Fox Hosts Blame House Democrats' 'Tone," Maxine Waters for Stock Market Plunge

[DonViejo]

BY TIM MARCIN ON 11/20/18 AT 1:43 PM

pair of Fox hosts on Tuesday blamed Democrats in the House of Representatives and their "tone" after winning control of the chamber of Congress for a recent dip in the stock market.

Fox Business host Charles Payne did not solely blame Democrats for the stock market taking a dip. He said there was a whole host of reasons for the dip and for "the emotions of the market" being negative—the Dow was down more than 400 points on Tuesday and has been plunging all week. But then Fox News host Sandra Smith interjected.

"Let me just throw this out here," she said, via a clip posted online by the liberal group Media Matters for America. "How much of this is—is this Republican—is Democrats winning control of the House? I mean, since Election Day—midterm Election Day—the Dow's lost four percent alone."

"I think it's the tone," Payne responded. "You know, the very next day the market was up. But since then, the tone of Democrats, who have declared war on President Trump, I think have been a real negative wave for the market. Particularly, I think Americans want to see legislation, not more investigations. You know, I don't think they want to see Maxine Waters spending a whole lot of time digging up dirt on Deutsche Bank when people are trying to, you know, live their lives."

"Fair enough," Smith concluded.

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[sprinkleeninow]

1. Here, tone THIS... (Y'all get the picture.)

Shut your faces!! So very sick of the crapola dripping outta your mouth holes.

[gratuitous]

2. The market is that fragile?

Nitwits.

[Freethinker65]

3. Hahahahaha

[duforsure]

4. Sure it did,

After trump and the gop gave trillions to the wealthiest people in the country , and corporations huge tax breaks, and took health care away from millions, and took trillions out of Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security , then want people to believe Maxine Walters is to blame. lol. Next they'll blame Obama, Hillary , Mueller, and the military.

[JHan]

5. rofl

[Qutzupalotl]

6. Arbitrary spontaneous tarriffs.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. They credit Trump's (magical stock-raising actions) but shift blame

during a downturn.

The rise was all about getting tax cuts and facilitating stock buybacks. Now that Trump faces a hostile House, investors are pulling out. The tarriffs won’t help any, and will make some sectors much worse. Trump has no clue what he’s doing and can’t even control his own impulses, let alone a stock market.