“Fox & Friends” kicked off 2018 in characteristic form, running a segment Tuesday warning viewers about the danger of illegal immigrants and marijuana — and the possibility of both.
“Not only if you’re illegal you’re welcome in California, also if you want to get high, you’re welcome there too,” said show co-host Ainsley Earhardt. “So you can be illegal and wasted on marijuana and live in that state and be just fine.”
The moment suggested Earhardt may not be up on the most current weed lingo.
The segment with co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy focused on news that beginning on Monday California became the latest state to allow legal sale of small amounts of recreational marijuana.
The hosts took a dim view of the matter, lumping the issue together with California’s decision to also become the nation’s first “sanctuary state” for immigrants without proper documentation.
The designation, officially signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, makes it illegal for state and local law enforcement to ask about immigration status or assist in federal immigration raids.
The Fox News segment was titled “California Craziness.”
“They are not immigrants, immigrants are allowed to be here, illegal immigrants aren’t,” said a visibly annoyed Kilmeade. “They snuck in, that’s a little dissemination. So now if you are in a public school, public library, health care facility, they are safe zones from Donald Trump. They say it’s you against Donald Trump.”
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11 Women Who Have Left Fox News Shows, From Megyn Kelly to Laurie Dhue (Photos)
Fox News has enhanced the careers of numerous women who have served as hosts. All were hired by Roger Ailes, the former network boss who exited in August 2016 amid a sexual harassment scandal.
Greta Van Susteren -- who had been one of Ailes' most stalwart defenders -- left in early September 2016 after saying that Fox had "not felt like a home" for years.
Laurie Dhue was a familiar presence on Fox in the early 2000s but left the network in 2008. She has reportedly been shopping a tell-all book this year.
Outspoken host Elisabeth Hasselbeck left "The View" to join "Fox & Friends" in 2013, which she exited at the end of 2015.
Andrea Tantaros, former co-host of "The Five," filed a lawsuit saying that Fox News operated like a "sex-fueled, Playboy-Mansion-like cult."
Alisyn Camerota hosted a number of Fox News programs during a 16-year run that ended in 2014. She now hosts "New Day" on CNN.
Rudi Bakhtiar jumped from CNN to Fox News in 2006. She claimed she was sexually harassed by correspondent Brian Wilson and later spoke out against Fox News' culture after the Ailes scandal broke. She now works at Reuters.
Kiran Chetry was a Fox News host from 2001 to 2007. She was reportedly also an aspirant for a role on "Fox & Friends," the network's morning show.
Libertarian commentator Jedediah Bila appeared on Fox's "Outnumbered" and later turned up on ABC's "The View."
Her lawsuit started it all: Former Fox host Gretchen Carlson claims Ailes repeatedly sexually harassed her. Her suit was later settled for a reported $20 million.
Megyn Kelly ended her 12-year run with Fox News in early 2017 in exchange for a weekday show at NBC. She turned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of the reasons for her departure was to spend more time with her kids. Kelly said she was among those at Fox News sexually harassed by Ailes.
"Happening Now" anchor Jenna Lee announced that she was leaving the Fox News after working there for 10 years. Lee said she still loves being a journalist and that she has "some really big ideas on how to better serve you in that particular arena" without Fox News.
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The Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly scandals have cast even some old departures in a new light
Fox News has enhanced the careers of numerous women who have served as hosts. All were hired by Roger Ailes, the former network boss who exited in August 2016 amid a sexual harassment scandal.
