Fox Host Blames ‘My Pillowization’ Of Republicans That Led To Cartoon Character Candidates

Fox News is not holding back their anger over the poor showing of Republicans in the midterms, and one host went as far as to blame Mike Lindell and, as he put it, the "My Pillowization" of the Republican Party that led to cartoon characters being on the ballot. He's not wrong, as fringe figures like Lindell have become stalwarts of today's GOP. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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Fox News, of course, is still trying to make sense of what happened to the Republican Party in last week's midterm elections. But later in the week, once more results started coming in that were even worse for Republicans than election night, one individual on Fox News decided to take the time to point out to the other hosts on that set exactly what happened to the Republican Party. And I have to say, his analysis is absolutely spot on. So take a look at this analysis of what has gone wrong with the Republican Party. And by the way, who is really to blame? Here it is

In the air. Republicans continue to make gains in the House, hopes of a red wave never reached the shoreline. The Senate also a toss up as some critics blame poor candidates and they blame a former president, uh, Doug High, former NC Coms director Carly Cooperman, Democratic Pollster and CEO of Shown Cooperman Research. Nice to see you both and great to have you. Uh, Doug, first to you, Carl Rove writes today, Wall Street Journal, a number of pieces of the journal editorial pace, talking about, uh, Donald Trump talking about the results. Here's Rob's take with no red wave. Trump is out at sea. The g o p fielded too many novices who struggled with crafting a message raising funds and waging effective campaigns. Some were also knuckleheads with strange beliefs and closets full of problems. Many of these remarkably weak candidates came courtesy of Donald Trump who did not vet his endorsements. Do you agree with that point?

Uh, yes. And you know, we could go back to 2010 and 2012 where we saw a lot of these terrible first time candidates that caused Senate races to fall by the wayside in Nevada, uh, Delaware, Indiana, Missouri. Uh, and this is why Mitch McConnell was warning well in advance that we have a candidate quality problem. But what we've seen is a real intensification of this problem from top to bottom. Not just Senate candidates, but house candidates, Secretary of State candidates and governors and the like. And it's what, you know, what I call the MyPillow of the Republican Party, is we've attracted these more cartoon characters. And if somebody speaking at a rally with a president or a presidential candidate is best known as a pillow salesman, run to high heaven because you're going to see more of these cartoon characters who are trying to make money off of the party, become Instagram influencers and celebrities more than they are about being serious legislators. There's a reason Madison Callthorne lost his primary in North Carolina. He telegraphed and said, Clearly, I'm not serious.

The MyPillow of the Republican Party. And then of course, he proceeds to say like Mike Lindell is kind of the ring leader of this freak show that has given us these cartoon character candidates on the right. And again, he's not wrong. Now, I think it is unfair to, uh, probably a little, you know, too much to blame Mike Linde for everything that's wrong with the Republican Party today. But he of course, much like Trump himself, is just the natural evolution of the Republican Party. It's an evolution that was taking place long before Donald Trump. Of course, Trump put it on steroids accelerated that D evolution really is what it is. And now we end up with freaks like Mike Linde, who are not only loud voices in the Republican party, but they're looked upon as leaders of the Republican party. Mike Lindell gets invited to all the big events.