Sen. Amy Klobuchar to do Fox News town hall

[question everything]

Sen. Amy Klobuchar will participate in a Fox News Channel town hall meeting from Wisconsin in May. The network announced its plans with Klobuchar on Wednesday. The Minnesota senator, who’s seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, will be guest of honor at the Fox News broadcast from Milwaukee on May 8.

(snip)

Fox News is unpopular with many Democrats given the rightward slant of many of its on-air personalities. The Democratic National Committee decided not to hold any of its upcoming candidate debates on Fox. The Klobuchar forum will be hosted by two of the network’s news anchors, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.

(snip)

Klobuchar previously appeared on a CNN town hall from New Hampshire in February. Several news outlets reported this week that another Democratic candidate, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, is also in talks with Fox News for a town hall. Klobuchar and Buttigieg are the two major Midwestern candidates in the race at the moment, though Buttigieg has shot up in recent polls while Klobuchar has remained in single digits.

At a Minneapolis news conference on Sunday, Klobuchar welcomed Buttigieg to the race on the day he officially joined it. She said there was room for more than one candidate from the Midwest, a region expected to be pivotal in next year’s election.

““I welcome Mayor Pete to the race,” Klobuchar said on Sunday. “I think it’s good we don’t just have just one candidate from the heartland. That sounds kind of lonely.”

http://www.startribune.com/sen-amy-klobuchar-to-do-fox-news-town-hall/508703172/

[riversedge]

1. Wish she would come to Northern Wisconsin--wish All the Dems would do that.

[question everything]

2. Are you on Facebook?

https://www.facebook.com/amyklobuchar

I think that you should be able to add a comment to the one declaring her visit to Nashville.

I think that she knows that Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan should be her strong base.

Or, I will do it.

[sacto95834]

15. They will....

When it stops snowing

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. Why?

[BlueWI]

17. She was just in Eau Claire a month ago.

I heard her. Hope she comes around again.

[murielm99]

3. Will she be allowed to

pack the audience with her supporters, the way Bernie was?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Lol. Bernie getting questions from "Turning Point" operatives equals packed.

[murielm99]

10. Read about it right here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128772826

Maybe it might help you stay sober.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Yet first question from a trump supporter/operative. Gee how did that happen?

Packed! Packed I tell you!




<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First question in Bernie's town hall with Fox News went to Joe, a "student" from Allentown, PA.<br><br> He's a campus coordinator with conservative campus group Turning Point USA. <a href="https://t.co/f1uoqJcxCR">pic.twitter.com/f1uoqJcxCR</a></p>— jordan (@JordanUhl) <a href="

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[murielm99]

14. You are refusing to see the truth.

Buh bye

[Agschmid]

20. Wait so he actually is a student, from Allentown?

[Blue_Tires]

4. Okay, this bullshit legitimizing of Fox News has got to stop

They have done NOTHING but fuck us for 20 years... Why are we boosting their signal and their ratings??

And DON'T TELL ME that this is the only way they can reach out to the batshit insane red state yokels...

[HopeAgain]

5. I agree

Decent people should shun Fox News in every way. I don't believe they ever do anything other than a passing facade of objectivity.

[question everything]

6. I think that, like other news organizations, they have their news section and the editorial

I once, while on a treadmill on a gym, in the afternoon, was facing Fox and they had a decent news program.

And I think that it still has the largest audience of all cable news channels. And there is nothing we can do about it.

I doubt that our candidates would boost their ratings. But then, perhaps some will tune in just for curiosity.

[Blue_Tires]

7. Of course our candidates boost their ratings...

All the Dems voters who NEVER watch Fox will be tuning in now that all our candidates are playing their game...

And the next time I see real news from Fox presented in a professional manner will be the first.

[BannonsLiver]

12. Their editorial views and their news reporting are completely indistinguishable

I know you’re excited about this but let’s not try to rehabilitate Fox News, which is a de facto misinformation arm of the Trump WH. They serve no legitimate purpose than to poison the well which they have been doing with great success for 2 decades at least. Fox sucks any way you slice it.

[WeekiWater]

19. I understand your point but I also like our current position.

Zero debates for Fox News. Let the candidates decide if the want to go on it. Democrats are regularly on their network. That is all they need to be legitimate. Considering their viewership and that they are an organization that promotes one political party, that legitimization keeps them on in public spaces. They don’t need our candidates for legitimization. They get lots of Democrats on their shows all year.

[yaesu]

9. Sen. Klobuchar can handle all the Fox gotcha questions so she will do great. nt

[IndyOp]

11. Excellent! All of the Dem candidates will hopefully make frequent appearances on Fox -

If they are going on a variety of shows then the hosts are much less likely to engage in character assassination of "Democrat" candidates and "Democrats" - with a broad brush.

[Indygram]

18. Not a fan of Fox, but I like Klobuchar

I like how thoughtful and measured she is when she speaks about issues.

[Lancero]

21. For all the talk about wanting someone with cross-party appeal to get Trump supporters to switch...

We sure do love to attack the candidates who make the effort to, you know... Go out and get those supporters to switch.

Do we want to pull apart Trumps base, or do we want another 2016?

[question everything]

22. Well said. Thank you

[Glimmer of Hope]

23. I think Klobuchar is a fantastic candidate to pull apart the base.

She will do great!