Fox News contributors suspended for using profanity against Obama

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published 7 December 2015

Fox News suspended two of its contributors on Monday after both used profanity when talking about President Obama on the air.

During an appearance on the Fox News show Outnumbered, Stacey Dash, the actress best known for playing Dionne in the 1995 movie Clueless, said after watching the president's speech on terrorism Sunday night, she "did not feel any better. I didn't feel any passion from him. I felt like he could give a s—t — excuse me, like he could care less." On Fox Business, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters told host Stuart Varney the president was "afraid" to combat terrorism, and called him a "total p—y." Varney responded by telling Peters he could tell he was "super angry," but reminded his guest he "can't use language like that on the program."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.