Is #MeToo movement ‘spoiling’ Christmas? Fox News host stirs up outrage online
Fox News pundit Laura Ingraham is concerned the #MeToo movement is a “spoiler” for Christmas parties and is taking the “fun” out of the festive season.
“Is the #MeToo movement becoming a spoiler for this season’s Christmas parties?” Ingraham asked at the start of her segment, The Ingraham Angle on Friday.
People speaking out about their experiences of sexual harassment as a result of the #MeToo movement are threatening to ruin the fun at Christmas parties, especially for those emboldened by the mistletoe, Ingraham posits.
“Is this just killing all the fun of Christmas?” @IngrahamAngle Are you kidding?! Ask me this after your 12 yo daughter has a #metoo story. I don’t understand when our morality went so off the rails. #disgusting#EnoughIsEnough#CountryBeforePartyhttps://t.co/cRzgikXjsT
— Kymm © (@KymmOMalley) December 10, 2017
WTF is wrong with this woman???? #LAURAINGRAHAM THINKS #METOO MOVEMENT IS KILLING THE FUN OF #CHRISTMAShttps://t.co/a3YseLhDDX
— LauraH (@NYCanegirl) December 10, 2017
This is so ridiculous!! Without women being harassed and groped (or worse) at Christmas parties, there will be no "fun" or "festivities"??!! The backlash against the #MeToo movement is now claiming we are ruining Christmas!!! Shame on you Fox and Laura Ingraham!!! #MeToohttps://t.co/2WebG786wf
— elaine emberg (@EEmberg5) December 10, 2017
“I can see this year it might be — a little less festive, let’s say that,” Ingraham said. “No alcohol and no fun and no lampshades and, I don’t know, maybe that’s better."
“Is this just killing all the fun of Christmas?” Ingraham asked her guest, comedian Jimmy Failla.
'It was intentional': Twitter abuzz over Laura Ingraham’s ‘Nazi salute’ #RNCinCLEhttps://t.co/NY9I2dhkUkpic.twitter.com/h3NrRSjIBZ
— RT (@RT_com) July 21, 2016
Ingraham and Failla turned their ridicule towards media organization Vox, which announced it would impose a two drink limit at the office Christmas party to ensure things stayed under control. The decision was made after its editorial director Lockhart Steele was fired for sexual harassment in October.
“I’m not a big office Christmas party person myself,” Ingraham said, unsurprising given that she is employed by Fox.
Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and host Bill O’Reilly were forced to resign following a deluge of reports of sexual harassment spanning years, while host Eric Bolling left in September after being accused of sending unsolicited photos of his penis to fellow Fox employees. Charles Payne from Fox Business Network was also accused of sexual harassment and rape in September, and Jamie Horowitz was fired from Fox Sports in January for sexual harassment.
FOXNews' Laura @IngrahamAngle is worried that women speaking out about sexual harassment and abuse is "just killing all the fun of Christmas." STOP. Wholly inappropriate anywhere, let alone @FOXNews—with record of sexual harassment charges. #MeToo@RVAWonkhttps://t.co/PXZ7V7aAje
— Erin Schrode (@ErinSchrode) December 10, 2017
Sorry ladies, Laura Ingraham of Fox News thinks you potentially being raped and then reporting it is making Christmas parties “less festive” and it’s “killing all the fun of Christmas”. https://t.co/5eF3v9cG5v
— RMA (@imthemadridista) December 10, 2017
Laura Ingraham: Is The #MeToo Movement 'Killing All the Fun of Christmas'? https://t.co/UeoMcnb944 via @mediaiteYou have to be one sick puppy to think that being sexually assaulted makes Christmas parties more "fun"!!!
— Binford Carter (@sebeku2) December 9, 2017