A Fox News contributor’s hot take on the torching of the network’s Christmas tree went up in smoke.
The Rev. Jacques DeGraff evoked Pearl Harbor during Thursday’s lightning ceremony of the replacement for the tree that was set afire early Wednesday.
“Somebody asked me, ‘Why are you here?’ I’m here because these colors don’t run,” DeGraff said in comments televised live on “The Five.”
“Eighty years ago this week, they tried to extinguish the darkness in a place called Pearl Harbor,” DeGraff continued. “We didn’t fold then and we won’t fold now because we’ve come this far by faith. In our tradition, we say ’this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. And the red, the white, the blue and the light of America, we’re going to let it shine.”
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“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert had this mocking reaction:
The Reverend got a little carried away at the Fox News Christmas tree lighting ceremony. pic.twitter.com/AfU8ozjolr
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) December 10, 2021
Others were equally puzzled by DeGraff’s comments:
I have some questions-
— Mark Wentworth (@BigTed8387) December 9, 2021
1) The colors of a Christmas tree don't run?
2) Pearl Harbor was a place of 'darkness' that 'they' tried to extinguish?
3) How many lives were lost at Pearl Harbor compared to those taken at the Fox Tree Burning? I haven't seen the final death toll yet.
Top 8 Horrific Events In American History - by Fox News
— The True American (@TheTrueAmerica5) December 10, 2021
- Pearl Harbor Attack
- Fox Christmas Tree Burning
- September 11th, 2001
- Fox Christmas Tree Burning
- President Lincoln Assassination
- Fox Christmas Tree Burning
- Biden Election Victory
- Fox Christmas Tree Burning
Fox News, where they describe the January 6th insurrection as a few rogue tourists getting a little rowdy, is treating the burning of their Christmas tree like Pearl Harbor. https://t.co/Di9Wc1n1ZY
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) December 10, 2021
Yeah… but it’s competing with the Pearl Harbor of our era… a burned plastic Christmas tree.
— Tom Wills (@foot_on_foot) December 10, 2021
Did the Reverend comparing the fox square Christmas tree fire to Pearl Harbor remind anyone else of this? pic.twitter.com/syqgSmsO6y
— Justin Kanew (@Kanew) December 10, 2021
Apparently, people that stormed the Capitol building were “tourists”, but the random dude who burned down a fake Fox Christmas tree was just like the pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor. https://t.co/c6Zhe4P8VA
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 10, 2021
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