It wasn’t the reprehensible threats against a minor that were the problem. It was the way he said it.
This seemingly is the conclusion Juan Williams came to after actor Peter Fonda tweeted a disgustingly detailed threat about kidnapping President Trump and First Lady Melania’s son. (RELATED: Melania Trump’s Office Confirms Secret Service Was Notified About Threat to Barron).
“We should rip Barron Trump from his mother’s arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles,” Fonda said.
Williams, a panelist on “The Five,” dismissed Fonda’s comments as simply being “poorly worded,” only critiquing the “offensive language,” a stance that caused quite an uproar on the set.
“I’m not going to ask you to defend this, I know you found this disgusting,” co-host Greg Gutfeld said.
“No, to me it was a poorly worded tweet, offensive language used,” Williams responded.
He then complained that his colleagues were using Fonda’s tweets to take the focus off the real issue.
“What strikes me from this very conversation is that you guys delight in it because it takes away from the conversation focusing on what President Trump did which is antithetical to American values,” Williams said.
Wow, just wow.
“That’s not poorly worded,” Kimberly Guilfoyle admonished.
“What Peter Fonda did was indefensible,” she said, adding it was a “criminal sexual act by a sexual predator against a child. That’s not poorly worded.”
Soooo…. Juan Williams called Peter Fonda’s tweet “poorly worded.”
So he’s fine with what Fonda said, but he’s upset about the grammatical choices…. got it.— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) June 20, 2018
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Williams concluded that Fonda is simply a “Hollywood celebrity acting like a fool.”
No, he made a tangible threat against the President’s son. Fools in this day and age are dangerous. Does anyone remember what James Hodgkinson did? (RELATED: Senator Dick Durbin Won’t Release Emails From GOP Shooter James Hodgkinson).
In fact, the First Lady thought it was much more than a “poorly worded” tweet, notifying the Secret Service of Fonda’s comments.
“The tweet is sick and irresponsible and USSS has been notified,” Stephanie Grisham, spokesperson for the Office of the First Lady said.
Viewers were not pleased with Williams’ comments.
#TheFive I am an AVID Fox News watcher. I already turn it off when shepherd Smith is on. I now will NOT watch the five anymore as long as you continue to put Juan Williams on! He HAS to go NOW!!!!! His comments about Peter Fonda’s tweet are unforgivable and unforgettable!
— Tammy Regan (@tamsjags) June 20, 2018
What would be a properly worded tweet to kidnap, cage and rape a president’s child? Juan has lost it. Imagine him defending this against a 12 year old #ChelseaClinton . https://t.co/88nC2TsQLM
— Terry O’ (@IrishTea1) June 21, 2018
We need to boycott @TheFive until Juan Williams is fired.
— Timothy Bird (@timothybird186) June 21, 2018
Fonda has since deleted the tweet and issued an apology of sorts, claiming he was spurred on by Trump’s border policies.
“I tweeted something highly inappropriate and vulgar about the president and his family in response to the devastating images I was seeing on television,” he said in a statement.
Will Williams make an apology as well?
Some people are calling for Fonda to be arrested, and it’s good that the Secret Service is not taking this threat lightly, even if they came from a B-list celebrity.
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Sorry, but Juan Williams IS offensive!
JUAN!
Fonda is acting like the scum bag fool he is!
WHY ARE YOU????
How can you defend him?
Let’s see if you feel the same way now that your son got married and might provide a grandchild!
See if pedophile talk appeals to you, Chicken Lips!!!!
Juan Williams is a liberal slug who would defend any action by another liberal as being honorable no matter how vile it might be.
I used to watch the “Five” all the time, and it was one of my favorite, until they that A-hole Juan Williams on. I can’t stand him. I dis-liked Bob Beckel But he was better than Juan. I refuse to tune in FOX the Five as long as they have that jerk on there…. What Peter Fonda twitted was equal to inciting violence, and he should be prosecuted for it.
I bet your mama eats kitty litter and your father saws socks that smell, Chicken Lips!
Okay. We get it. you also hate Trump and his family. I’m just wondering how you woulw have felt had somebody tweeted that about Obama’s girls?
Look up the word “INCITEMENT!” that is if you can read and find a dictionary!
What Happened to free speech??? the man is correct and the whole Trump FAMILY NEEDS TO LIVE OUT OF A CAGE THEY ARE NOTHING BUT ANIMALS JUST LIKE THEY REFER TO OTHERS WHO CARES IF THEY DIE I DON’T.
Juan Williams is Fox’s village idiot. If President Trump cured cancer, Juan would claim he did it through the power of Satan. Likewise, if Obama was caught stealing redhanded from Fort Knox, Juan would claim he was making a deposit. They were thinking of Juan when the thought up the phrase, but “You can’t fix stupid.”
I originally thought that Juan Williams was part of the liberal “balance” to the “fair and balanced” Fox News Channel. But Juan Williams seems to represent the batsh*t crazy representative of those affected by Trump Derangement Syndrome.
If it was against Obama’s children, Juan would be out protesting outside Fox News Headquarters.
This is the same Juan Williams who was outraged when Trump called MS13 gang members animals. He has shown himself to be a panel member who will do or say anything to support liberal icons like planned parenthood and Hillary Clinton while spouting nonsense and hate about Trump oh and at the same time telling us how important family and God are to him. Liberal hypocrite.
They fire Roseanne for saying something they call racist and I call bad choice at comedy and this guy skates for making a threat?
END HIS CAREER NOW!
JUAN SUCKS ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN’T EXPRESS MY OPINION!! ABOUT JUANNNN
Peter Fonda should go to he** with his sister. He’s a piece of garbage. His apology is refused.
I agree get rid of Juan Williams and Shepherd Smith. There is no compromise in either one of them. I no longer watch Smith and just get angry watching Williams. He cannot not say anything nice about Trump!
ya know what screw peter fonda, he would not amout to a hill of crap if it did not ride his fatghers coat tails, he is a less them mediocre actor at best, and if fonda had not been his last name he would have never had a chance in hollywood. the thing that pisses me off the most about these hollywood celebs crying over illegal immigrant children being detained, is that i know more kids then i can count who live in abstract poverty that are united states citizens, i know more disabled united stats citizens then i can count who live in abstract poverty, thy are not housed in well kept housig, they do not have a spotlessly clean place to live, they do not have nice furnishings, wide screen televisions, game consoles and 3 meals a day anjd they can only afford to buy frozen piza now and then surely not the nice tasty delivery izza that was shown in the photos, i know more people then i can count who would switch places with those illegal immigrant children in a heart beat to have a clean well kept safe place to live and their mealos provided to them. why is it that liberals do not give a damn about united states citizens who live in conditions far worse then those kids are living in? i will start caring how illegal immigrants are treated when there are no united states cityizens living on the streets, i will care when there are no united states citizens children living in poverty and going hungry, and i will start caring about illegal immigrants when our citizens are all living in conditions that are at least as good as these tresspassing burglers are living in who came here for no reason other then to steal jobs and social services belonging to united states citizens!!
Juan needs to go.
Fonda is like his sister they hate the country that made their father rich. Both are traitors.
Why do they ever have any of these liberals on the Five. It doesn’t bring anything to the show and kind of disgusts Conservative viewers. I would rather watch this show without the Liberal in attendance. Liberals make such stupid comments that it takes away from the flow of the show. They could just put a moderate there and it would at least make the show less objectionable to watch. I like most of the rest of the cast since their comments are usually reasonable.
Juan and Giraldo, the token liberals on FOX. Time for both to go to MSNBC with the Madcow.
Will not watch Juan again and won’t be tough to do either. His hate for the President and his family is worse than racism.
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HATE WILLIAMS AND WILL NOT WATCH FOX WHENEVER HE’S ON. GET RID OF THE JERK.
First of all, turn off the Five until Williams is gone. Second, boycott the sponsors until they insure that Williams will not be back. Enough is enough, and it is time for Williams to go. Fox has become “CNN Lite” lately with the likes of Chris Wallace, Shepherd Smith, Jillian Turner,and Juan Williams. Time to bring Bob back to the Five, at least he is honest!
Liberals can say, and DO just about anything, and it is perfectly OK with other liberals.
Juan went overboard. What that pig Fonda sad was indefensible.The whole thing was disgusting. No longer watching THE FIVE. Unfortunate. The show was more entertaining when they had Donna Brazile in for Juan Williams. At least she was knowledgeable about the Democratic Party. and she didn’t constantly bash Trump.
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I couldn’t stand Juan Williams when he was on the Georgia Gang! I will just bet if these same words were used and directed at Malia or Sasha he’d be yelling to high heaven! But since Baron is a white boy it was merely labeled as wrong wording by Williams! Careful Williams, your racism is showing!
The very fact that his piece of garbage is able to say these things, with not only many cheering him on, but absolutely nothing is done about it. Our country has become a vast wasteland of uncivilized behavior. In my day this disgusting pig would have already had his teeth separated from his mouth by a member of the family or a good friend. However, in this woosy politically correct society nobody can do anything concrete for fear of arrest, and of course, our so called law enforcement is hiding under their desks 24/7. I’m so glad that I’m really too advanced in age for it to affect me physically. But,I do feel bad for my son and the Dystopia society (oxymoron) he will have to exist in.
I demand they pull Juan Williams’ sponsors today. He is a sick and disgusting person if he thinks pedophilia is okay.
Juanny, your face looks like the south side of a bonobo going north.
Furthermore, you and the aforementioned south side make the same noise.
Yes Fonda your tweets were out of line, you should be sitting in jail now for your threats against the President’s son. Kimberley is right, Fonda’s apology is unacceptable. Absolutely can’t stand Juan Williams either, what an idiot! So sick of liberals, Demonrat’s & the Hollyweirdo’s. Hateful unhinged morally challenged idiots.
I am sure that Juan Williams does not think that he has anything to apologize for. After all, Fonda IS a lib and so therefore exempt from any responsibility for his actions. This has become the standard. They can do, and say anything, without fear of consequences or retribution.
This really sucks!
“Whine Williams” once again steps on his dick!
It must be a mental hardship to be a liberal democrat. they will resist, obstruct, and bully for what the latest media created crisis, is on. It must be confusing as none of the democrat policy/politics, are ever followed thru. the democrat is now tied to a media group, who cannot keep a thought together, much less, act on it. Look at the DACA. one could not flip thru the MSM without the protests and liberal feelings, spilling out, now MSM has gone to the next thing, and where is the news of the old illegal nationals? They are a bunch of rootless, ingrates who promote violence and ignorance, which is proofed out, by the lack of any real action. who doesn’t want to be on the losing team, of insecure, uneducated, but belong to the party of lies, and false images. smh.
How this moron can have such a smart son is amazing
I AM LOCKED AND LOADED and ready for all you stupid Liberals! We are all sick and tired of all the crap you keep causing. You will deserve what ever it is that will come your way if you keep it up! You’re all a bunch of phony ass big mouths, you’re unamerican, and you think it’s ok to call our POTUS names? Hell no it’s not! This is a prediction….TRUMP WILL win again, like it or not, and this next round about will become even better for us, because we will knock you all on your ass. You watch and see! Bubye Liberal Douche Bags! You get what you deserve.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If you order cruel, heartless, despicable acts like Trump, do you expect those of us who are successful Christians and patriots who love the US and our democracy , who are also the great majority, to cheer him on.?
Mrs.F: Remember back in 2010 when Juan got his butt in trouble over racist Muslim comments? If you don’t, here is a link. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130712737 Juan is a prime example of what is wrong with liberals. Liberals are out of their minds and think they make sense.
Henry Fonda was no conservative. He is the most responsible for “Dick and Jane”.
Peter Fonda’s ultra-conservative dad, Henry, must be turning in his grave. Both kids have made daddy Fonda “proud”, during the years.
You shouldn’t be surprised, given the number of deep-state moles currently in service at DOJ.
The behavior of Peter Fonda and his ilk will Never stop until there are indictments and prosecutions for their crimes. What galls me more than anything is the flaccidity of the justice department for these kinds of crimes. Pretty soon we will see in American, similar to Europe, two year suspended sentences for rape and murder. It’s totally pathetic.
WHEN IS FOX GOING TO FIRE JAN, THE SOCIALIST FORMER NPR SCUM BAG? AND WHY IS fOX LETTING DONNA BRAZIL, THE FIRED DEM PARTY CHAIR WOMAN WHO LIED ABOUT BUSH THE FIRST AND THEN GETS FIRED AGAIN WHEN OBAMA IS PRESIDENT AND SHE IS LYING ABOUT HILLARY AND GIVING HILLARY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE CNN DEBATE? WHAT GIVES WITH FOX NEWS?
I do not defend what Juan Williams stated about Fondle’s [sic] despicable words, yet would at least consider that he is genuinely “Outnumbered” on “The Five”, and without him and other variously deployed liberal voices, my favorite cocktail hour show would be as out of kilter as “The View”, that I never have, don’t, and never will watch. Unlike any other news media, Fox maintains a balance which, in addition to relatively accurate news reporting, makes it stand by itself in my pick list. Juan Williams fills a challenging but necessary niche, and variously bungled blathering under fire may be unavoidable. A measured response (short of a network pogrom) is probably advisable.
The reason I like Fox News is it’s the one place that I feel I can hear an honest discussion of an issue, not just a regurgitation of the Left talking points of the day. Having said that, Juan seems to have become just another shill for the Left, which makes his contribution to the discussion meaningless to me. And it’s surprising, given the fact that Fox gave him a new home when he was on the receiving end of the wrath of the Lunatic Left, namely being unjustly fired from NPR for daring to have an opinion about the education system that didn’t conform to their uniform groupthink position. I always found him to be thoughtful and willing to see both sides of an issue, even though he would come down on the more Liberal viewpoint most of the time. Lately, though, he seems to just be All Left Talking Points All The Time, and will not make even the tiniest concession that there is merit to a conservative idea or that President Trump has done anything positive as President. It’s sad to see him appear to succumb so completely to pressure to be a good and dutiful Left Wing Water Carrier.
Exactly lalady, totally hypocritical isn’t it?
Funny how Roseanne makes an ill-advised comment against Valerie Jarrett and immediately becomes a pariah, but Peter Fonda’s deplorable comments about a 12 year old boy is ok becuz he’s the son of President Trump, which apparently makes him fair game. And Fonda’s lame apology is NOT nearly enough. The studio better be pulling his about-to-be released movie and recasting his part. Or Roseanne needs to be back on the air next season with Roseanne still in her title role.
First Peter Fonda is an adult. As such he should conduct himself accordingly. I do not care if he deleted his tweet or not. Nor do I care that he apologized. There is no reason for what he said against a child. He should be sentenced to at least 30 days in jail. This would give him time to think on his actions and realize there are consequences for decisions …… good and bad. It might get the attention of some of the other idiots that want to act stupid also.
Now for Juan Williams, I usually change the channel when he is on TV. He is nothing but a liberal hack talking point……. never bothers to use common sense. FOX News needs to get rid of him and send him back to NPR……..