{"id":2316025,"date":"2024-07-30T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-john-kennedy-spars-with-fox-host-calls-kamala-harris-a-ding-dong-during-wild-segment\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T13:11:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:11:33","slug":"watch-john-kennedy-spars-with-fox-host-calls-kamala-harris-a-ding-dong-during-wild-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-john-kennedy-spars-with-fox-host-calls-kamala-harris-a-ding-dong-during-wild-segment\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: John Kennedy Spars with Fox Host, Calls Kamala Harris a &#8216;Ding-Dong&#8217; During Wild Segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-john-kennedy-spars-with-fox-host-calls-kamala-harris-a-ding-dong-during-wild-segment%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=2316025&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--><p>The article discusses \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-wray-hearing-attention-turns-to-merrick-garland\/\" title=\"After Wray hearing, focus shifts to Merrick Garland.\">contentious \u2062exchange<\/a> between Fox Business host\u2063 Neil \u200bCavuto and \u200dSenator John Kennedy regarding Vice President Kamala Harris. \u2064During an interview, Kennedy referenced polls indicating that many Americans perceive \u200cHarris as lacking intelligence and as too far-left, using terms such \u2064as &#8220;ding-dong&#8221; and questioning her\u200b credibility\u2062 as a serious candidate. Cavuto challenged\u200c Kennedy\u200b on his choice of words, suggesting that such\u200c comments could be seen as derogatory, especially towards a \u2063female candidate. Kennedy maintained that he was merely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-claims-to-have-reduced-national-debt-by-1-7-trillion-after-increasing-national-debt-by-4-trillion\/\" title=\"Biden says he cut national debt by .7T despite adding T.\">reflecting public opinion<\/a> and emphasized that he would not adjust his criticisms based\u2064 on Harris&#8217;s gender or race. \u2063The dialogue \u200bhighlights contrasting views on political discourse, especially surrounding female\u2063 politicians, with Cavuto advocating for respectful dialogue and Kennedy asserting the right to criticize without concern for gender dynamics.\u200b The exchange reflects broader societal\u2064 debates about political correctness and gender in politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fox Business host Neil Cavuto bickered with Sen. John Kennedy after the Louisiana Republican said polls show that many Americans view Vice President Kamala Harris as a low-IQ, radical leftist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fair or not &mdash; and it may upset you &mdash; but fair or not the American people think, those who have an opinion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, think that, number one, she&rsquo;s a little bit of a ding-dong,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-sen-john-kennedy-fire-torches-climate-professor-gonna-call-sick-f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kennedy<\/a> said when asked about polls on Monday&rsquo;s edition of&nbsp; &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6359580527112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your World<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And number two, that she is a member of the loon wing of the Democratic Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cavuto pushed back, saying name-calling isn&rsquo;t an effective strategy to take against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/burned-body-found-area-harris-lead-staffer-promoted-arson-2020-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a>, who&rsquo;s supposedly surging in the polls against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;m sorry if that offends you, Neil,&rdquo; Kennedy said. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m just telling you what the people of America think based on the polling that I&rsquo;ve seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. John Kennedy says the American people think Kamala is &ldquo;a little bit of a ding dong&rdquo; and &ldquo;they&rsquo;ve had one vegetable-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They don&rsquo;t want another.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bhlcZU3OPV\">pic.twitter.com\/bhlcZU3OPV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1818025830716408315?\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy reiterated that polls indicate that many Americans think Harris is a &ldquo;ding-dong&rdquo; and &ldquo;not a serious person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve had one vegetable-in-chief. They don&rsquo;t want another,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And they also think that she is a member of the loon wing of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s a San Francisco Democrat. She believes in abortion on demand,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;She believes in an open border. She thinks cops are a bigger problem than criminals. She&rsquo;s proud of what she and the president did in Afghanistan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just wondering how you think that will resonate with women, when she&rsquo;s called &lsquo;nasty&rsquo; and &lsquo;crazy&rsquo; and a &lsquo;ding-dong,&#8217;&rdquo; Cavuto replied. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just wondering, do you worry how that comes across?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-infuriates-fox-news-host-wont-take-bait-attack-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cavuto<\/a> added: &ldquo;And maybe you draw no distinction between a female candidate and male one, and that&rsquo;s fair game. But this could hurt you with female voters with these type of comments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy underscored that he&rsquo;s not going to pull punches simply because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/burned-body-found-area-harris-lead-staffer-promoted-arson-2020-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> is a woman.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The vice president is a candidate for president of the United States,&rdquo; the senator pointed out. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care about her gender, Neil. Maybe you do, but I don&rsquo;t. I don&rsquo;t care about her race.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=6359580527112&amp;w=466&amp;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In response, Cavuto again suggested that calling Harris dumb is sexist, as if stupidity is solely a female trait.<\/p>\n<p>By berating Kennedy for calling Harris a clueless DEI hire that many Americans do think is a &ldquo;ding-dong&rdquo; and a far-left loon, the Fox News host betrayed his own misogyny.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us women agree with the senator that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamalas-ancestor-notorious-slave-owner-resurfaced-family-discovery-ruin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> is an incompetent radical whose far-left policies could destroy the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Cavuto&rsquo;s insistence that Republicans treat a presidential candidate with kid gloves simply because she&rsquo;s female is itself patronizing and sexist.<\/p>\n<p>Harris and countless other Democrats have repeatedly maligned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ted-cruz-elon-musk-allege-google-engaged-election-interference-seeing-insane-trump-search-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> as a white supremacist, a misogynist and a Russian puppet, among numerous other slanderous names.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to be leader of the free world, you should be able to endure a little name-calling without having effete media hacks leap to your defense at every turn.<\/p>\n<p>Cavuto should stick to being a TV host by asking his guests questions and letting them answer freely, instead of cosplaying as a campaign strategist.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During an appearance on &#8220;Your World,&#8221; Kennedy stated, \u201cWhether it\u2019s fair or not\u2014and it might offend you\u2014many Americans who have an opinion about the vice president believe she\u2019s somewhat of a &#8216;ding-dong&#8217; and part of the extreme faction of the Democratic Party.\u201d Cavuto countered, arguing that resorting to name-calling is not an effective approach against Harris, especially since she appears to be gaining ground in polls against former President Donald Trump. Kennedy responded, \u201cI apologize if that bothers you, Neil. I\u2019m just relaying what I\u2019ve seen in polling data.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kennedy reiterated his stance by saying many people view Harris as \u201cnot serious\u201d and referred to her as a &#8220;ding-dong.&#8221; He added, \u201cThey\u2019ve already had one \u2018vegetable-in-chief\u2019 and they don\u2019t want another,\u201d emphasizing his belief that she aligns with extreme Democratic views. He criticized her positions on various issues such as abortion rights and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Cavuto questioned how such derogatory remarks would resonate with female voters, suggesting they could be perceived negatively. In response, Kennedy maintained he wouldn\u2019t hold back simply because Harris is a woman: \u201cThe vice president is running for president; I don\u2019t care about her gender or race.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Cavuto suggested that labeling someone as unintelligent could be seen as sexist. The discussion highlighted differing views on how political figures should be treated based on their gender while also addressing broader criticisms of both parties&#8217; rhetoric towards each other during campaigns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2316026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kennedy-v-Harris.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32135,33599,32438,32171],"class_list":["post-2316025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fox-news","tag-john-kennedy","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kennedy-v-Harris.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316025","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}