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Two days after Fox News shockingly fired Tucker Carlson in late April, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) showed up on wannabe Fox rival Newsmax and announced that the conservative cable giant was dead to him.
“For 15 years, I woke up to Fox News and go to bed with Fox News. Now I’m waking up to Newsmax and going to bed with Newsmax,” the MAGA lawmaker told host John Bachman on April 26.
Claiming the network was run by a “liberal family,” he then explicitly called for a Fox News boycott. “Folks, if you’re on Fox, turn it off,” the ex-football coach said. “Go to Newsmax. Go to one of the conservative stations. Get away from this mess because it’s absolutely a crime what this Murdoch family is doing!”