Fox’s Andrea Tantaros Tells Listeners: If You See Obama Supporters, ‘Punch Them In The Face’

[CatWoman]

During her syndicated radio show this afternoon, conservative columnist Andrea Tantaros reacted to the Justice Department’s snooping on the Associated Press and Fox reporter James Rosen by decrying “Obama’s America” and telling her audience if they see any Obama voters, “punch them in the face.”

After listening to a clip of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani rail against the DOJ’s naming of Rosen as a potential “criminal co-conspirator,” accusing the administration of purposely going after Fox News, Tantaros agreed: “That’s right. They showed their hand. They’ve bashed Fox so much, it’s so believable.”

Tantaros, a co-host of Fox’s The Five, mocked Media Matters and other liberal outlets who’ve called her cable news employer “paranoid” for thinking the Obama administration was attempting to battle with them. “Really? Are we [paranoid]?” she asked. “Let me tell you how journalists are being treated these days: They’re being stalked, they’re being spied on.”

“This is what is happening to our press,” she continued. “This is Obama’s America! It’s like the Soviet Union.” She then took aim at those who voted for “Obama’s America”:

“He said he would change the country. He said it. He said it. And a lot of people voted for him. And if you see any of those people today, do me a favor: punch them in the face.”

After the commercial break, a caller told Tantaros that he “can’t stand” Obama, but that as soon as he heard her suggest people should “punch Obama,” he immediately worried: “No, she didn’t just say that!”

“To be clear, I didn’t say punch Obama in the face,” Tantaros responded. “You’re going to get me arrested with this type of government.”

And then she re-asserted her initial request: “But if someone voted for him. If anyone that you know who voted for President Obama, smack them down.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-andrea-tantaros-tells-listeners-if-you-see-obama-supporters-punch-them-in-the-face/

[Blue_Tires]

1. Bring it...

[CatWoman]

3. that's what I'm talking about

[Union Scribe]

70. Yep. nt

[arely staircase]

2. uh, some of us can and will punch back

and can do so quite well. so as we say here in the deep south, "feel froggy? then jump."

[RKP5637]

17. +++ 1,000 +++ Fuck Them!!! Try it!!! Then they can pick themselves

up off the ground!!!

[Katashi_itto]

36. I would enjoy having some fool try to punch me. I would remove his jaw.

[arely staircase]

37. I am a believer in non-violent resolutions, but I have been trained to hobble

bullies. I hobby I took on for exercise and as a result of the gay bashing of friends back in the 90s. I believe in Love, but I know how to hurt. I have trained in MMA for self-defense (so any rwinger who punches me will probably be brought to the ground and submitted by this "faggot, Obama supporter.&quot

I have never posted anything like that before, because I hate macho bullshit. But if they want to make violent threats toward me, I will ignore them. Should they act on those impulses, they can count on some hyper extended joints and multiple contusions and lacerations.

[Katashi_itto]

38. Anyone else, I would agree, but not teabaggers, I draw the line at them.

My sensei would disapprove. But being kind to teabaggers is shooting yourself in the foot.

They don't understand the concept of mercy.

[Katashi_itto]

39. Interesting how the US is following Rwanda's patterns, hate talk radio led to genocide there...

[arely staircase]

45. yes, i know eom

[arely staircase]

44. they can call me what they want

should they (try) to assault me it is a different story. words will never hurt me.

[Katashi_itto]

46. Thats my attitude, I have no problems with with some fool calling me names, attack me, that becomes

different.

[Tx4obama]

4. The part that should be bolded is...

-snip-

... She then took aim at those who voted for “Obama’s America”:

“He said he would change the country. He said it. He said it. And a lot of people voted for him. And if you see any of those people today, do me a favor: punch them in the face.”

-snip-

[CatWoman]

7. thanks

(trying to post on DU and play Mafia Wars at the same time)

[calimary]

30. Great! Imagine the damages they'd have to pay me when I'd charge 'em with

assault, reckless endangerment, domestic terrorism, the heartbreak of psoriasis, and whatever else I could get my lawyer to throw at them! And then HER for aiding and abetting.

[City Lights]

5. Yeah, that'll work. Fur shur.

Idiot.

[reformist2]

6. Not only is she inciting violence, she's an idiot. Spying on Americans is a neocon policy!

[alp227]

8. Tantaros is the creep who wanted to know about the reproductive health info of one of the Obama kids

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022794152

That ignorant waste of space Tantaros also thinks Gosnell could do what he did because of Roe v. Wade.

[lpbk2713]

71. Ah that explains it. A lame ass career move.

"Maybe if I'm really really outrageous people will notice me."

[Incitatus]

9. Shades of Radio Rwanda nt

[Arcanetrance]

10. Oh please please someone punch me

[jehop61]

11. If they do

can I shoot them?

[Control-Z]

14. If you're in Florida

I've heard you can. Though I wouldn't recommend it.

[rl6214]

41. Self defense

[TlalocW]

12. As my sister once said (and confused us when we were younger)

Hope they bring their lunch.

I would probably fall back on high school wrestling moves, but I'd put money on being able to survive a republican attack on my face, and once they're in a hold, I hope they like waiting in pain for 10 to 15 minutes for the cops to get there as I never had a hold broken, even by heavyweights. (/brag)

TlalocW

[arely staircase]

20. i always heard "he better bring a lantern."

'cuz he'll be there all night.

[TlalocW]

72. She told us this story several years ago

About when she was in her 20s (she's 14 years older than I am so I was just a few years older than the kid in the story). She had gone to the grocery store and passed a little kid who was in a parked car and was cursing at everyone going by (this was the early 80s in a small farming community so kids could be left in cars back then I guess). She off-handedly remarked, "Someone should wash your mouth out with soap." When she came out, his mother came up to my sister and got in her face about threatening her son (I knew the kid - and he was a punk all through school, and a mouth-soaping was the least he deserved) inviting my sister to fight to which she replied with, "Hope you brought your lunch."

We all laughed and asked what that meant. After she explained it, we laughed even harder, asking, "So this was considered tough talk back then?"

There was no fight. They just went to the police station and filed complaints about each other, and it was probably lucky for that woman as my sister was not (and even now in her 50s is not) someone to be messed with. She scared the hell out of her husband when they were dating when they went to a party, and someone stole her purse. She found the woman who had, who was stupidly sitting in the passenger seat of a car with the window open going through it. Sis reached in, pulled her out of the car through the window and then threw her on the hood of the car. Sis is around 5'3". Brother-in-law is 6'4".

TlalocW

[tblue37]

83. I still don't get the statement about

bringing lunch. What does it mean?

[TlalocW]

87. It means

If you think you can beat me up, it's going to take all day, and you're going to need a lunch break.

We (her siblings) didn't understand it at first either.

TlalocW

[tblue37]

88. Ah--thanks for explaining! nt

[arely staircase]

95. same concept with bring a lantern

you will be there all night

[Wait Wut]

13. I had a cigarette.

I calmed down.

So, princess, would you like to meet somewhere? Nothing to fear here. Just a born/raised Chicagoan, former biker chick with a redheaded attitude problem. Just a hint. Leave the heels at home.

[RKP5637]

21. K&R !!! Why do these assholes assume democrats are weaklings. Many

republicans I've seen would be a mass of shit if someone laid a good punch on them!

[HangOnKids]

22. Post Of the Fucking week!

Leave the heels at home just killed me!

[Bobbie Jo]

35. This.

and...

I've got your back.

[Arugula Latte]

69. Smack 'em upside the head with a chunk of saguaro cactus!

[backscatter712]

15. If you see Andrea Tantaros, punch her in the face. n/t

[Faygo Kid]

16. She works for Fox News. Nothing more need be said.

That's who they are. That's what they do.

[SomethingFishy]

18. Typical Republican...

If you disagree with someone, hurt them.

I wonder where all her concern was when the Patriot Act was passed and then never "sunsetted". Where are her complaints about the Bush administrations warrant-less wiretapping?

It's not like I don't have issues with this administration but the hypocrisy from the right is disgusting.

[rightsideout]

51. Exactly

Typical Republican bully. They always resort to violence and cuss words.

Bullies grow up to be Republicans.

[CBGLuthier]

19. I await their punches with serious trepidation

But seriously anyone who does that to me would be very upset with what I would do to them. This assumption that all liberals are weak will some day get some stupid commentator's ass kicked really, really hard. I may be a liberal but I am also a mean asshole when provoked.

[davidn3600]

23. Bob Beckel might want to sit away from her from now on

[Marrah_G]

24. Inciting violence on the radio and tv can be devastating

Just ask the folks in Rwanda and a few other places.

[Initech]

25. Fuck the Fox Opinion Channel!!!

If they want to fight I say bring it.

[warrprayer]

26. Bruce said

“The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.”
― Bruce Lee

[socialist_n_TN]

42. Basic Zen (or Ch'uan in Chinese), which is the basis.......

for Shao-Lin.

[0rganism]

27. she could get them killed if they follow her advice in the wrong state

Stand Your Ground laws don't just apply to republicans.

[SQUEE]

31. good thing I dont concealed carry anymore

That kind of behavior would get a person shot hereabouts, guess I will just have to settle for an old fashioned woodshed visit..

[magical thyme]

28. I'm 5'3, 125 lbs, pushing 60.

I was working on my next belt up from yellow when my life turned upside down, but I still remember my favorite punch. I could easily break 2 bricks with bare fist or bare foot. I never sparred in practice, but my first time out beat everybody except my teacher's 20-something black belt son in his little school tournament.

They'll never expect it. Oh, and I'm left handed, so they'll really never see it coming.

Bring. It. On.

[Marr]

29. Bizarre-- you're telling me a right-winger is urging someone *else* to

do violent acts while they themselves sit on their flabby little ass and talk?

Now I've seen everything!

[Ilsa]

32. Someone should warn her that plenty of

Democrats carry concealed weapons. Someone might punch her in the face for supporting RMoney.

I'd like to see that kharma come back and bite her in the ass.

[Cha]

33. Yo Andrea..

[GoCubsGo]

34. It'll never happen.

They'd have to get up out of their scooter chairs in order to reach anyone's face. Good luck with that.

[Champion Jack]

47. Heh heh heh

[rl6214]

40. Does ANYBODY listen to her?

I've never even heard her show on anywhere.

[rightsideout]

55. Yea, she has a radio show?

Never heard of it. LOL.

[alp227]

74. It's a very obscure show at this moment even though it's syndicated by the same company

that once syndicated the Michael Savage and Laura Ingraham shows. Both hosts are now with different companies - Savage with Cumulus (also the distributor of the Sean Hannity and Mark Levin shows) and Ingraham now self-syndicated i think. So the Talk Radio Network is left with third-raters like Tantaros, Jerry Doyle, and Rusty Humphries.

[alp227]

73. Tantaros is a regular on FNC including "The Five" (a right wing version of MSNBC's "The Cycle")

but her show is on just around 20 stations according to Streaming Radio Guide, and this article suggests slightly over 20. I think Thom Hartmann's show (Thom=a great progressive host & my favorite show on radio) has more affiliates than Tantaros. Her co host is right wing hack Jason Mattera who wrote this book back in 2010 Obama Zombies basically characterizing Obama supporters as mindless followers.

[Mopar151]

43. What would happen, really, if she got punched out?

If she is saying I should be punched in the face, it would be reasonable to defend myself in a like manner, would it not? How many Fox security goons have I gotta hurt to retain my rights? I'm a little broke just now, but anybody going to New York, say, next Tuesday?

[Jamaal510]

48. How do RWers tell whether someone is an Obama supporter, anyway?

Do they just assume somebody is a Democrat if they happen to be Black or something? Because there are a ton of people from other races who voted for him, too.
I'll tell you one thing--if some RWnut tried that with me, I'd put him in the hospital.

[Lizzie Poppet]

63. Same way they can tell he's a Muslim.

By pulling shit out of their asses, of course!

[murray hill farm]

49. apparently she forgot to mention..

That this type of punching is illegal and is a crime..and that there will be jail time involved. And...that the person who is punched will take the appropriate legal action even after the puncher person is arrested and will probably own their home before it is all settled. Don't punch them back! But do sue..and do it big time.

[Demo_Chris]

50. Why is nonsense like this tolerated in our nation?

She should be terminated immediately.

[RandiFan1290]

52. Where is the DU "centrist" crowd?

They are always so quiet when their friends on the right pull shit like this.

[RedCappedBandit]

53. LMFAO. Bring it, average fox news viewer! nt

[47of74]

96. Even I would probably be a match for an average Faux News viewer.

[hrmjustin]

54. How Christ like from this fine Christian woman.

[ZRT2209]

56. who cares what Andrea Tarantula says

[alp227]

75. TARANTULA?? HAHAHAHA oh man why did i not think of that before???? n/t

[Puzzledtraveller]

91. Well, that's actually what Rush Limbaugh calls her.

[on point]

57. Ah yes, the voice of fascism personified by Andrea Tantaros via the propaganda site Fake News

[liberal N proud]

58. I am ready to file charges

And as it is about hate, it would be a hate crime.

[sheshe2]

59. Faux News

What a bunch of dimwitted assholes!

[sakabatou]

60. She doesn't hold back her hate.

Though if anyone tried to smack me, they'd be a world of hurt.

[Lizzie Poppet]

61. She and any of her idiot audience are welcome to try.

I'm not all that much over 5 feet tall, I weigh under 110 lbs...and I carry.

Their funeral...

[Inkfreak]

62. Does this mean my Moms gonna punch me in the nose??

I hope not. She's got mean left hook.

What an irresponsible & hateful woman. I'd be interested to see if she catches any flack for this. Possibly lose her job? Fox News...keeping it classy.

[Jester Messiah]

64. Do it. Give me a reason.

I'll knock your fat ass right off that hoveround.

[fitman]

65. I'm ready

I'm 6-1, 195 lbs of solid muscle and work out 7 days per week..bring it on rwingers..you fuckin fat bastards...

Typical pos faux viewer:

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[fitman]

66. I'm ready

I'm 6-1, 195 lbs of solid muscle and work out 7 days per week..bring it on rwingers..you fuckin fat bastards...

Typical pos faux viewer:

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[Quantess]

67. Oh, her...

She's doing her best to be an obnoxious RWinger. I think she aspires to get a reputation as a RW jerk while her her youth is still marketable.

[xfundy]

68. But wait --

these assholes hate the press. Unless the "reporters" in question work for FAUX or Murdoch or Kochroach, Inc.

I say bring it on, rightwing assholes. They are a tiny minority with a very loud BS-casting system.

[rppper]

76. I'm a 6-2, 230lbs, bald and heavily tattooed....

.....ex biker/vet....and although I try to practice a more tolerant life style, I'm well equipped for any asshat with an attitude to step into my karmic circle! Some things in life are worth a misdemeanor assault charge....

[PD Turk]

77. Oh good

I'm in a foul mood and I have a closet full of Obama T-Shirts.....bring it

[Skittles]

78. I'd get angry if she worked for a real news organization

[giftedgirl77]

80. I live in SC

As soon as I heard about this I went & got my handy dandy window markers out & wrote on the back of my car "l voted 4 Obama twice & am votin 4 Hillary in 2016"

Thanks to the military I have some formal training but all in all I grew up in Miami & fighting was kind of a hobby. So I figured what the hell maybe at a minimum I can cause a few strokes.

[Blue Owl]

79. Game on, fuckos

Just dare me to drop some teabag.

[rightsideout]

81. Tea bag 'er

[defacto7]

82. How adult! How mature! How common.

If it happens, I'll do what I know would bring the best possible outcome. First I would be patient, then I would have them arrested, then hire a lawyer and empty their pockets as much as possible. If I were to fight back, there would be much less likelihood for a long jail term and I wouldn't be able to take their house and car. I need a new house and car.

[ZRT2209]

84. proving yet again teabaggers are violent freaks

[upi402]

85. tebagger inciting

like shouting FIRE in a theater almost

[DesertFlower]

86. and i'll sue your ass off.

[CatWoman]

89. i left her a message on her twitter account

https://twitter.com/AndreaTantaros

[RagAss]

90. More Mouth Farts from the Fox Bunch !

pfffffffooooot

[napkinz]

92. FOX Fuse Channel ... Others Inform; They Inflame!

[Rex]

93. That is because she has a tiny, lizard brain.

That is one of the requirements for hire at Socknews...tiny, narrow minded, bigoted, misogynistic, racist; are all traits they want to see on a resume before they will hire you.

[napkinz]

94. kick

nt