Fox News host and conservative radio pundit Mark Levin defended his decision to headline a campaign event despite the network having a policy that prevents talent from participating in such events.
Levin headlined two events for Virginia state Senate candidate Geary Higgins, with one on Monday, the day before the election took place, according to Media Matters for America. The first Higgins rally that Levin participated in was back in May. The candidate went as far as to thank Levin on Facebook, and he ran Facebook ads prior to each event with him.
The conservative radio host addressed the claims that he had violated a network policy on his show Wednesday. He claimed he didn’t violate any rules and added that he planned on doing the same thing again.
Fox News said that the network “does not condone any talent participating in campaign events,” after Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared on stage at a Make America Great Again rally for President Trump on the day before the 2018 midterm elections. The network also called the incident an “unfortunate distraction” and said that it “has been addressed.”
Levin also railed against Media Matters and claimed that they were “very upset that I supported a local candidate for the state Senate in my own community as well as other local candidates.”
“If I want to support a friend who’s running for the state Senate, well, damn it, I will do it,” he continued. “I should have done more for him. If I want to support my local sheriff then, damn it, I will do it. And nobody on this planet is going to stop me. No corporation, no left-wing group funded by billionaire, American-hating pukes. Nobody!”
Fox News did not respond to a request for comment.
