‘Unwatchable’: Viewers Blast RNC,
Fox for Including Univision in Debate
Breitbart Politics,
by
Hannah Bleau
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
9/28/2023 12:24:29 AM
Viewers of the second Republican National Committee (RNC) debate blasted the RNC as well as Fox News for including Univision as a partner in the event.
The debate kicked off with Univision anchor Ilia Calderón opening up the debate by speaking Spanish, telling viewers that the candidates are trying to win them over.
“Please allow me to welcome our Spanish speaking audience,” Calderón said, stating in Spanish, “A good evening to all. From the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Republican presidential candidates also seek your vote for the party’s primaries. Welcome.” But the irritation of the inclusion of Univision only grew throughout the night, as moderators asked about “gun violence,”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
2assume 9/28/2023 1:24:03 AM (No. 1564801)
It took me awhile to understand her question because her accent is so thick. Then after I understood what was being asked, I found the question so offensive I felt it didn’t deserve an answer. I am so glad that President Trump had the good sense not to be drawn into this debacle. I felt sorry for the candidates that showed up and had to put up with her crap. They showed a lot of class. Myself… I would have walked off the stage.
85 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Toodles3956 9/28/2023 1:43:03 AM (No. 1564809)
Pathetic display by the moderators.
77 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 9/28/2023 4:37:41 AM (No. 1564836)
Rona!!! Not Ron’s!!!
22 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 9/28/2023 5:39:26 AM (No. 1564851)
I smelled this'n coming a mile away. So glad I stuck with my President, DJT, and NewsMax.
96 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
avital2 9/28/2023 6:32:27 AM (No. 1564866)
it was hard to watch - honestly moderators like Dana don't have gravitas to control so many participants. i never did get the shape of the format - just seemed to be random questions fired without linkage. Ms Univision was impossible to understand which was a blessing. we saw more snark - really, Nikki? and the usual Christie "GetTrump" bullying. i thought Burgum did himself some good,injecting himself into issues when he could. it didn't seem there was an equitable division of questions among candidates so i see why he did it.
44 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
FunOne 9/28/2023 6:38:21 AM (No. 1564870)
President Trump again demonstrates good judgment and political savvy by avoiding this circus.
87 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
ZeldaFitzg 9/28/2023 6:49:35 AM (No. 1564876)
They could have at least played picked someone without such a thick accent. I couldn’t understand most of what she said.
43 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Pucky1 9/28/2023 6:56:01 AM (No. 1564878)
What ripped it for me was Dana Perino bringing up the insufficiency of government paid childcare and what could be done about it.
How about collecting from all of the biological fathers who got a bang in their ying-yang and skipped on the unwed mother? Better yet, two parents at home to look after the kiddies.
There was a time when only one parent had to go to work to support the family Now to pay taxes and basic expenses, both have to work.
98 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/28/2023 7:16:34 AM (No. 1564883)
An RNC sponsored debate without Donald Trump is nothing but an argument among losers. The smart people didn't even bother to tune in. I wonder if Rona gets it yet?
84 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Californian 9/28/2023 7:43:10 AM (No. 1564899)
I had no idea was a debate last night. If I did why would I waste my time?
27 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
bamboozle 9/28/2023 7:57:46 AM (No. 1564902)
Food fight at the children's table.
41 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Periwinkel 9/28/2023 8:13:14 AM (No. 1564909)
I watched about 10 minutes of the debate. What is it with these Fox women that they get so vampy with their makeup at debate time? That Univision reporter was just unwatchable because her accent was so thick. Like I said, 10 minutes was all I could manage.
39 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
gmholler 9/28/2023 8:14:43 AM (No. 1564911)
Makes me glad I watched reruns or took a shower instead...
Lynn.
20 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
planetgeo 9/28/2023 8:31:47 AM (No. 1564922)
What really made it unwatchable was the fact that the country is literally being overrun, looted, and burned, and instead of leaders rising to act like Charlemagne we have candidates squabbling to play the role of Chuckie Cheese. The country's on FIRE you fools!
55 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Peregrine 9/28/2023 8:32:19 AM (No. 1564923)
Why they call this a debate is beyond me. It is more like a free for all. Everyone trying to shout over everyone else.
38 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
dolphin 9/28/2023 8:53:42 AM (No. 1564932)
It was always a stupid format. I didn't watch. I'm glad Trump didn't do it.
43 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
MakingSense 9/28/2023 8:55:15 AM (No. 1564936)
Watched Trump’s excellent speech to the auto workers on NewsMax (thank goodness for this channel!). He was on message (“America First” and all that entails, especially pocket book and border security issues). He ignored the mediocre Fox “debate” coverage and focused on defeating Biden and “taking back our country”. He was sharp, entertaining and totally relaxed. You’d never know that he is facing a litany of phony charges totaling more than 250 years in prison if “convicted”. He totally recognizes that every time the democrats indict him, his polls get even better. It was a joy to watch!
51 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
red1066 9/28/2023 8:57:23 AM (No. 1564937)
Fox's fair and balanced BS has worn out its welcome. We don't need any comments from those who would defend the anti-American party.
30 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 9/28/2023 9:03:01 AM (No. 1564942)
A terrible format and it was hard to understand one word the Univision woman was saying.
32 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Sanchin 9/28/2023 9:06:36 AM (No. 1564946)
Yes, her questions were offensive and denigrating toward the United States. BUT seriously if the candidates for the POTUS cannot handle these questions then they do not belong in the WH in any role. It is good to see how they react to liberal propaganda. Complaining that she was a moderator is on par with liberal snowflakes.
23 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
sydney727 9/28/2023 9:14:17 AM (No. 1564949)
I watched Trump speaking to the auto workers on News Max. His speech and the commentary afterward were wonderful and completely on point. The RNC and the Keebler elves are not worth a minute of our time (or donation money). It doesn't sound like they covered the two most serious problems affecting the USA, especially border security and election integrity. Not surprised Dana Bushie Perino was not up to the task of moderating.
32 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 9/28/2023 9:17:09 AM (No. 1564952)
Watched about 15 minutes. But it appears that Fix is still in the habit of asking questions as if the liberal premise for the issue has already been accepted as fact. No thanks.
25 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
Marzipan4 9/28/2023 9:20:54 AM (No. 1564955)
I don’t watch commercial TV, I cannot stand the couiffed, overly stage makeup and precise hair or wig or toupe, it’s all so fake/scripted and the they start talking, yikes. The clip of the botched introduction where the host is overly pumped up with his presence at “..this historical (or is it hysterical for it resembles SNL more than rational adults vying for the new leader of the free world) event”. I was glad that clip was not longer. Staged, scripted and so many as taking it in as real life, not another Netflix special. Lord grant up a true leader. And restore the integrity this country once held.
21 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
janjan 9/28/2023 9:23:19 AM (No. 1564960)
Without Trump these debates are just pathetic. None of these candidates have a prayer unless the corrupt Biden Administration can manage to knock Trump out, which they are all eagerly waiting for. The Univision shill was a terrible decision. Fox News evidently has no clue how livid people are over illegals pouring into the country. My TV was on mute through 90% of this and the few minutes I watched was irritating and a complete waste of time.
30 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Kate318 9/28/2023 9:36:57 AM (No. 1564968)
Was the debate on last night? Dang.
12 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/28/2023 9:44:15 AM (No. 1564974)
From what is known about the Univision employee Ilia Calderon, she is a native and citizen of Colombia. Since she is not a U.S. citizen and speaks very rough and sometimes unintelligible English, why was she included in that Fox run debate fiasco when there are all sorts of Hispanic or Latino U.S. citizens who could have assisted in moderating that out of control fiasco? If you watched you could see that Calderon’s politics are far left and in support of the current silent invasion of the USA by millions of illegal aliens, including a huge number of illegal aliens from Colombia and the leftist and socialist Democrat designed “comprehensive immigration reform” policies that would amount to just another massive amnesty for illegal aliens. This time for tens of millions of illegal aliens, that common sense will tell you will encourage and invite additional tens of millions of potential illegal aliens, mostly all poor and uneducated peoples from the Third World who the 101% politically partisan Biden and the leftist and socialist Democrats believe will easily be transformed, through Democrat promises of an unlimited amount of Government provided “free stuff” to constitute a massive future leftist and socialist Democrat supporting constituency population.
The leftist and socialist Democrats believe that with those tens of millions of future foreign born voters in their political camp, that they will be able to throw the wimpy Republicans into political oblivion. So far all the wimpy Republicans have done to oppose this pending political disaster is to talk and write letters, and of course saying that as Republicans that must work with the Democrats to “fix” the broken U.S. Immigration laws, that are in actuality are not broken at all and are simply being misused and unenforced by the leftist and socialist Democrats to their future political favor, like transforming the USA into a permanent future leftist and socialist Democrat run USA. You have to wonder if the wimpy Republicans even have a clue?
25 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/28/2023 10:03:14 AM (No. 1564987)
The last debate I watched was Reagan/Carter. I already know who I’m voting for and he wasn’t one of the people on that stage. I started watching the new season of “Call the Midwife” instead.
18 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
Citoyen 9/28/2023 10:10:41 AM (No. 1564990)
The moderators lost control several times allowing the candidates to talk over each other. Perino kept interrupting participants which I had never seen before in debates.
The Univision’s moderator’s accent was too thick but I had no trouble understanding her. I was glad many of her questions were from the left since most participants shot her premises down. The RNC needs to realize that most Latinos who are likely to vote Republican speak English.
Both Scott and Ramaswamy came down hard on the anchor baby issue. I wish Trump had been there. His excuses for not doing anything on that issue, despite his promise to end it, would have been entertaining.
Although the odds are that Trump will be the nominee the future can never be known. Not a bad idea to have a spare tire at the ready.
15 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 9/28/2023 10:11:13 AM (No. 1564992)
Offensive Univision Commie POS. Preaching to us about gun violence? How about you look in your own yard before worrying about mine.
26 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
ThreeBadCats3 9/28/2023 10:12:35 AM (No. 1564993)
Probably revealing my ignorance, but what was that thing Calderon had on her neck. It distracted me from the only pleasurable optics of the scuffle.
16 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
Yuban 9/28/2023 10:17:04 AM (No. 1564995)
For the life of me, I do not understand why any person would watch a meaningless "debate". It is a clown show, not a debate. Grow up people.
15 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
Zigrid 9/28/2023 10:27:25 AM (No. 1565005)
WE know where the RNC stands...this was a perfect example just what the rino crowd think about conservatives.....President Trump is a genius...he didn't show up for the debate because he's already the GOP candidate...and watching crispy creme christi lash out at President Trump was a joke...which greg Kelly played on the newsman channel.... I loved president Trump's speech to the UAW crowd...they loved him...and the photo op that obama sent biden to attend was a flop.....
19 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
BL1957 9/28/2023 10:31:18 AM (No. 1565012)
This group of republicans are handing this thing to Trump on a silver platter. Other than Desantis, they are all pretty bad.
16 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
DVC 9/28/2023 10:34:48 AM (No. 1565020)
Univision is anything but universal, and their main market are the Spanish speaking hellholes south of the border, where the cartels rule and murder, corruption and bribery have been the standard way of life for generations.
23 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 9/28/2023 10:58:42 AM (No. 1565049)
I don't mind people coming into the United States but I want it to be legal and they work hard at becoming a citizen of this country. Please have the respect for the country by learning the language, put effort into working at a job rather than getting the benefits, and speak highly of the country.
Those are things I would do to show respect if I had to be in another country. Why shouldn't we expect the same of people coming into this country?
18 people like this.
Reply 36 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 9/28/2023 11:12:50 AM (No. 1565062)
An added comment. What the Democrats and RINO's are trying to do especially partnering with Univision reminds me of what they were trying to do with the Tower of Babel in the Old Testament. When I start reading terms like global and "uni-something," I am reminded of God's response in this situation.
12 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
Miceal 9/28/2023 11:21:25 AM (No. 1565068)
Simple answer...cancel any and all future Republican debates... MAGA
15 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
broken01 9/28/2023 11:46:29 AM (No. 1565083)
I watched President Donald John Trump on Newsmax. Enough said.
14 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 9/28/2023 12:21:28 PM (No. 1565103)
IF Fox is going to bring iin Mexican spies to interfere in US elections, the least they should do is provide interpreters so the US citizens know what they are being falsely accused of doing. Fox should be imprisoned for treason.
Real debates don't have moderators
17 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
legalart 9/28/2023 12:36:06 PM (No. 1565115)
Calderon is a cross between Madow and Scarborough -- a James Carville in drag (sorry about the imagery), mouthing off Obama bromides in Spanish.
And she is not smart, which makes it impossible and annoying to listen to her. Glad she tanked with the audience.
13 people like this.
Reply 41 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/28/2023 1:47:11 PM (No. 1565142)
If you watched that so-called debate that was really an out of control fiasco that mostly included a bunch of wanna bees, you should have figured out within a few minutes why President Trump stayed away!
9 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 9/28/2023 2:23:03 PM (No. 1565175)
Well, whaddya expect given the qualities and intellect of ALL those involved? From the owners and managers of the network to the 'talking heads' to the participants? Everyone has an agenda that is pretty much the opposite of what their intended audience desires. Well.... Maybe not ALL of them; It is possible that the camera and sound people, the Chyron operator, the set decorator and broadcast technicians etc.are right thinking and competent, honest people.
4 people like this.
Reply 43 - Posted by:
Msquared112 9/28/2023 2:31:04 PM (No. 1565179)
I cannot tell you how sick to death I am of Republican incompetence and cowardice. Univision? Seriously? And letting her rant on with her leftist immigrant-speak? It’s no wonder people are turning off the GOP. They don’t know how to say no or fight dirty.
8 people like this.
Reply 44 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 9/28/2023 2:59:15 PM (No. 1565195)
Oh they know how to fight dirty#43.... Only it is against US peasants, not against their 'friends across the aisle'.
5 people like this.
Reply 45 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/28/2023 3:15:39 PM (No. 1565209)
First few minutes convinced us to switch to baseball game...
3 people like this.
Reply 46 - Posted by:
henry butler 9/28/2023 5:12:31 PM (No. 1565236)
Dana Perino's phony eye lashes were so disturbing that I could not listen to her silly questions...why did she think tarting herself up as a trollop would give her more credibility? As for the other lady, she might as well have been working for Pravda...her hate-filled questions were dispicable. Poor old Varney once had some sense of gravitas but last night he came off as incompetent and overcome.
4 people like this.
Reply 47 - Posted by:
HotPatty 9/28/2023 7:35:45 PM (No. 1565282)
If any still think that Fox doesn't have a anti-Conservative bias.....watch the replays.This who show was a Cluster.
3 people like this.
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