Shep Smith Fact-Checks Fellow Fox News Host Chris Wallace To His Face Over Shutdown

[left-of-center2012]

Fox News host Chris Wallace attempted to blame both President Donald Trump and Democrats for the ongoing partial government shutdown on Friday.

But his fellow Fox host Shep Smith wasn’t having it.
Smith explained how Trump had taken ownership of the shutdown right from the beginning. “This back and forth thing is just not credible,” Smith said. “The president said: ‘I’m shutting down the government. I’ll own the shutdown. I’m proud to carry the mantle.’ And he shut the government down. And that’s that.”

Wallace replied: “Well, I mean it takes two to tango.”

Smith responded: “There’s no tango here. The president said, ’I’m shutting the government down.”

Wallace argued Trump would “shut the government down unless they gave him funding for the wall, and they refused to give him funding for the wall. Both sides are party to this.”

Smith noted, however, how Democrats ran in part during the 2018 midterm campaign on a promise that Trump would not receive funding for his proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
“They won 40 seats plus in the House of Representatives and they’re not giving him a wall,” Smith said, adding that Trump “can reopen it tomorrow just like he closed it down. It’s all on him, isn’t it?”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shep-smith-chris-wallace-shutdown-fox-news_us_5c42df2fe4b0a8dbe17197d7

[SWBTATTReg]

1. BOOM!! And that's that. What else is there to say? rump said he owns it. I'm surprised that ...

he's claimed ownership of it, since he hasn't taken responsibility for anything else. Coward.

[MagickMuffin]

3. He took ownership until he didn't

or haven't you noticed?

He is now blaming the democratic leadership for the #TrumpShutdown.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Yes, I saw the quick switcharoo...and attempt to sidestep...won't work. Again, coward. NT

[ashling]

9. I'll take ownership of that wallet

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Great!! I enjoyed. A movie classic! Thanks for the memories. NT

[malaise]

2. Smith should have asked him which party controlled the Executive and the

Legislature on December 22 when the Con shut it down.

[MagickMuffin]

5. Exactly THIS

The shutdown occurred on his watch with his controlled house and senate.

OOPSIE

[Bob Loblaw]

4. One of the few things he owns

that he hasn't managed somehow to brand by literally stamping his name on it. Like putting his name on his socks and underwear when he was getting his military expertise at boarding school.

[rurallib]

7. I have wondered for so long how Smith keeps his job at Fox

he must know where lots of bodies are buried

[pwb]

11. Shep Smith and Chris Wallace are news programs the rest are opinion bullshit.

I never watch fox but even they have to have real news sometimes. The viewers stay confused by thinking the high paid opinion talkers are real news too.

[Wounded Bear]

8. #WheresMitch...

Why is McConnell never mentioned in all these bullshit back and forth spats?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. 'toons found him

From weekend toons

[pansypoo53219]

13. manchurian president is not playing with others.

[elias7]

14. 'Cause they can build a wall in 2 weeks

I wish someone would point out the absurdity of demanding money for an emergency that will take years to build

[Scurrilous]

15. K&R

[UpInArms]

16. Also, should note that for TWO years ... had the senate, the congress and the WH

I call bullshit on all of them