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A Fox News anchor is getting slammed on Twitter—and for good reason.
Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum recently received backlash for an insensitive rant she made on the air.
MacCallum, host of Fox News' segment The Story with Martha MacCallum, was interviewing former economic advisor Larry Kudlow.
Kudlow, the conservative economic advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, began discussing New Jersey's newly instated "Free Lunch Program."
The program mandates that all New Jersey school districts provide free breakfast and lunch to students, regardless of their family income.
During the interview, Kudlow suggested that "free lunches could buy votes...may have been true during the worst of the pandemic, but it's not true anymore."
MacCallum responded to this comment with a heartless tirade against giving free school lunches to children, saying the thought of it "kills" her.
Watch the clip here:
Fox anchor Martha Mac: "One of the things that kills me, there's a free lunch program in New Jersey, it's for every… https://t.co/L2o7c47GHe— Lis Power (@Lis Power) 1633032257.0
"One of the things that kills me is that now, you know, there's a free lunch program in New Jersey. And it's for everyone. Even if you don't need help to send your child's lunch to school."
"So, those kids are all going to grow up thinking, well, school lunch is free, right?"
"And then god help the person who comes along and tries to take that away, Larry. You talk about free lunch...I mean, that will never—once that happens, right, once it's baked in there—never going to end."
This comment caused MacCallum to get absolutely slammed for its cruelty.
As the director of media intelligence of Media Matters, Lis Power, pointed out via Twitter:
"Her sympathy is to the person who will try to stop feeding the children. Classic."
@Payarm18 "God help the person who comes along and tries to take that away! Free lunch, that will never -- once it'… https://t.co/G8NQ71LMiX— Lis Power (@Lis Power) 1633032629.0
Hoards of other Twitter users agreed with Power.
@LisPower1 @Payarm18 imagine kids getting to have lunch is what "kills" you— Dan Price (@Dan Price) 1633033396.0
@LisPower1 @Payarm18 Omg free school lunch? What kind of world will they grow up in? 🤔 A compassionate one? Dreadfu… https://t.co/gAnPnncco7— 🌊Gringo Covfefe 25.4 😷 (@🌊Gringo Covfefe 25.4 😷) 1633033203.0
can you imagine viewing kids eating for free as a negative? kids?? gross https://t.co/EWRFnlzRJm— Andrea Russett (@Andrea Russett) 1633039799.0
@LisPower1 @Payarm18 In 2021, free school lunches keep her awake at night. Because she fears - wait for it - unhung… https://t.co/vieIlWfNW2— Hal Corley (@Hal Corley) 1633035211.0
@LisPower1 @Payarm18 Um, its not free. Those of us who pay taxes (like me, but not Bezos or Trump) pay for it. An… https://t.co/n05AX8cEKs— Samster Smithy (@Samster Smithy) 1633034240.0
@LisPower1 @Payarm18 Imagine being worried that kids will grow up thinking adults should take care of kids.— ⚡️Liz Field⚡️ (@⚡️Liz Field⚡️) 1633043608.0
@4everNeverTrump @LisPower1 @Payarm18 Imagine poor and brown kids going hungry and failing to thrive educationally… https://t.co/ASn0j7TegA— The Nicest Boy on this Website and App (@The Nicest Boy on this Website and App) 1633037042.0
Fox News anchor against giving poor kids food. This is like real dystopian villain stuff. https://t.co/XWbr4CQuf6— Molly Jong-Fast (@Molly Jong-Fast) 1633033042.0
Hey @marthamaccallum quick questions You want abortion banned but kids starved based on their parents' income. Ho… https://t.co/ksPAYlPc2P— Shannon in Ohio 4 (@Shannon in Ohio 4) 1633046400.0
Hey @marthamaccallum my kid gets free lunch along with every kid in her district. I pay it forward making lunch for… https://t.co/2zZK7GE3bF— Lydia Kiesling (@Lydia Kiesling) 1633035038.0
Kudlow, however, agreed with MacCallum.
"Common-sense Americans know this is not right."
"They don't want big government socialism, they don't want a welfare state we're all dependent on."
Although MacCallum and Kudlow seem to agree feeding children is somehow a bad thing, we can only hope the Free Lunch Program's support ultimately outweighs the opposition.