President Trump tore into Fox News on Sunday for putting Democratic candidates on air, saying the coverage is blurring out Republican “patriots” and keeping tight races closer than they should be.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said the network is spending far too much time featuring opponents of Republican candidates and doing little to help those running on strong policies. The critique landed hours after he called into Fox Business host Larry Kudlow’s program, where the two discussed his heavy midterm campaign schedule.
The Hill reported that Fox has invited several Democrats onto its shows for interviews, including Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Kentucky Senate candidate Charles Booker, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand. Booker is running for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Trump framed the airtime as a direct problem for Republicans fighting to hold the House and Senate in November. He has long criticized media coverage, including at the conservative-leaning network, and last week accused Fox of being too kind to Democratic guests in what he has called a bid to stay “politically correct.”
Trump wrote that Fox is elevating the wrong voices at the wrong time.
He posted:
"FoxNews is spending far too much time putting on the OPPONENTS of Republican Party Candidates, people that love our Country, and have Great Policies and Ideas"
He followed with a sharper charge about who is getting squeezed out of the picture.
"These American Patriots are being absolutely “blurred out” by the Media, and Fox is doing little to help. That’s the only reason this Race is close, if it is indeed close."
That is the case he is making to voters: Republican candidates have the policies and the patriotism, and excess rival airtime is the main reason some contests still look competitive.
Earlier Sunday, Trump phoned into Kudlow’s Fox Business show. Kudlow, a former White House economic adviser, praised the president’s pace on the trail.
Kudlow told him:
"You’ve been relentless! Your campaigning, it’s Herculean. You’re turning the tide. You’re getting voters out. You’re raising enthusiasm,"
Trump answered that he has worked very hard and logged 14 rallies in nine days. In recent weeks he has been traveling the country to rally support for Republican candidates as the party works to keep its majorities.
The sequence is plain. He takes the praise for a grinding schedule, then turns around and tells Fox it is undercutting the same candidates by giving Democrats a platform.
Republicans are trying to hold the House and Senate in November. Trump is treating every appearance, rally, and network segment as part of that fight. Naming El-Sayed, Booker, and Sand as guests Fox has hosted makes the complaint concrete rather than abstract.
He is also operating under political pressure. Coverage noted he has hit a record low approval rating, even as he keeps a high-tempo travel schedule for party candidates. His answer has been more rallies and a public demand that a major network stop amplifying the other side.
Fox has not been cast here as an enemy of the right in every hour of programming. Trump still uses its Business channel and still talks to hosts like Kudlow. The objection is narrower and practical: in close races, he wants Republican voices clear and Democratic challengers less polished on a network many conservative viewers still watch.
Voters can judge the airtime for themselves. What Trump is not doing is soft-pedaling the stakes. He wants the network to stop handing free attention to the people trying to beat his party’s candidates.
When a president who is packing arenas says his own side is getting blurred out, the networks should hear the warning, and so should anyone who still thinks friendly coverage is a substitute for winning.
