All right, i start this hour by taking you back to the quaint time that was 2015. Back when we were still figuring out what the dating term ghosting actually meant. And what a lot of us didnt know how much about that Fringe Movement that was the alt right. Of course, that all changed with Donald Trumps Golden Escalator Ride at trump tower when he announced his long shot president ial campaign. Trump of course started by courting the fringe Alt Right Movement, retweeting their memes, enlisting the help of steve bannon then Executive Chairman of the far right Site Britebart to run his campaign. This was concerning for conservative commentator david french. He wrote an op ed in 2015 calling out the movement saying quote, many of them are White Nationalists, hate interracial adoption, and other race mixing practices. French and his wife and ghost writer nancy were quickly bombarded with threats from the alt right troll. As french writes in her new book ghosted, an american story, the most
On this new hour of ayman, What In The World happened to reagans Republican Party . Our first guest wrote the book on how the alternative right took center stage. Also, the clock is ticking for trump to pick a running mate. Who he chooses could boil down to one thing, loyalty, and believing the big lie. And, the mindnumbing conversation between ann coulter and Vivek Ramaswamy that earned them the title of worst of the week. I am Ayman Mohyeldin. Lets do it. I start this hour by taking you back to the quaint time that was 2015, back when we were still figuring out what the dating term, ghosting, actually, meant, and what a lot of us did not know about that Fringe Movement that was the alternative right. That all changed with Donald Trumps Golden Escalator Ride at trump tower, when he announced his longshot president ial campaign. Trump, of course, started by courting the fringe alt rights movement, enlisting the help of steve bannon, and then Executive Chairman of breitbart. This early
Candidates. Theyre all smart people. Theyre all conservatives and apart from the few headtohead explosions that we all could have done without there was far more agreement on issues than disagreement. Energy, inflation, overregulation, wokeness, china warnings the biggest division was probably overukraine. You can be unfair there were no magical moment zinger lines but they are hard to come by. This is memorable one from Ronald Reagan. Governor reagan typically is against another proposal. Governor . There you to go again. Larry there you go, that one is still playing 40 years later. At different points during the debate each of the candidates had their moments. The pundits are scrambling around to pick winners and losers. Honestly i dont think anybody totally stood out. I dont think there were any real breakout, breakouts. Some minor polling hiccups here and there but frankly the big picture doesnt change. Former. President biden donald trump is overwhelming favorite to win the gop no
7:00 a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend starting with this. houston residents hold ago vigil to honor a 12-year-old girl allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants. associated press, they won t mention those de- tiles. charlie: plus, former secretary of state condoleezza rice is talking about school choice. we have a school choice system in education. if you are of means, you ll move to the district where the schools are good and houses are expensive. rachel: i m sorry, condoleezza rice is not aging. and americans ditching democrat-run states and people saying leave politics at the door. second hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. rachel: good morning. it s 7:00 in new york city and maybe a little earlier. you re watching us this morning and we re joining us and charlie filling in for pete hegseth and good morning, will. will: nobody s going to commit the crimes and deep in that and playing some of rachel s favorite 80s music. this is about to commit a serious
rachel: well, it s the 99a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend starting with this: houston residents holding a vigil to honor a 12-year-old girl allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants. plus, an american tourist back in the u.s. after a being held in turks and caicos since february for having spare ammunition in his luggage. senator markwayne mullin was part of the effort to get him home. he s in this hour. will: and no taxes on tips. a fox poll shows trump s proposal is supported by a majority of voters from both parties. the final hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. if. take it from me, if you want t-shirt to sleep in this is my favorite, but you can keep it. looks good, baby, you should keep it hanging off your shoulder rachel: all right. looking at a beautiful shot of north carolina. some country music that i m sure will ai proves of. will: i approve of all country music. charlie: one of the most beautiful beaches in the world right there.