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Steve Schmidt rains hell on the ‘moral rot’ of Fox News and Rupert Murdoch for vaccine lies

In a series of tweets posted early Friday morning, former Republican Party campaign consultant Steve Schmidt pointed an accusing finger at Fox News, various personalities on the conservative network and media mogul Rupert Murdoch for being responsible for thousands of deaths from COVID-19 and claimed they have “blood on their hands.”

Reacting to a report that Fox News star Tucker Carlson laughed off questions over whether he has been vaccinated despite his nightly questioning of whether vaccines are needed, Schmidt — who ran former Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign against Barack Obama — fired off a volley of attacks that ended with him calling Fox News “one of the singularly most corrupt institutions that has ever existed in the history of the United States.”

Tagging Carlson and Fox News colleague Laura Ingraham in this his first tweet, Schmidt pointed out that they and their families have been vaccinated while encouraging their viewers to avoid in the name of freedom. Continue reading.

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