Another 2020 Democrat is looking to book a Fox News event, even as the chair of the Democratic National Committee continues to blast the network.
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is in talks to hold a town hall on Fox News, The Hill and NBC News reported on Tuesday. This comes a day after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) participated in his own Fox News town hall, although The Daily Beast 's Scott Bixby reports that Buttigieg has been in talks a Fox event for "more than a month."
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DNC Chair Tom Perez has said that it's okay for Democrats to still make appearances on Fox News like Sanders did, though, saying this is "a far cry from hosting debates," per the San Francisco Chronicle. Perez himself appeared on Fox recently and chided the network after anchor Bill Hemmer asked him to reconsider the debate ban.
Some Democrats have criticized 2020 candidates for still appearing on Fox News, with Dan Pfeiffer, former adviser to former President Barack Obama, writing that "putting an imprimatur of legitimacy on one of the most destructive forces in American politics has long-term consequences." Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tim Ryna (D-Ohio) on Tuesday both said they'd be open to Fox News town halls as well, The Daily Beast reports.
Although Buttigieg's potential Fox News town hall is not yet official, a spokesperson told The Hill that "reaching out to the Fox audience is something we intend to do."
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