MAGA superfan Jesse Watters once again laments DOGE cuts that impact him

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jesse-watters-doge-cuts-trump-b2715195.html

Summary

Fox News host Jesse Watters, a vocal supporter of Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts, expressed frustration after his sister’s job at Johns Hopkins University was affected.

The university is laying off over 2,000 employees due to cuts in federally funded research, particularly from USAID, which Trump and Musk have sought to eliminate.

Watters previously defended DOGE but has softened his stance after seeing personal consequences, including a veteran friend losing a Pentagon job.

Critics argue DOGE disproportionately harms education and research institutions.

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ryper@lemmy.ca · 111 pts · 1y (13 replies)

“I just saw some news that Trump took some grants away from Johns Hopkins where my sister works and now my mom is upset,” Watters told guest Ned Ryun, the founder of conservative nonprofit American Majority.

“She’s texting me. It’s going to be a whole family thing, so we’re going to have to deal with that over the weekend,” Watters said.

I can't tell if he's upset about his sister's job or that his mom is going to be bothering the whole family about it.

NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 91 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Haven't verified it for myself so grain of salt:

But apparently watters's family are pretty openly liberal and his mother regularly, publicly, criticizes him for the hatemonger he is.

So it is 500% him annoyed that his family is going to yell at him

jonne@infosec.pub · 34 pts · 1y (6 replies)

He's such a sociopath. The whole thing about him admitting he tricked his assistantproducer into dating him by deflating her tires is another example of that.

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 1y (4 replies)

that's horrifying

jonne@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Yet she's somehow still married to him.

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

conservative women are incredible gymnasts

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Stop trying to get me to date a conservative woman, you need a "mental" in there. And possibly to delete gymnast.

Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y

ha i thought we'd all be familiar enough with the concept to let my recipients do the work

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

He also somehow manages to embody every shitty thing about fratbros. Dude looks like he walked right out of one of some 80s college comedy.

sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 1y

If memory serves, at one point his mom called into his show to basically chew him out on-air, live.

Yep, here's a clip of it:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XP2__DVZQOo

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y

I love how it only is a problem when it affects someone he knows. That's SUCH a conservative cliche.

Rhaedas@fedia.io · 12 pts · 1y

The latter.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y

He's not upset about anything because he's not capable of feeling those emotions.

Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

That's because you're giving him the benefit of the doubt.

PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works · 104 pts · 1y (9 replies)

Watters is a creep

Watters, 43, shared the memory about his wife Emma DiGiovine, 29, during an episode of his panel series The Five last week, where he told his colleagues that he had relied on the tactic to get close to his then-colleague.

“When I was trying to get Emma to date me, first thing I did, uh, I let the air out of her tyres,” Watters claimed. “She couldn’t go anywhere, she needed a lift. I said: ‘Hey, you need a lift?’ She hopped right in the car.”

resin85@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Damn, he DENNISed her.

TheFonz@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

Because of the implication

Nursery2787@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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pyre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

potato, perverto

GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

At least she didn't get Munson'd out there.

partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y (1 reply)

“When I was trying to get Emma to date me, first thing I did, uh, I let the air out of her tyres,” Watters claimed. “She couldn’t go anywhere, she needed a lift. I said: ‘Hey, you need a lift?’ She hopped right in the car.”

Ms. DiGiovine, how do you feel now that you've learned your whole married was born on a lie intentionally meant to make you feel unsafe so your now husband would be an attractive option to you in that moment?

NotLemming@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
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paraphrand@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y

wtf

Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

Jesus, that's a rough 43.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This fucker gets to talk on the news a out his personal problems?

US News outlets are soso weird

TachyonTele@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

He's a Fox talking head. It's not an actual news program.

vegeta@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y

I wish, but the article says he still supports it and wants more cuts. He only doesn't like that his family is going to argue with him.

rustyfish@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

Life imitating art.

JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y

Hey cunt. Get fucked.

Sincerely,

Everyone

DrDickHandler@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y

All of them can get fucked.

adarza@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 1y

tl;dr: "he's only supposed to be hurting them, not me too".

DogPeePoo@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y

He’s an oversized polyp

Coreidan@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

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Sucks to suck.

Ledericas@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y

Do you mean Maga replacement talking head grifter of tucker carlson

NotLemming@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
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thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

He’s a super moron.

eran_morad@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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kaerypheur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (4 replies)
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MsPenguinette@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I try to take to heart that somebody is always learning about something basic for the first time and that that's okay BUT where the hell have you been the last couple of months that you haven't heard of DOGE the agency?!?!

AlbinoPython@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

There's an XKCD reference here in too lazy to link.

dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Department of Government Efficiency

And by efficiency, they mean efficiently padding Elon’s pockets and stealing data.

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

You are the archetypal uninformed voter, aren't you?

Punchshark@lemmy.ca · -20 pts · 1y (8 replies)
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dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Read this comment.

And in case you don’t want to click the link, here’s the meat and potatoes;

…apparently watters's family are pretty openly liberal and his mother regularly, publicly, criticizes him for the hatemonger he is.

Still a cunt?

madcaesar@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I really don't know how I would deal with one of my kids turning into a massive douchenoozle 🙁

dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Me neither. I know I’d still love them. But I’d imagine it would be difficult.

Punchshark@lemmy.ca · -10 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Well, she birthed him

ech@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y

Your mom birthed you, but I don't hold it against her.

dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Your ignorance is showing.

pyre@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

misogyny*

Punchshark@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 1y

Sure thing, bub