Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during the taping of a segment for Fox News's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York in 2009. Under President Trump, all those tried-and-true methods still prevail, with an additional question: Which Fox News personality had this idea first? “DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is flailing and her department appears utterly paralyzed under ineffectual leadership,” riffed Dobbs on his March 29 program. So, there you have Fox in the aggregate: One immigration hard-liner host hammering Trump for inviting a congressional compromise on immigration; another immigration hard-liner host slamming law-abiding appointees for lamenting the absence of congressional compromise on immigration. Read more:Greg Sargent: Kirstjen Nielsen just revealed how Trump’s pathologies and lawlessness will get worseJennifer Rubin: Kirstjen Nielsen’s legacy of cruelty and incompetence is sealedMax Boot: End the charade.

Source: Washington Post April 08, 2019 18:26 UTC