Trump is reportedly 'livid' at Fox News for calling Arizona for Biden
Published Date: 11/4/2020
Source: news.yahoo.com
Fox News projects that Democrat Joe Biden has won Arizona, flipping a state President Trump won in 2016 — and every Republican presidential candidate has won since 1996, as Fox News' John Roberts noted. Trump, he added, now "needs a Midwest state to counterbalance the loss." No other news organization has called Arizona yet — Fox News has been aggressive in its projections — and Trump and his campaign is reportedly furious.> Trump advisers say campaign is furious with Fox for its Arizona call for Biden, an indication of how much was riding on the state. "Words cannot describe the anger," the adviser said.> > — Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 4, 2020Roberts said on Fox News that the Trump campaign is "livid" about the Arizona call and "frankly, there have been public calls for Fox to take back that call." PBS News reports the White House has been calling Fox News privately and trying to get it to reverse the call, too. "We pushed our people to vote on Election Day, but now Fox News is trying to invalidate their votes!" Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller tweeted. Arizona Republicans are upset, too. Fox News is standing by its call.> "I’m sorry the president is not going to be able to takeover and win enough votes,” Fox News decision desk director Arnon Mishkin says of his call on Arizona for Biden. “I’m sorry, we’re not wrong."> > — Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) November 4, 2020If Biden does win Arizona, Biden still has a pathway to victory that doesn't involve Pennsylvania.More stories from theweek.com Biden is now projected to receive more votes for president than any other candidate in U.S. history Trump blames nonexistent 'surprise ballot dumps' for growing Biden margins Polling was terrible again. It isn't going anywhere.