Chris Wallace Took a Beating on Twitter. Chris WallaceI don't mean to be rude but. You are really terrible at this. — Don Winslow (@donwinslow) September 30, 2020 Self-proclaimed Never. So Chris Wallace asks Trump about the science of climate change, but does NOT ask Biden about the science of what a human life begins. — Liz Wheeler (@LizWheeler) September 30, 2020 Trump physically can’t stand still or stop talking when the truth is being told about himself.

The continuing prominence of Chris Wallace on Fox News both annoys and perplexes many of the channel's remaining conservative viewers. And now we finally have a metric demonstrating the aversion toward Wallace by Fox viewers.

During his coverage of the defense's case in the second Trump impeachment Friday, Wallace outdid himself, arguing that it was fine for Democrats to use the word 'fight' after the defense team presented many examples of them doing so, even though the Dems believe that Trump's use of the same work was impeachable incitement to insurrection. Because the 'context' was different. He then made a nonsense comparison to using 'fire' in a crowded theater versus using it in ordinary conversation. The problem is that Democrats were using 'fight' in political exhortations — the equivalent of using 'fire' in a crowded theater, given the comparison.

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'Honestly, I think it's a silly argument,' Wallace said on Fox News. 'Using the word in different contexts means different things. One of the constitutional statements about freedom of the first amendment in freedom of speech is crying 'fire' in a crowded theater, and that that's not protected, because that would be incitement to a mob. If you ran 100 clips of people saying the word 'fire,' it doesn't have the same meaning. Obviously, Elizabeth Warren at a campaign rally saying 'fire' or Dennis McDonough saying he was going to fight for veterans' rights as the new VA Chief is not the same as what Donald Trump is doing. I thought it was ludicrous.'

During yesterday's coverage, a charity auction sponsored by Fox News host Bret Baier was underway, benefiting the Children's Hospital Foundation, a worthy cause if ever there were one. Check out what a personalized book from Tucker Carlson is currently (6:32 A.M. EST) bid at:

Or two books and a phone call to talk investments with Charles Payne:

Or a personalized book and a Zoom call from Greg Gutfeld:

In comparison, a personalized book signed by Chris Wallace is a real bargain:

Of course, it is possible that some billionaire Trump-hater, now that the Lincoln Project no longer is a respectable outlet for donations, might decide to bid up Chris's book in an effort to save face. There may well be a group of 'Friends of Chris' (FOC, who collectively would be known as FOCheads). If so, the children's hospitals benefit, which is fine with me.

Hat tip: Lauri P. Regan

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday disputed allegations that President Donald Trump reached out to him to coordinate an alibi after the Capitol was attacked by Trump-supporting insurrectionists on Jan. 6.

Fox News host Chris Wallace confronted McCarthy about a telephone call he had with Trump soon after the attack on the Capitol was underway.

'Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,' Trump reportedly told McCarthy at the time, according to Rep. Herrera Beutler (R-WA).

'Is she right?' Wallace asked. 'Is that what President Trump said to you?'

'What he ended the call, was saying -- telling me he'll put something out to make sure to stop this [riot],' McCarthy said. 'And that's what he did. He put a video out later.'

'Quite a lot later,' Wallace pointed out. 'And it was a pretty weak video. But I'm asking you specifically. Did he say to you, some people are more concerned about the election than you are?'

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'No, listen,' McCarthy replied. 'My conversations with the president are my conversations with the president. I engaged in the idea of making sure we could stop what was going on inside the Capitol at that moment in time. The president said he would help.'

Wallace pressed: 'Has the president ever reached out to you since that report came out to discuss what you and he talked about in the January 6th phone call? And did you say to him, 'I can't because we're under oath.'

'No,' McCarthy stated.

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'That never happened?' Wallace asked.

'That's never happened,' McCarthy insisted. 'Never even close.'

'And if it did happen, you would agree that would be witness tampering?' Wallace observed.

'Yeah, but it never happened!' McCarthy said. 'Never even came close, never had any conversation like that.'