President Trump charged that Fox News is giving Democratic candidates too much airtime before the midterms, arguing the coverage is the only reason some Republican races remain close.
On Sunday, President Trump went after Fox News on Truth Social for putting Democratic candidates on its programs, saying the network was spending far too much time on the opponents of Republican Party candidates. The critique landed hours after he called into Fox Business host Larry Kudlow’s program, and it came as Republicans fight to hold the House and Senate in November.
The Hill reported that Trump framed the Democratic guests as getting attention that Republican candidates, people he described as loving the country and carrying strong policies, were not receiving in equal measure.
Trump wrote that Fox News was “spending far too much time putting on the OPPONENTS of Republican Party Candidates, people that love our Country, and have Great Policies and Ideas.”
“These American Patriots are being absolutely “blurred out” by the Media, and Fox is doing little to help. That’s the only reason this Race is close, if it is indeed close.”
The post named the core problem in plain terms: airtime for Democrats, in his view, was squeezing out Republican contenders in races that still hang in the balance.
Fox News has invited several Democrats onto its programs for interviews, including Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Kentucky Senate candidate Charles Booker, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand. Booker is running for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Trump has spent recent weeks traveling across the country to rally support for Republican candidates. Last week he already accused the conservative-leaning outlet of being too kind to Democratic candidates on its shows in order to be “politically correct.” The Sunday blast repeated that complaint with sharper focus on tight races.
The tension sits alongside long-running questions about how closely the network and the president remain aligned, including coverage noted when Navarro called Fox a quieter threat than rival cable brands.
Hours before the Truth Social post, Trump called into Kudlow’s Fox Business show. Kudlow, a former White House economic adviser, praised the president’s pace on the trail.
“You’ve been relentless! Your campaigning, it’s Herculean. You’re turning the tide. You’re getting voters out. You’re raising enthusiasm,”
Trump answered that he had “worked very hard” and added, “I’ve done 14 rallies in nine days and it’s a lot.” The exchange underscored the campaign grind he is putting in while pressing the network over guest bookings.
Trump’s complaint is not new in kind. In 2019 he publicly attacked Fox for what he called wasted airtime on a Democratic town hall, writing that the network was “wasting airtime on Mayor Pete” and “moving more and more to the losing (wrong) side in covering the Dems,” Breitbart reported at the time. He had also slammed the network earlier that spring over a Bernie Sanders town hall audience.
The pattern is consistent: when Fox books Democrats in high-visibility slots, Trump treats it as a strategic gift to the other side. He is again arguing that Republican candidates get blurred out while their opponents get the platform.
That media fight arrives as the network itself maps big plans for the cycle, including the kind of expansive midterm coverage laid out when Fox sketched its 2026 election blueprint with House and Senate control on the line.
Personal ties between Trump’s circle and the network remain real. Top hosts have marked private milestones with the president and friends, including the Mar-a-Lago weekend when Hannity and Earhardt celebrated with Trump, even as programming choices draw his public fire.
Republicans are fighting to keep their House and Senate majorities in November. Trump is treating candidate visibility as part of that fight. In his account, Fox’s Democratic interviews are not neutral booking, they are free oxygen for opponents in races he says would not be close without that help.
The network continues to evolve its lineup and talent pipeline, from new shows to contributors with administration roots, including the move that put Karoline Leavitt on a Fox contributor path. Trump’s Sunday post still drew a hard line: more time for Democratic candidates means less clear air for the Republicans he is stumping to elect.
He did not name a single race as the one that is “close, if it is indeed close.” He did name the mechanism. Interviews for El-Sayed, Booker, Sand, and other Democrats, in his telling, come at the expense of Republican candidates he calls American patriots with strong ideas.
Voters will decide the majorities in November. Until then, Trump is telling Fox that the guest chair is not a free pass, and that Republican candidates should not be the ones left off-screen.
When a network that sells itself as the counterweight starts feeding the other side’s candidates the microphone, the people who have to live with the results have every right to demand better.
