Fox & Friends has a desperate spin on Doug Jones' unexpected Alabama victory

Democrat Doug Jones' victory in Alabama on Tuesday night represents a stunning blow to President Trump, who won the state by nearly 28 points last November. Trump's favorite television program, though, is giving Republican Roy Moore's bruising loss in the Yellowhammer State the kind of spin that could give you whiplash: "This was not a referendum on Trump," one host suggested Wednesday morning. "I feel like it was a referendum on Harvey Weinstein."

Nobody else did:

It all goes to show that not everyone can be Kellyanne Conway. Watch the clip below. Jeva Lange

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