He's Back

For John, BLUF:  Reporter Raymond Arroyo has been absent from my television screen for a while now, but tonight he was back.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Raymond Arroyo Disappearing Act

From Hot Air, by Columnist Jazz Shaw, 27 March 2024, 5:00 PM.

Here is the lede plus three:

Anyone who watches Fox News on a semi-regular basis is probably familiar with Raymond Arroyo. He's been a Fox contributor since 2017 but particularly in the recent past he was most often seen working alongside Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle. He was typically called on for some comic relief and he worked elements of humor into most of his features. But you may have noticed in recent weeks that he's been nowhere to be seen and the regular segments that he did with Ingraham are no longer showing up. As The Daily Beast put it, he seems to have simply vanished. But why? As it turns out, one of his jokes reportedly went several steps too far and it had to do with Donald Trump, Black voters, and... sneakers.

Fox News pundit Raymond Arroyo has vanished from the network’s airwaves since sparking backlash last month by claiming Black voters would support Donald Trump for president because “they love sneakers.”

A paid on-air contributor with the conservative cable giant since 2017, Arroyo is best known to Fox News viewers for his regular appearances on Laura Ingraham’s nightly program. In addition to his “Seen and Unseen” and “Friday Follies” segments, he has also served as a substitute host of The Ingraham Angle.

His near-daily presence on Ingraham’s program, however, suddenly came to a halt in late February after his on-air claim that Trump’s new sneakers would win him Black votes went viral in the worst way across social media and prompted widespread rebuke.

i was pleased to see Reporter Raymond Arroyo back on the Ingram Angle.  I like his humerous take on the news of the day.

By the way, those Gold Sneakers from Candidate Donald Trump go for $399.  Out of my price range, although the inflation under President Joseph Biden could make them in range if he is elected again.

My opinioin is that Fox News over-reacted.

Hat tip to my Wife for the original article.

Regards  —  Cliff