The two women on the panel admonished Jesse and asked him to take back what he said to which he defended that his words were figurative. “Have their way with her. Control her. Not in a sexual way,” Jesse said with a grin on his face evoking chuckles from the panel.
A the video went viral, the Fox News host was called a ‘creep’ and questions were raised whether the host would have used the ‘sexualized language’ describing a man — a straight man.
Kerstin Emhoff, the ex-wife of Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff, said there are many things to worry about but Kamala being manhandled in the situation room is not one of the,.
“Jesse Waters should be fired for this. Even the two women on this panel were appalled,” a condemning post read.
“WTF?!?! Jesse Watters just said that Kamala Harris is “going to get paralyzed in the situation room while the generals have their way with her.” What the hell? Turn off Fox News if you haven’t already. Total garbage,” another read.
“1 in 5 women are victims of rape or attempted rape. 1 in 3 women who are raped are kids. Jesse Watters jokes about sexual assault because Donald Trump jokes about sexual assault, and is a sexual predator. Women are watching.
Women are voting,” an activist wrote.
“Why am I not surprised that this language appeals to the toxic masculinity of MAGA?” another wrote.