North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un showed off what many observers believed was a much slimmer figure at a military parade this week, and at least one Fox News host is thrilled with the apparent transformation.
“He’s fit, he’s fun and he’s fascist!” Rachel Campos-Duffy said on Primetime, mimicking the commentary that might accompany a fashion show. “Take a look at Kim Jong Un flaunting his new tan and slim physique at the North Korean military parade.”
She showed images of the dictator – one of the world’s most infamous human rights abusers – and said “after this photo op, many might start calling him Slim Jong Un.”
Guest Jimmy Failla, a comedian, said he doesn’t buy it.
“He does look good!” Campos-Duffy interrupted. “I’m sorry, he looks better than our president!”
Failla argued it was a body double.
Campos-Duffy delivered her praise of the physique of an actual authoritarian dictator without irony on a show that also featured guests calling President Joe Biden an authoritarian:
Human Rights Watch says North Korea is “among the world’s most repressive countries,” noting:
“A 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry found that the government committed violations amounting to crimes against humanity, including extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, rape, and forced abortions. North Korea operates secret prison camps where presumed government opponents face torture, forced labor, and starvation.”
The US State Department also has a lengthy report detailing the human rights abuses committed by Kim’s regime.
Twitter users were quick to pounce on the host and Fox News for the praise:
Imagine if a progressive or a Democrat, imagine if Ilhan Omar!, went on TV to praise a murderous foreign dictator’s “look” over the American president’s. Just imagine. https://t.co/Ptwpxja7uj
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 10, 2021
“Forget about the gulags, the threats to incinerate American cities with nuclear weapons, the starving masses, the whole using anti-aircraft guns to mutilate anyone who opposes him…forget all that, he’s got a great look to him” https://t.co/pxWDBS2CRy
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 10, 2021
Fox news is Anti-American news.
— 𝐀 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 & Justice🇺🇸 (@TruthSalvo) September 10, 2021
If you’re praising how the dictator of North Korea looks to have a dig at President Biden you might want to stare into a mirror with the words “are you insane?” written across it. An hour or so might be enough. Repeat as necessary. https://t.co/m6ITPhCUkr
— Paul Niland (@PaulNiland) September 10, 2021
Well, I’d hope so; he’s 37. But if I were a conservative, this is the point at which I’d yell, WELL IF YOU LIKE NORTH KOREA SO MUCH WHY DON’T YOU MOVE THERE RACHEL https://t.co/GZlSHuMhha
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) September 10, 2021
So Fox News would rather Kim Jong Un was ruling the US than Biden? And they’re calling Biden a dictator? I can’t even…
— EightySix45 (@EightySix45) September 10, 2021
What’s important to note here is that Rachel is a conservative nut married to a conservative nut. And yet, she thinks nothing of sucking up to probably the worst dictator in the world. This is what the Republican Party has become. Reagan would become a Democrat again. https://t.co/61Lqasv24B
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) September 10, 2021
