Trey Gowdy Makes Incredible Point About Fox News While On Fox News

Former U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy appeared on Fox News this morning to discuss the unprecedented events at the U.S. Capitol yesterday. Speaking on the current state of the fractured Republican party, which exists in a more deeply fractured country, Gowdy made a salient point about the most powerful voices in the conservative sphere and their relative power — and if the most powerful of all might, in fact, be Fox News.

Fox contributor Trey Gowdy right now: "Most of the voices in the conservative movement have never held political office before... Fox has much more influence over Republican primary voters than anyone who's elected."

Fox has power without accountability, it's how we got here. pic.twitter.com/LupSI1qgd5
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 7, 2021

Interesting idea that a cable channel is the most impactful animating voice of an entire ideological movement. That seems like something that comes with a lot of responsibility.

Most jarring is the matter-of-factness Gowdy delivered this idea while on that very platform. Like there's no secret or doubt that it's true and safely unchallenged or examined.