As “No Kings” protests swelled in numbers across the country, Fox News’s Kayleigh McEnany doubted that the crowds were as large as even her own reporter claimed.
“I’ve got to be honest, the Trump rallies look bigger than what we are seeing,” McEnany said on Saturday. “Not sure there’s a huge anti-Trump appetite here across the country.”
McEnany’s comments came just seconds after Fox News reporter Madison Scarpino reported live from Atlanta.
“Organizers want to break records — they expect millions of Americans to come and protest,” she said. “Just here at the Atlanta rally, organizers expect up to 10,000 people. That’s checking out from what we are seeing so far. You see this sea of people holding signs, chanting, several speakers so far, and they are fired up.”
After Scarpino’s report, McEnany brought on MAGA influencer Nick Sortor to preview what she expected to be a “violent” night in Portland, Oregon.
“You’re in Portland and it is a different beast and it gets pretty violent there at night,” McEnany said by way of introduction.
Sortor was recently arrested in Portland after stomping out an American flag that was on fire and tussling with protesters who targeted him “for being conservative.” He was not charged.
“It is really possible we could see pretty violent stuff happen today,” Sortor told McEnany. “I hate to say that but there was nothing planned here last night. It was just a normal Friday night and it got this close to being a total out-of-control riot. And like I said, people drive by and honk. It is 8:00 in the morning on Saturday, waking all these people up, that is the frustrating part.”
“The poor residents,” McEnany said.
Viral videos out of Portland have shown protesters dressed in inflatable frog, unicorn, and shark costumes to peacefully troll ICE agents outside their facilities.
One frog-clad protester told Fox 12 Oregon, “They don’t know how to react to people with humor and silliness, so why not try that?”
Watch above via Fox News.
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