Harold Ford Jr’s parents, Harold Ford, Sr., and his mother, Dorothy Bowles Ford, are Black. But for some reason, Fox host Jesse Watters tried to pressure him to put on a White Dudes For Harris hat while asking Ford if he’s white.
We get it. Jesse is upset that White Dudes for Harris garnered 190,000 people during a three-hour call and raised more than $4 million for Kamala’s campaign. Jesse, being Jesse, just had to be a racist fuckmuppet about it, Media Matters reports.
“I got “White Dudes for Harris” right here, and I’m not going to put it on for one reason — I don’t want to mess up my hair,” Watters told Ford. “But two, I’m not for Harris, so I’m going to give it to you. A white dude for Harris. You are white, right? You’re white. Are you half?”
“I’ll give it to my father-in-law,” Ford said.
“You wear that, you wear that, Harold,” Watters insisted. “I give this as a gift.”
“You won’t wear it,” the big dummy continued. “So you’re not a Harris supporter.”
“I am,” Ford said.
“You’re not going to mess up your hair; look at it,” Watters said. “Come on, Harold, put the hat on!”
Ford politely said he would give the hat to his father-in-law; Ford’s wife, Emily, is white. I’m sure Jesse knows this.
The reactions were swift.
Jesse was playing to the network’s base. He would never get fired for being so openly racist while demeaning a Black co-host. Fox will likely give him a raise.
