Ms. Brazile, who managed Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, will be an analyst on President Trump’s favorite network.
Not too long ago, Donna Brazile was the interim chairwoman of the Democratic Party and a strident critic of Fox News, accusing the network of bias and hyperbole.
On Monday, Ms. Brazile announced that she had accepted a new job: on-air commentator on Fox News.
Cue the record scratch.
A deep-blue Democrat who managed Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, Ms. Brazile has confounded expectations by taking a role at President Trump’s favorite cable news channel.
“This is an opportunity to reach across the political aisle,” she told viewers during her debut appearance on Monday. Her interviewer, the host Dana Perino, called it “a bold move for you and for Fox.”
It was also another step in Ms. Brazile’s gradual drift away from the Democratic establishment.
Ms. Brazile became interim chairwoman of the party in July 2016. Days before Mr. Trump’s election in November, emails obtained by WikiLeaks revealed that Ms.
