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The most deleterious force for America and for conservatism has been Fox News leading people astray, conservative author Ann Coulter told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview last Thursday following her lecture at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin.

When asked if there is a future for populist conservative media on television, Coulter said, Wed all be better off if TV went under altogether.

Everyone on TV, as we found out briefly this week, theyre just the pretty faces for whatever the plutocrat behind the screen wants, Coulter said.

She was referring to an incident on November 9, when Fox News host Neil Cavuto cut away from live footage of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaking during a Trump campaign press conference. McEnany was discussing alleged voter fraud during the presidential election.

I saw, live, Cavuto cut away from Kayleigh McEnany. That was so shocking, Coulter said.

And, except that I didnt want to admit to anyone that even on a commercial break from both MSNBC and CNN, I was watching Fox News, I wouldve tweeted about it myself. I go up to my Twitter feed, thats all anyone is tweeting about, she recalled.

So, I guess the primetime hosts, they and the corporate management [at Fox News], probably figured out, We cant do this or its over even for the declining days of cable news, Coulter said of the networks post-election coverage of Trump.

I dont think Ive met anyone under the age of 60 who watches cables news. So, Im not sure theres that much of a future, anyway, she added.

As other people have pointed out, you could kill your cable subscription altogether and just be on Twitter because, if you ever do watch these shows, its [content] that was [broken] three days ago on Twitter. I have friends who watch Fox News and theyll call me with, like, breaking news, and Im constantly telling them, I tweeted that yesterday,' Coulter said.

I really hope the whole thing collapses, because I think, the most deleterious force for America and for conservatism has been Fox News leading people astray, she opined.

As you will recall throughout 2016, well, I wasnt allowed on Fox News then because I supported Trump, and they were anti-Trump. And then, when he [Trump] switched we got the big bait-and-switch, from all of his [campaign] promises to whatever Jared [Kushner] wantedthen I wasnt allowed on Fox News. I guess because I wasnt willing to fellate him [Trump] every night as he broke his promises. But for whatever the reason is, whomever you think you like on Fox News, check my Twitter feed that day. See if you havent seen it there first, Coulter advised.

Even as Americans have become increasingly reliant on social media sites for their news, Big Techs left-wing censors have actively throttled conservatives voices during the Trump presidency, including President Trump himself.

Breitbart News asked Coulter if a populist movement can survive Big Tech censorship with Silicon Valleys preferred candidate Joe Biden in the White House. Alarge number of Big Tech executives are expected to join Bidens transition team, according to a recent report. Is there a viable social media future for conservative voices?

This is another thing that makes me laugh about Trumps loss, said Coulter who, just a few hours earlier,told a socially distanced audience of 97 people at UT Austin that America needs Trumpism without Trump four years from now.

His supporters were thrown off [social media], deplatformed, suppressed immediately throughout his administration. Breitbart was crushed. From 20 million readers a day [to] YouTube starts taking down their videos. Facebook is taking down their stories, letting other people rip off Breitbart stories, she noted.

You know, whatever you think of them I dont care, I believe in free speech Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Gavin McInnes, [all were] totally deplatformed. And did Trump ever lift a finger to help them? Oh, now I remember. No, he did not. So, I cant wait for Twitter to ban Trump on January 20, Coulter said.

Twitter has confirmed that President Trump will lose special privileges protecting his Twitter account from being suspended or banned for alleged policy infractions if he leaves office. Twitter placed warnings on dozens of the presidents tweets in the hours and days immediately following the contested November 3 election, effectively muting his communication with the American public.

As for what happens going forward, its sort of unfortunate in a way, its not our fault, but its conservatives who are bearing the brunt of this tech monopoly right now, Coulter said.

Because, if you read the New York Times, theyre not wild about this sort of, you know, czars wealth either. Articles by Kara Swisher a few years ago in the New York Times addressed the insane amount of power the tech companies have, and they realize its utterly unfair, she noted.

So, if leftists become honest again and dont keep defining themselves as the antonym to Trump, as [New York Times op-ed columnist] Frank Bruni described it [in 2019], I think this is something all freedom-loving people can agree on that we shouldnt be a world of Rollerball, Coulter said, referring to the 1975 science fiction film by Norman Jewison. The movie depicts three corporations running the world. Its totally whats happening right now, she explained.

Coulters lecture at the University of Texas at Austin was on the issue of immigration, the subject of her bestselling 2015 book, Adios, America.

Even before Trump came along, Republicans and Democrats have conspired to try to sneak an amnesty through Congress about a dozen times, Coulter said.

She agreed with conservatives who are concerned that Republicans might work with their corporate donors and the Chamber of Commerce to push for another Gang of Eight-style amnesty deal, as they did in 2013.

Yes, I am worried about that. Yes, they absolutely will, she said, noting several previous attempts by bipartisan groups of senators to usher an amnesty plan through Congress that would provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship for tens of millions of illegal aliens.

And it wasnt Fox News, it wasnt major talk radio hosts who alerted America, but somehow it would get out. It would be Howie Carr, or Joyce Kaufman, or Matt Drudge. Somehow America would find out and shut down the congressional switchboards, the political commentator recalled.

Hopefully the MAGA [supporters], the Trumpsters are organized enough that they will not be able to push it through. Hopefully some of these Republicans have realized [that trying to pass amnesty is] not popular [with the bases populist wing], Coulter said.

The author added that she hopes Republicans understand that in order to speak to the populist base they must strive to protect American workers [and] protect American culture.

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