Fox News host Laura Ingraham cut short a segment on her show after an anti-LGBT activist used the segment to promote his new book.
The segment featured religion writer Jonathan Merritt and Townhall columnist Arthur Schaper. Ingraham ended the segment after Schaper continually cut off Ingraham and Merritt to inject his opinion and promote his book.
“That’s not true,” Schaper said while Ingraham tried to set the stage of the segment by reading a quote from the Washington Post.
“Wrong,” Schaper added as soon as Merritt tried to respond to the quote.
As he continued to cut in, Ingraham told Schaper to “hold on, hold on, Arthur, wait a second” as she finished her point.
Near the end of the 6-minute segment, Schaper started holding up his book The Health Hazards of Homosexuality. Ingraham chastised Schaper, “Here’s one thing I don’t like on this show, when people bring props.”
“All right, I got it,” Ingraham said, rolling her eyes and cutting off both guests as it became apparent Schaper was not going to put down his book.
Ingraham brought on the guests to discuss whether or not “Drag Queen Story Hour” which was being held in various libraries and bookshops in Texas was a good thing.
“We’re talking about perverse and destructive lifestyles being animated or advertised to children as if it’s normal,” Schaper said of the events. Merritt said he was in favor of the events.
Ingraham appeared exasperated that the segment was not able to find out “what is really going on here.”
“We wanted to have a really good conversation,” the host said before moving on to the next topic.
