{"id":2125048,"date":"2023-12-14T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-comer-says-he-stopped-going-on-fox-friends-because-of-steve-doocy\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:46:11","slug":"gop-rep-comer-says-he-stopped-going-on-fox-friends-because-of-steve-doocy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-comer-says-he-stopped-going-on-fox-friends-because-of-steve-doocy\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Comer quits &#8216;Fox &#038; Friends&#8217; due to Steve Doocy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-comer-says-he-stopped-going-on-fox-friends-because-of-steve-doocy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2125048&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>GOP Rep.\u2062 Comer Says He \u200dStopped Going on &#8216;Fox \u2062&#038; \u2063Friends&#8217; Because of\u200d Steve\u2064 Doocy<\/h2>\n<p>If Fox News wants to interview the man in charge of the House investigation into President Joe Biden, they\u2019re going to have to do it \u2062during a program other\u200d than \u201cFox &#038; Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says he won\u2019t\u200c be appearing on that \u200dshow \u2014 at least not while Steve Doocy is one of the co-hosts.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Kentucky Republican\u200d made the comment to Eric Bolling\u2063 \u2014 \u200chimself a former\u200d Fox personality who now hosts\u200c his own\u2063 show on Newsmax.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cForget the Democrats like Dan Goldman who say there\u2019s no evidence,\u201d \u200dBolling said Wednesday in video shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/comer-tells-newsmax-ive-quit-going-on-fox-friends-because-of-doocy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>. \u201cMy concern is when the media, especially the \u200dconservative media, starts siding with the\u2063 Bidens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen to Steve Doocy\u200c over at Fox\u2064 saying you don\u2019t have evidence,\u201d he offered as\u2063 an example.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bolling then \u2063played a clip\u2063 of Doocy on Fox.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200cRepublicans at this \u200bpoint don\u2019t have\u2062 \u2014 they have \u200ba lot of ledgers and spreadsheets, but they\u2063 have \u200dnot connected the dots,\u201d Doocy said in the clip. \u201cThey\u2019ve \u2063connected the dots,\u200b the Department \u2063of\u2062 Justice\u200b did on Hunter, but they have \u2064not shown where Joe Biden, you know, did anything illegally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bolling, whom <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/4357751-comer-fox-friends-doocy-hunter-biden-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> described as\u2063 \u201cregularly critical of\u201d his former employers at Fox, asked Comer, \u201cWhy would Doocy \u200csay, after all the work you\u2019ve\u200b done, that you have \u200dnothing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comer said, somewhat cryptically, that he \u2062had a \u201ctheory\u201d as to why Doocy\u2064 has questioned his\u2063 committee\u2019s investigation\u200c into the Biden family.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s had\u2062 that position from the very beginning,\u201d Comer told Bolling. \u201cI\u2019ve quit going on \u200cFox\u200d &#038;\u2062 Friends\u200c because of Doocy, you know? I mean, he\u2019s the one \u200cguy on Fox that\u2019s been very critical of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u2062have my theory why,\u2062 and we\u2019ll talk about that at a later point, but at\u2064 the end of \u200bthe day, he\u2019s entitled\u200c to his opinion,\u2064 but I\u2062 don\u2019t think the average \u200dviewer of Fox News agrees \u200cwith Doocy one bit,\u201d the representative from Kentucky added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u200cfor Doocy\u2019s accusation that the \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/found-oversight-chair-highlights-suspicious-direct-payment-made-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House \u200dOversight Committee<\/a> \u200bhas\u200c so far failed \u2064to tie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/banks-flagged-joe-bidens-home-address-suspicious-activity-reports-6-times-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> directly to \u200bhis son\u2019s \u200callegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/surprise-surprise-biden-invokes-executive-privilege-block-200-hunter-business-dealings-emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shady business\u2063 dealings<\/a>, Comer \u2014 unsurprisingly \u2014 disagreed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWell I think we\u2019ve done a pretty \u200bgood \u2063job connecting the dots,\u201d Comer claimed. \u201cWe\u2019ve \u200ctraced two checks \u2063from\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-gop-committee-chairman-to-treasury-hand-over-info-on-biden-family-business-deals\/\" title=\"New GOP Committee Chairman To Treasury: Hand Over Info On Biden Family Business Deals\">influence peddling schemes<\/a> going directly \u200dinto Joe\u200c Biden\u2019s pocket.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that voters shared his opinion that the Biden investigation needed \u2064to\u200d continue, no \u2063matter what Doocy \u2063might think.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEven 40% of the \u2063Democrats are concerned that Joe Biden has violated the law with\u2062 his family\u2019s shady business,\u201d \u200dhe said, without citing the source of that figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people expect somebody to investigate the president of the United States for public corruption, \u2063and thank God the Oversight Committee is,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter Biden had been subpoenaed to testify before the committee under oath \u200dyesterday, but chose instead to hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-goes-capitol-hill-blames-ills-maga-right-skips-oath-deposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-decides-future-of-senate-career-after-recent-string-of-medical-episodes\/\" title=\"McConnell's Senate Career Future Determined After Recent Medical Episodes\">public news conference<\/a><\/a>. Republican House members intend to push\u2062 the \u200cHouse to hold him in \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-republicans-respond-hunter-bidens-impeachment-testimony-demand-threatening-hold-contempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contempt of Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-comer-says-stopped-going-fox-friends-steve-doocy\/\">GOP Rep. Comer\u200c Says He Stopped Going on &#8216;Fox &#038; Friends&#8217;\u2064 Because \u2062of\u200c Steve\u200b Doocy<\/a> appeared first on\u200c <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Will Comer&#8217;s boycott of &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends&#8221; have any impact on the show&#8217;s coverage or prompt a discussion about media bias in relation to political matters<\/h2>\n<p><span>  GOP Rep. Comer Says He\u2063 Stopped Going on &#8216;Fox &#038; Friends&#8217; Because of Steve\u2062 Doocy<\/p>\n<p>In an unexpected turn of events, GOP Representative and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has revealed that he \u2063will no longer \u200bbe appearing on\u2062 the popular\u200d news program &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends.&#8221; Comer&#8217;s decision is primarily \u200cdriven by his dissatisfaction with one of the show&#8217;s co-hosts, Steve Doocy.<\/p>\n<p>Comer expressed his disapproval during an interview with Eric Bolling, a former Fox personality who \u2063now hosts his own show on Newsmax. Bolling \u200cbrought up the concern that the media, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-x-partners-with-conservative-blacklist-tied-company-deal-with-the-devil\/\" title=\"Musk's X collaborates with blacklist-linked conservative firm: 'Unholy Alliance'\">conservative \u2064media outlets<\/a>, are starting to side with \u200dthe Bidens, emphasizing\u200c Doocy&#8217;s recent remarks as an example.<\/p>\n<p>Bolling played a clip \u2063of Doocy expressing his opinion on\u200d the lack of evidence connecting President Joe Biden to\u200d any illegal activity. In \u200bthe clip, Doocy stated that while Republicans have produced numerous ledgers and spreadsheets, they have failed to establish a \u200bclear \u200ccase against Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Bolling questioned\u2064 Comer on why Doocy would make\u2064 such a statement after \u200call the work the \u2063House Oversight\u200b Committee had done. Comer cryptically \u2062responded that he had a theory as to why Doocy has been critical of the \u200dinvestigation but preferred to discuss it at a later stage.<\/p>\n<p>Comer revealed that he had stopped appearing on &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends&#8221; due to Doocy&#8217;s \u200cconsistent skepticism towards the committee&#8217;s investigation into the Biden\u2062 family. Although \u200dComer did not\u2063 elaborate on his theory\u2062 behind Doocy&#8217;s stance, he made it clear that he believed the average viewer\u200d of Fox News did \u200dnot share Doocy&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Doocy&#8217;s accusation\u2063 that the House \u200cOversight Committee has failed to \u200bestablish a direct link between Joe Biden and any illegal activity has\u2062 raised eyebrows. The committee&#8217;s investigation has uncovered suspicious direct payments\u200d made to Biden, as \u200bhighlighted by\u200c several financial institutions. However, Doocy&#8217;s skepticism suggests that he remains unconvinced by the evidence presented thus far.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2062unusual for a member of Congress to \u200dpublicly express their decision to boycott a particular news \u200dshow due to the disagreements they have with one of the hosts. Comer&#8217;s stance highlights the increasing polarization within \u200bthe media landscape, where even\u200b conservative outlets like Fox News can face criticism from their own prominent figures.<\/p>\n<p>As the House Oversight Committee&#8217;s investigation into the Bidens continues, it remains to be seen whether\u200c Comer&#8217;s\u200b decision to distance himself \u2064from \u200c&#8221;Fox &#038;\u200d Friends&#8221; will have \u200cany impact \u2064on the show&#8217;s coverage or if it will prompt a discussion about \u200dthe role\u2062 of media bias in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-posts-glenn-kessler-deserves-four-pinocchios-for-his-botched-biden-burisma-fact-check\/\" title=\"Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post earns four 'Pinocchios' for his flawed Biden-Burisma fact check.\">shaping \u200cpublic opinion<\/a> \u2064on important\u200b political matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer refuses to appear on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; for an interview regarding the House investigation into President Joe Biden. Comer insists on participating in a different program on Fox News, citing his reluctance to be interviewed by Steve Doocy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2010,"featured_media":2125049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2125048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2125049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}