Fox News continues to parade Arizona politicians on its programs to ask about the State Department's mention of Arizona's S.B. 1070 in its human rights Universal Periodic Review ("UPR"). It is obviously the kind of drum the network beats until the skin breaks - Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton, United Nations, immigration, border security.
Today, Rep. Trent Franks was asked on to talk about the arrival of National Guard troops on the Arizona border today (too little, Administration does not understand the national security issues, and more). But, the anchor did not "want to let you get away without asking about this, because I think this is going to get a lot of attention in the coming days." She then characterized the mention as the State Dept recommending that S.B. 1070 "be evaluated" at the U.N.*
Franks professed to being "dumbfounded." Not at the question, of course, but because: "this Administration is the most pro-abortion administration in the history of the nation. They want abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy for no reason, for any reason, they want taxpayers to pay for it, and they want to export this experiment across the world. Human rights issues is (sic) the last thing they should want to be talking about."
Franks did proceed to echo Gov. Brewer's criticisms of the UPR, and of the interviewer's characterization. Finally, he reiterated his frank dumbfoundedness: "I'm just astonished that this Administration would apologize before the United Nations for protecting our borders."
The anchor promised to keep on this story, Franks thanked her for covering it, and went to commercials. Because this stuff DOES sell. And, given that our Fact Check Analysis of Gov. Brewer's outraged comments concluded that it was "completely misleading", we will continue to keep on Fox's keepin' on.
* Question (and answer) enters the conversation at approximately 2:28.
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