Erick Erickson: Fox News took me off the air because of McConnell criticism
BY JOE CONCHA - 03/19/18 10:40 AM EDT
Former Fox News contributor Erick Erickson alleged in an op-ed published Monday that the network took him off the air four years ago after current Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao complained to senior management about Erickson's criticism of her husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The alleged complaints were lodged to former and late Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes while Chao was on the Newscorp board of directors.
"According to Roger, Elaine was "riding [his] ass" about me being on Fox," Erickson wrote in a column for the blog he runs, The Resurgent. "I was supporting Matt Bevin in the 2014 Republican primary in Kentucky against McConnell."
"And it didn't matter why I was on television and on what topics I was or was not talking, Chao had told Roger I was an unwelcome presence on Fox and not a team player. Roger had not only told me, but conveyed to my boss at RedState that I was becoming a problem for him with Elaine," he adds. Later in the piece, the conservative commentator shared that he continued his criticism of McConnell despite the warning, but also says he earned Ailes's respect for sticking to his principles.
"Roger felt the need to apologize, but told me that as long as I was writing about McConnell at RedState that I would find my appearances on Fox limited," Erickson writes. "I kept writing about McConnell. To his credit, Roger later called me and said he appreciated that I was willing to give up airtime to keep doing what I believed in. He said most people would have shut up to be on TV."
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