In considered one of his remaining messages to America as voters elect their subsequent president, Donald Trump has taken purpose at Oprah Winfrey and Fox Information.
Moments after casting his vote in Palm Seashore, Florida, Trump appeared to voice his displeasure at Fox Information carrying clips of Winfrey at a Kamala Harris marketing campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“Oprah’s change into a serious divider in our nation and I believe, frankly, she ought to be ashamed of herself,” he advised reporters. “And who else ought to be ashamed? Fox, as a result of I’ve seen Oprah on Fox about 50 occasions making the identical assertion, and I believe it’s a shame. Everybody thinks Fox is so pro-Trump. They’re not pro-Trump in any respect. They’ve put Oprah on all morning lengthy.”
Trump, who was flanked by his spouse Melania, repeated a false declare that he appeared on the ultimate episode of The Oprah Winfrey Present in 2011.
He additionally mentioned Winfrey “wished to run with me” and be his vp, which seems to be a reference to a letter he obtained from the TV legend in 2000.
Printed in Letters to Trump final yr, Winfrey advised Trump: “Too dangerous we’re not operating for workplace, what A TEAM!” Trump had beforehand mentioned he wished to make her his “first selection for vp.”
Throughout the Harris rally on Monday, Winfrey mentioned: “We’re voting to avoid wasting ourselves from this precipice of hazard the place we now stand. All of the nervousness and worry you feel, you’re feeling that since you sense the hazard. And you alter that along with your vote.”
She added: “You’ve got to vote. And hear, I do know a few of you feel burnt out and bruised and perhaps inconsequential. Nothing could possibly be farther from the reality. Each single vote, each one goes to matter.”
