Longtime Fox News contributors Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes have opted to leave the network to protest Tucker Carlson’s recent Fox Nation special “Patriot Purge” about the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, citing concern that the program will “lead to violence,” according to a report in Sunday’s New York Times.
Goldberg and Hayes exchanged texts after the trailer for the Fox Nation special was released on Oct. 27, the Times media columnist Ben Smith wrote, with Goldberg telling Hayes, “I’m tempted just to quit Fox over this.” And Hayes agreed, replying, “I’m game. Totally outrageous. It will lead to violence.