Fox News' Greg Gutfeld suggests "civil war" because "elections don't work"

[marmar]

https://www.salon.com/2023/10/06/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-suggests-civil-war-because-elections-dont-work/?in_brief=true



Fox News host Greg Gutfeld erupted with dark rhetoric during Thursday's broadcast of "The Five," appearing to advocate for a new American civil war because “elections don’t work” and the nation is in “peril and chaos," the Daily Beast reports. The host, whose takes have grown more extreme in recent years, made the remarks during a discussion on the recent looting in Philadelphia. Gutfeld bemoaned how some looters received lesser consequences than participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection, who he claimed received harsher sentences because of their race and political affiliations. He went on to allege they were being "driven out of cities by the oppressed" and compared the political tensions of the moment to the turmoil around slavery that gave birth to the Civil War. “Doesn’t that feel that way now?” Gutfeld rhetorically asked. “That this defiant refusal to reverse this decline argues against the survival of a country. What does that leave you with? It leaves you with ‘you need to make war to bring peace’ because you have a side that cannot change. Because then that means the admission that their beliefs have been corrupt all the time.”

Liberal co-host Harold Ford Jr. responded by suggesting an election, but Gutfeld disagreed. “No, elections don’t work,” he retorted. “We know that.” After Ford countered that they do work, Gutfeld went on a tirade insisting democracy is no longer a possibility. “Look what we have! We had a moderate president, and we have crime exploding everywhere,” he shouted. “We had a Democrat president promise that he was going to be moderate, promise that he was gonna unite the country and now we have a terrible education system. We have no border. We have crime everywhere. Every facet of society is in peril and in chaos because our elections don’t matter!”

[dchill]

1. Too bad, Greg, that we can't have borders...

...against autocratic, violent anarchist creeps on TV.

[PCIntern]

2. Guess what, you moron...

If there were a real armed conflict, you and every other broadcaster would be targeted by the other side and I wouldn’t give a nickel for any celebrity’s life.

This asshole should be careful what he wishes for.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. And looney britches will fight the civil war under his desk at Fox News, safe from violence

With the firepower in Americans' hands, a civil war would exceed the bloodshed of 1863 by ten times. We do not deserve this because some big mouthed extremist bloviates word salads without logic that scream for violence.

[Skittles]

4. BRING IT ON

WE'LL BEAT YOUR ASS AGAIN

[denbot]

16. I hear ya Skittles..

And I’m with ya!

[RKP5637]

19. K&R! n/t

[Initech]

5. Sure, Greg, elections only work when your guy wins.

Fuck Fox News!

[SpamWyzer]

6. Greg Gutless

is another Fucker Carlson. He says shit. That is his schtick. He has no actual thoughts on anything he whines about. He is a "white whiner" and not because of his beverage preference. No one should take him seriously because he barely rises to the level of sentient, let alone to serious adult. Anyone have an address for him?

[Initech]

15. The republican "comedian".

If anything, he's living proof that conservatives have no sense of humor.

[Elessar Zappa]

7. Crime is lower now than it was 30 years ago.

The GOP shouldn’t be allowed to lie about the crime rate unchallenged.

[emulatorloo]

11. Or the "terrible education system," or the "open borders" that don't exist.

They lie about everything, in the service of their dictator wannabe.

[Takket]

8. this from the party who lost the popular vote in 2 of their last 3 presidential elections.......

but when we get screwed we don't call for half the country to murder the other half. we suck it up and fight again in 4 years

[aaaaaa5a]

13. The GOP has won the popular vote just once since

1988.

[DFW]

30. And even then, they needed to manipulate Ohio's voting machines

Or else it would have been President Kerry.

[Boomerproud]

34. I stood in line from 5:30 to 11:00pm because 2 of the 3 voting machines malfunctioned.

The same thing happened at the church polling place up the street. Both precincts were heavily AA. Coincidence?

[NowISeetheLight]

9. Peril and Chaos

.... and which party is causing all the peril and chaos???

[emulatorloo]

12. +1

[11 Bravo]

10. If there was ever a civil conflict, the closest that doughy little fuckwad would get ...

to the front lines would be if some cut-rate insurrectionist USO tour put out a call for Z-list "comedians".

[BlueIdaho]

14. If the shooting starts

Let’s eliminate the news hacks at FOX first.

[roamer65]

21. +1000

[struggle4progress]

17. Translation: "Hi! My name's Greg, and I'm a halfwit!"

[Wonder Why]

18. That was over 2 years ago, Greg but luckily, Americans stayed true to the constitution and

the traitor was stopped and his insurrection was put down. There is no reason to suspect that we need to have a Civil War to stop them again as we have an honest president now.

Where you been these last few years? At Mar-a-Lago?

[Cha]

20. You first Fucking ASSHOLE.. Elections

work Fine.. just Not for the LOSERS like the Traitor.

[budkin]

22. Fuck that POS

Let’s see him fight in a war. Yeah right.

[Johonny]

23. Man crying about high crime rate demands people commit

Crime to solve it. Theft is up, let's murder some people to get them in line, is the thinking of an idiot.

[Runningdawg]

24. The coming "civil war" would more accurately be called a crusade.

They have been preaching it from the pulpit since the early 60's. My church believed a woman could not kill her own child unless she was in the service of the devil - a witch. And the bible gave men instructions on how to deal with her. Not unusual in rural OK. Also remember history, this country was conquered by men who forced Natives and slaves to worship their god by their rules or die.

[prodigitalson]

25. will he be attacking Ft. Sumpter alone or Jenine Piro be there?

[maxrandb]

26. I wish these asspickles would stop just nibbling on the barrel and pull the effing trigger already

They have obviously never seen a Marine Expeditionary Unit, or Carrier Air Wing in action.

Bring it Greg!

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[UCmeNdc]

27. What is with these Republicans pushing so hard for a civil war because they do not get their way?

[Yavin4]

28. This is reckless to put on a "news" show.

Fox should suspend Gutfield for this. He's trying to normalize violence bc he's frustrated that his side cannot win elections. Greg, your side doesn't win elections bc they refuse to address the needs of the people. You cannot build a party around policies that only help the rich.

[Talitha]

29. He'd run to his Moms house and hide in the basement.

[DFW]

31. Tell Greg Gutfield

“See ya at Appomattox Courthouse, tough guy.”

[kacekwl]

32. Elections work fine except

for losers who can't win them and resort to cheating.

[TSExile]

33. Last night on MSNBC...

...Jason Johnson and Kurt Bardella absolutely eviscerated him. They called it out - what he is saying is called terrorism!! Full stop.