinée (@irenedelse) October 27, 2021
Isn't it important to know what the federal government is up to, especially when it comes to labeling peaceful parents as domestic terrorists?
— Jake (@UCCowboy) October 27, 2021
So now airing hearings is bad?
— MrTate (@MrTate) October 27, 2021
What is @CNN airing! This is important
— Bobby (@CappersCHI) October 27, 2021
Someone would have to be watching it to tell us.
Why are you not? The AG being questioned my senators is irrelevant to your viewers? Or is it bc GOP senators are asking him tough questions? There are plenty of other topics being addressed, as well.
— AshleeLee (@MsAshleeLee) October 27, 2021
It's called news, Its completely understandable if this confuses you, since you do not work for a news network.
— Rick (@HeyJealously0) October 27, 2021
I guess CNN thinks if they cover the Garland hearing that might hurt McAuliffe’s election chances.
— Kris Kinder (@kris_kinder) October 27, 2021
— mallen2010 (@mallen_2010) October 27, 2021
In his justice department he allowed it to happen. First rule of leadership. Everything is on you.
— Randy Oreens (@ItBegins2012) October 27, 2021
He took direct action called for the in letter – thus endorsing the letter and its contents. But keep covering for him – that's what advocates do.
And you wonder why people don't trust journalists….
— MyOpinion (@MyOpinionSI) October 27, 2021
Oliver is now steaming mad that Fox is covering hearings because it goes against his agenda and the agenda of his network
— MattFromFlorida (@MattFromFlorid1) October 27, 2021
CNN is again spending time on covering what FOX is doing 🤷♂️
— Ca13a11er0 (@Ca13aLLeRo) October 27, 2021
CNN and MSNBC didn't air because they knew it was going to be slaughter…. and it was.
— Reply Guy (@peanutweet) October 27, 2021
The games you play to defend the AG siccing the FBI on dissenting parents are amazing.
— Attila the Honeybun (@AttilaSaysMeow) October 27, 2021
Tell me you hate news networks covering the news instead of talking non stop about Trump, without telling me…
— Chris (@CML_Texas) October 27, 2021
Related:
‘Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court!’ GOP Sen. Tom Cotton lays absolute waste to spluttering AG Merrick Garland https://t.co/LwD2P9QSHd
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 27, 2021
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