Fox News Anchors Gripe That Biden Didn't Show Enough 'Gratitude' in 'Aggressive' Jan. 6 Speech

[Zorro]

“They come back, do the right thing and Joe Biden is inaugurated and he is president, and we as a country have moved on,” Perino said about the aftermath of Jan. 6.

Fox News anchors Dana Perino and Bret Baier took aim at President Joe Biden on Thursday over the tone of his speech condemning the Jan. 6 insurrection, calling the president’s remarks “aggressive” and “political.” Additionally, Perino griped that the president didn’t show enough “gratitude” that his 2020 election win was eventually certified.

Delivering a passionate 25-minute address to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, Biden blasted former President Donald Trump without once mentioning his predecessor by name. Repeatedly referring to the ex-president as “defeated” and “failed,” Biden noted that Trump “can’t accept he lost” while excoriating him for inciting the failed coup attempt.

“What did we not see?!” Biden angrily exclaimed at one point. “We didn’t see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack, sitting in the private dining room off the Oval Office in the White House watching it all on television and doing nothing for hours as police were assaulted, lives at risk, the nation’s Capitol under siege.”

Immediately reacting to the speech, Perino lamented that the president’s remarks were “quite political” and “divisive in many ways,” adding that “everyone has a choice on how they want to communicate.” She then turned to Baier, the network’s chief political anchor, for his main takeaways.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-anchors-dana-perino-bret-baier-gripe-that-joe-biden-didnt-show-gratitude-in-jan-6-speech

[Arkansas Granny]

1. . . . and the horse she rode in on.

[lastlib]

4. With a pitchfork.

An old, rusty, manure-encrusted, tetanus- and virus-infected pitchfork. With bent tines. Sideways.

[MotorCityBeard]

5. Well, bless her heart...

How could his speech NOT be political?

[Srkdqltr]

2. Of course it was political. He had to be political.

[Caliman73]

14. Seriously. Those people are stupid.

JANUARY 6th WAS POLITICAL, IS POLITICAL, AND WILL ALWAYS BE POLITICAL.

It was an attempted insurrection. It was an attempted COUP. It was perpetrated by the losing candidate in a presidential election with support by a POLITICAL PARTY, the Republicans. How the hell is it NOT political? How is it NOT SUPPOSED TO BE political? The whole goddamned thing deals with POLITICS, which is about government, policies, and who leads a society.

I really hate how Conservatives deliberately misuse words to muddy the conversation.

Are they saying it was PARTISAN? Sure, yeah, it was partisan too. ONE side, the Democratic Party, is trying to maintain a functioning democracy while the other side, the Republicans, are trying to destroy the current system. I'd say that is pretty damned PARTISAN.

The more important question is, "Which side are Perino and Baier on?"

[Srkdqltr]

16. No question there. We knew.

[Emile]

3. Amazing, where do they come up with this shit?

[grumpyduck]

6. That last paragraph ("Immediately... ")

is so totally off the wall. "Political." "Divisive." "Choice."

Perino is such a fucking hypocrite. But apparently that's what their viewers want to see.

[KPN]

8. In fact, Joe did mention the patriots in Congress who endured and did not acquiesce to

the mob violence of January 6th, 2021, stayed in the building, and carried out their Constitutional responsibility to certify the results of the election. So he did give credit Perino!

[Mr. Ected]

9. I thought the speech was quite fair and balanced

I just don't think THEY understand what those words mean.

[Vinca]

10. Gratitude????????????? WTF? Gratitude there wasn't a mass slaughter of elected officials maybe.

[Midnight Writer]

11. If someone violently attacks you, but doesn't kill you, you should thank them?

Biden praised the patriots who stood up for our democracy.

There is no need to thank the traitors who failed in their insurrection.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Similarly...

...if they try to steal what is rightfully one's property, one should thank the thieves for not getting away with it?
Really dumb.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. Dana re-sets the chutzpah bar.

[Walleye]

15. They are telling us to just move on, while waving the confederate flag

[AngryOldDem]

17. OH FFS.

What a toxic alternate reality these assholes live in.

Speaking of being grateful, they ought to be glad that they’re in a country that tolerates free speech and allows them to spew whatever bullshit they want.

Damn right it was “devisive,” Dana — and about time, too. Most of us have had more than enough of your fascist, violent cultists.