Fox News host Trey Gowdy quipped on Sunday that he should have warned viewers before airing clips of protesters singing on his show.
The clips featured various protests where Democrats and left-wing groups that oppose multiple policies of the Trump administration, including its efforts to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an adjudicated MS-13 member, sang. Gowdy, a former prosecutor and Republican congressman, told viewers that aside from one brief moment in a clip, the compilation might fall under “cruel and unusual punishment.”
“Welcome back to ‘Sunday Night in America,’ I think. I’m sorry, I should have warned you before you had to witness that,” Gowdy said. “AOC does have a little bit of rhythm, but the rest of that constitutes a cruel and unusual punishment. Democrats have tried embracing criminal defendants, socialism, they tried cursing, dancing cursing while dancing. It might be simpler than that.”
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In one of the songs, protesters in pink vests sang, “Kilmar is our neighbor, you can’t have him, Trump.” Another song featured singers on a stage saying, “We will not obey.”
Democrats have appeared to struggle with messaging since President Donald Trump defeated then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5, 2024, presidential election, with some turning to profanity.
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas unleashed two notable instances noted by Politico. On Feb. 25, she told White House senior advisor Elon Musk to “fuck off” during a media interview, before saying someone should “slap” her to “wake me the fuck up” when talking with a reporter after she walked out of Trump’s March 4 address to Congress.
Over 20 Senate Democrats read the same script on a video posted to social media that included the word “bullshit” in March, drawing criticism from Democratic strategist Lis Smith, who reportedly was responsible for an “R” rating for a documentary about former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign due to her facility for salty language, in an interview with Politico.
Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York posted a photo on Instagram on July 7 that appeared to be photoshopped to make him look thinner. The post was later deleted.
Alongside the clips of the singing, a video that influencer Sulhee Jessica Woo posted on Instagram on March 5 featuring Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Lauren Underwood of Illinois, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Judy Chu of California, Jasmine Crockett of Texas and Susie Lee of Nevada was also shown. Woo’s 18-second video was similar to the character selection screens of the arcade and console franchise “Street Fighter.”
A similar video of singing protesters was posted in March, showing former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins leading a crowd of protesters in a song during an anti-Trump rally.
“You got that, so it’s all the good people, but the second line, part of this family, the last line, we’re joined together by this noble dream. Do that with me,” Collins said before breaking into the song.
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