Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg used a Fox News town hall in New Hampshire on Sunday to slam two of the network’s primetime opinion hosts, knocking both Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham by name on the network where they each host an hour.
«Even though some of those hosts are not there in good faith, I think a lot of people tune into this network who do it in good faith,» he said, adding that Democrats «can’t blame» Fox viewers if «they are ignoring our message because they will never hear it if we don’t go on and talk about it.»
A spokeswoman for Fox News did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.
Democrats have been in the middle of a public and ongoing debate about whether 2020 candidates should agree to headline a town hall hosted by Fox News.
Warren publicly rejected an invitation to participate in a town hall on Fox News, saying the conservative network is a «hate-for-profit racket» that’s in business to harm the Democratic Party.
California Sen. Kamala Harris, too, has rejected Fox News’ offer.
«They’ve reached out but we haven’t entertained it,» a campaign spokesperson said earlier this month.
But other candidates either have agreed to headline a town hall like Buttigieg, or said they would do just that, arguing that Democrats should make appeals to Fox’s audience. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders headlined a Fox News town hall in April and New York Sen.
