Overview

• On June 4, Fox News host Jesse Watters mocked former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI hire” and dubbed her “Binder” during Primetime
• Jean-Pierre recently left the Democratic Party and released Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines about her tenure
• Actor Michael McKean took to X on June 5 to label Watters a “simpleton and a blazing asshole,” a critique widely echoed by commentators
• Watters’ program has faced other controversies, including rapper Kid Rock’s remarks on “ugly a** liberal women” and a claim linking Chicago Bulls caps to MS-13
• The dispute unfolds alongside Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s Original Sin, which spurred President Trump to launch an investigation into its claims