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In contrast with liberal media like MS NOW and CNN, Fox News this week has been informing viewers of a recent violent assault on a right-leaning reporter by left-wing activists in Minneapolis. On Tuesday morning, Fox & Friends showed video of TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez being attacked by a mob of anti-ICE demonstrators. At one point, she was even pushed to the ground by a large man. Co-host Ainsley Earhardt recalled: She was there talking to people on the street -- they found out she worked for Turning Point -- she was there like an anti-ICE rally or something out on the street, anti-ICE group -- and they found out she works for Turning Point, and this is what happened. They pushed her, shoved her to the ground, and assaulted her. Then came a video clip of Hernandez being surrounded and harassed. As co-host Lawrence Jones jumped in, disturbing video was shown of the conservative reporter being pushed to the ground: Fox Shows Video of Lefty Protesters Assaulting TPUSA Reporter pic.twitter.com/WglOQE2h0I — Brad Wilmouth (@bradwilmouth) April 16, 2026 LAWRENCE JONES: So after you'll see a grown man -- as you said, Ainsley, some two hundred and something pounds -- that assaulted her as well. And then I look at this video of the woman that hit her. She got released from the jail yesterday. She says that -- (clip of man shoving Hernandez to the ground is shown) --  the man was defending her. Excuse me, look at this video. A man should never hit a woman. Co-host Brian Kilmeade then informed viewers that the FBI is moving to prosecute three of the agitators who attacked Hernandez: BRIAN KILMEADE: So the attorney -- the assistant attorney general, Harmeet Dhillon, is going to look into this -- the FBI is investigating this. We know exactly who they are because she was courageous enough to keep the camera rolling. JONES: Look at that -- he spit on her. KILMEADE: And the thing is, this is -- these people are unhinged apparently. If you are so proud of the mission you're on and the quest that you've signed up for, tell everybody. This is your opportunity. Tell everybody. Look at that guy. A clip of the TPUSA reporter, who appeared on Monday's The Ingraham Angle, was then shown getting emotional as she recounted what happened to her: I wasn't engaging with anybody. I was -- and I apologize. This is the first time I'm talking about this assault, and I -- I'm scared to report, Laura. This is my job -- it's what I've been doing for the last six years, and I'm terrified to do my job. I can't even interview people properly on the street because I got brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man for simply going and reporting on anti-ICE activities. On Wednesday, the show followed up by noting that Vice President JD Vance speaking out and promising that the FBI will prosecute those responsible. Transcript follows: Fox & Friends April 14, 2026 6:17 a.m. Eastern LAWRENCE JONES: Meanwhile, Ainsley, what's going on in Minnesota? AINSLEY EARHARDT: So, in Minnesota there was -- there's a Turning Point reporter, and she's a darling -- her name is Savanah Hernandez. She was there talking to people on the street -- they found out she worked for Turning Point -- she was there like an anti-ICE rally or something out on the street, anti-ICE group -- and they found out she works for Turning Point, and this is what happened. They pushed her, shoved her to the ground, and assaulted her. Listen. (clip of Hernandez being harassed by liberal activists) JONES: So after you'll see a grown man -- as you said, Ainsley, some two hundred and something pounds -- that assaulted her as well. And then I look at this video of the woman that hit her. She got released from the jail yesterday. She says that -- (clip of man shoving Hernandez to the ground is shown) --  the man was defending her. Excuse me, look at this video. A man should never hit a woman. BRIAN KILMEADE: So the attorney -- the assistant attorney general, Harmeet Dhillon, is going to look into this -- the FBI is investigating this. We know exactly who they are because she was courageous enough to keep the camera rolling. JONES: Look at that -- he spit on her. KILMEADE: And the thing is, this is -- these people are unhinged apparently. If you are so proud of the mission you're on and the quest that you've signed up for, tell everybody. This is your opportunity. Tell everybody. Look at that guy. I mean, can you imagine -- EARHARDT: She is pressing charges. She was on last night with Laura (Ingraham), and she said, "I am pressing charges." Good for her -- she should. These people need to be held accountable. Here's a little bit of that interview with Laura. SAVANAH HERNANDEZ, TPUSA REPORTER: I wasn't engaging with anybody. I was -- and I apologize. This is the first time I'm talking about this assault, and I -- I'm scared to report, Laura. This is my job -- it's what I've been doing for the last six years, and I'm terrified to do my job. I can't even interview people properly on the street because I got brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man for simply going and reporting on anti-ICE activities. I made a point not to engage, Laura, because I know the left wing is violent. They assassinated Charlie Kirk last year, and now they're coming for each and every Turning Point USA employee because they know they can get away with it because the local jurisdictions aren't going to charge them. Now, luckily, the sheriffs are planning on bringing forth charges, I hope.

In a hell-freezes-over moment, Thursday’s Morning Joe featured something all but unheard of: Joe Scarborough making the case for Trump’s Iran strategy. Discussing the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz, Scarborough described what he’s hearing from regional and Trump administration sources as a “growing sense of optimism.” Citing a Gulf ally, Scarborough said that where “the noose was around our neck,” the blockade has now “put it on Iran.” That assessment was reinforced by David Ignatius, who pointed to the unexpectedly muted market response. Oil prices, he noted, have failed to spike as Iran had hoped, while the stock market continues to hit record highs—blunting Tehran’s leverage. “Iran was thinking… the effect on markets would be enormous,” Ignatius said. “Instead, the stock market is setting records… and that, in effect, devalues Iran’s biggest weapon.” Scarborough underscored the point, noting that economic resilience at home is strengthening the White House’s hand. Even so, Scarborough couldn’t resist inserting his customary anti-Trump barbs—complaining about “blasphemous” behavior and references to “AI images of Jesus Christ.” But the bottom line was unmistakable. “When he’s not being blasphemous… he’s running a war,” Scarborough said. “And right now, that seems to be working fairly well.” WATCH: Scarborough Says ‘Noose’ Now Around Iran—Trump Strategy ‘Working’ pic.twitter.com/2YegJ3t53c — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) April 16, 2026 Former Obama administration advisor Hagar Chemali took the argument even further. Noting that Iran “doesn’t have an economic leg to stand on,” she predicted that “in a matter of months, the regime is not going to be able to pay their soldiers”—a scenario that could trigger military defections. Chemali added an ominous warning: “A military can only be so loyal when it’s not getting paid.” Here's the transcript. MS NOWMorning Joe 4/16/26 6:03 am EDT MIKA BRZEZINSKI: There are also signs of optimism from the White House. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters in a briefing yesterday, quote, we feel good about the prospects of a deal.  That comes as U.S. Central Command says its blockade of Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz is holding firm. According to CENTCOM, no ships have passed through since the operation began Monday morning. Officials say nine vessels turned around in the first 48 hours after being warned. . . .  JOE SCARBOROUGH: David Ignatius, from talking to people in the region, in the Gulf region, talking to people inside the White House connected to the negotiations, I'm hearing a growing sense of optimism, something that wasn't really there a week ago. A growing sense of optimism that moving forward with the blockade actually is a low-risk high-reward alternative to what was going on before that began.  And they believe you know, I have passed by members of the administration your observation a week ago: we needed to get into a position where time was on our side instead of time being on the Iranian side. They feel like this has gotten them into that position. What do you think? What are you hearing?  DAVID IGNATIUS: So, Joe, I think you described the sense of optimism of the White House team correctly.  SCARBOROUGH: What impact has the market's continued resiliency had on actually putting the White House in a stronger position? Because the markets are not responding quite as dramatically as many people thought at the beginning. They were expecting $125 dollars per barrel, maybe $150. It's hovering at or below 100, and the S&P up to record highs. That gives the White House, that gives negotiators a lot more latitude with Iran, doesn't it?  IGNATIUS: It does. I think Iran was thinking that as it continued to hold the Strait of Hormuz hostage, and again, Joe, I see this as a hostage-taking, that the effect on markets would be enormous, and the level of pain for Donald Trump would be enormous.  Instead, the stock market is setting records, the oil markets seem to be kind of sloughing this off, and that, in effect, devalues Iran's biggest weapon.  And in fact, by blockading the blockade, it's Iran that now has a problem. It's only got a few weeks left. It needs the revenue badly to be able to, as one part of the U.S. team put it, Iran has been living in a military version of COVID. There's no economic activity, nothing going on in Tehran. They need this to end soon.  So I think you're right to describe the optimism that the White House feels as it looks at the markets, and undoubtedly the disappointment the Iranians feel that their weapon isn't drawing much blood.  SCARBOROUGH: Most of the military targets they wanted to hit, they hit, so they've considered a military operation. But right alongside of that has been the fact that it's been a political failure.  This has seemingly shifted that equation, at least talking to our allies in the Gulf region, one of whom told me a few days ago that they had been discussing this with Jared Kushner and actually saying a blockade would choke off Iran's support, financial support, and they would be left with no option other than deal with the United States.  And my reporting, at least, from this Gulf ally, is that Kushner went to the White House, went to the president, and lobbied for this very hard to get that blockade.  And now that the blockade's in there, you and I were talking yesterday about it. Our sources inside the White House suggest that when the president's not being blasphemous. When the president's not doing AI images of Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, they're actually feeling fairly optimistic on Iran and feel like this blockade has completely changed the dynamics.  This Gulf leader inartfully said, the noose was around our neck. This move has taken it off of us and put it on Iran, and now they have to act.  . . .  When he's not being blasphemous, when he's not attacking God's representative on Earth, when he's not mocking Jesus Christ, he's running a war. And right now, that seems to be working fairly well, this blockade. HAGAR CHEMALI: And when you look at the economics of it, the Iranian regime has been in an economic collapse since last year. And Iran's own central bank highlighted that, alerting that their own banks, each one was about to explode, all of their major ones. One of their major ones exploded, Bank Ayandeh in the fall of last year. And that's what precipitated the protests, because of the regime's economic mismanagement.  So when it comes to how long they can hang on, this is a question of how long they can pay their soldiers for. And the fact is that in a matter of months, the regime is not going to be able to pay their soldiers.  But I don't think the blockade will last that long. I think you're talking more matter of weeks, days. But as a regime, economically, it doesn't have an economic leg to stand on.  And that's when you're going to see a problem. Military defections. A military can only be so loyal when it's not getting paid. 

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