Fox & Friends Cheerleads Right-Wing Immigration Group's Effort To Recall Sheriff Dupnik [View All]

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201101240023

So it's no surprise that Fox was all too happy to hype recent announcements that a few conservative groups are calling for the voters of Pima County to recall Dupnik. This morning, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson interviewed the head of an anti-immigrant group called Americans Against Immigration Amnesty (AAIA) about its recently launched petition-signing effort to recall Dupnik. Carlson repeatedly attacked Dupnik and eagerly hyped the group's plan, inviting Dan Baltes, executive director of AAIA, to plug his website.

BALTES: Well, I think it was definitely an affront to every citizen in Arizona and Americans in general. I've always believed that Americans are born with the presumption that they're -- that they're not a racist and until that individual removes that presumption, they keep it.

CARLSON: Well, obviously, he was making the comments -- he's an elected official, he's a Democrat -- because he does not agree with the immigration law that the governor, Jan Brewer, there in Arizona was trying to get passed. Now, you are head of an organization, Americans Against Immigration Amnesty, so what are you trying to do to this sheriff?

You'll notice something a little odd about this, apart from Carlson's starry-eyed fawning. The group in question isn't from Pima County; in fact, they're not even from Arizona. AAIA is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.