Fox News Contributor Recommends Using Cop's Death for Shutdown 'Bargaining Power'
As the partial shutdown of the federal government drags into the new year and the Trump administration reportedly begins to waver on some of its funding demands, the brain trust at Fox News has a novel idea for how President Donald Trump can help regain the upper hand in his negotiations with congressional Democrats: Politicize the death of one of those cops he claims to care so much about.
During Friday’s episode of Fox’s Outnumbered, host Rachel Campos-Duffy raised the recent death of Newman, CA, police Corporal Ronil Singh as potential bargaining chip for the president. According to Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson, Singh’s alleged killer—who was arrested Friday, but has yet to be publicly identified—is believed to be an undocumented immigrant. Beyond that, however, no information about who the suspect is, or where they are from, has been made public.
“[Trump’s] bargaining power would increase if he gets out the message more,” Campos-Duffy exclaimed. “Twitter has been great but it’s not enough.”