Fox News’ host slammed for ‘hypocrisy’ as he celebrated DOGE firings before being personally impacted

Fox News’s Jesse Watters has been accused of ‘hypocrisy, after initially calling out Donald Trump’s DEI policies after his friend, a military veteran was “DOGE’d”, but an online compilation showed him “celebrating” federal firings

Jesse Watters was derided as a “hypocrite” online

Despite recently calling for the Trump administration to be “less callous” in their Department of Government Efficiency(DOGE) federal job cuts – with the 6,700 IRS staff recently laid off – Fox News host Jesse Watters has been accused of ‘hypocrisy’ after a video compilation showed him ‘celebrating’ DOGE firings.

Watter, who just welcomed a new arrival, recently called on the Trump administration to be “less callous” when implementing their plans to lay off federal employees after he claimed a military veteran friend was “DOGE’d” after Elon Musk’s Pentagon cuts.

A report on February 19 revealed that the Pentagon had given the Trump administration a list of probationary employees who could be affected in the next round of federal workforce cuts. On Wednesday’s episode of The Five, Watters shared the story of his friend, a 20-year military veteran who had only been in a new role at the Pentagon for a few months and was still on probation.

However, despite Watters’ public protestations, CNN compiled a clip showing the Fox News host endorsing DOGE firings. On X, the Acyn account uploaded the video with the caption: “CNN put together clips of Watters celebrating federal workers being fired after he said recently that people need to be less callous when talking about a friend of his potentially being fired from the Pentagon.”

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s policies have seen a large number of federal employees lose their jobs (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The comments section saw plenty of accounts deride Watters. One account wrote: “Watters needs some DOGING.”

Another person wrote: “@JesseBWatters hands down is the stupidest person to ever be on TV.” Another person, meanwhile, shared an unfortunate story about one of their friends.