Fox News’s Sandra Smith appeared incredulous and rolled her eyes as a guest questioned the results of the presidential election, according to leaked footage.
“Remember, just because CNN or even Fox News says that somebody’s president doesn’t make them president,” guest Cleta Mitchell said in the segment. “So I think everybody wants to know this was done properly and legally and that we can trust the results. And I think we have to look at every one of these concerns.”
“What?” Smith said in the leaked raw feed of Saturday’s America’s Newsroom. Her reaction was not broadcast on live television.
“What is happening? Like, Trace, we’ve called it,” Smith said, referring to Fox News host Trace Gallagher, who joined her in the segment.
Sandra Smith, off-air, reacts to her colleague Trace Gallagher indulging a nutjob who denies the outcome of the election even after Fox News had called it for Joe Biden: pic.twitter.com/gZ4nrnVHab
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 9, 2020
Gallagher is seen responding to Mitchell, “I think Cleta makes a very good point there.”
The exchange comes after Fox News rejected reporting that the network suspended Jeanine Pirro over a feud regarding coverage of President Trump.
“Sources close to the network tell Newsmax, because she made a very staunch defense of President Trump and wanted to expose the vote fraud that took place in the election, Fox News decided not to air her show. It had extended coverage of Democrat Joe Biden’s acceptance speech of a contested election,” Newsmax reported Saturday evening.
“The sources gave no inclination of whether the network is going to keep the show going, but we hear she was suspended at least for this weekend,” the report continued.
Fox News told the Washington Examiner that the report is false.
“The network ran election coverage last night, and Jeanine Pirro will be back next week, along with regularly scheduled programming,” a Fox News spokeswoman said.
