No ‘crazy communists’?: Fox News stars all smiles for China’s State Dinner despite ranting about communism in the US
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No ‘crazy communists’?: Fox News stars all smiles for China’s State Dinner despite ranting about communism in the US
‘I’m invited to a state dinner; I have to go,’ Ingraham said, explaining her choice to attend the dinner
Owen Scott Friday 25 September 2026 15:19 BST
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Some of Fox News’ brightest communist-hating stars attended a state dinner held Thursday night in China’s honor.
Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters – the latter of whom declared that there is “no negotiating with communists” and ranted about “crazy communists” over the last year- both attended the White House event instead of hosting their respective shows. Fox has been quick to bash far-left candidates, labeling them communists, but several personalities had no problem attending the dinner in honor of the leader of the communist nation.
Bret Baier, another of the network’s famous personalities, also attended the dinner, which came midway through Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States.
“Hey, everybody, sorry I’m not on the show tonight,” Ingraham said in a video posted on Facebook. “I had to stop by and see President Xi of China.
“I’m invited to a state dinner; I have to go, of course, command performance, looking forward to it,” the star, wearing a glamorous black gown, continued. “I’ll give you all the details tomorrow night.”
open image in galleryMeanwhile, Watters was photographed attending the dinner dressed in a sharp black suit and a bow tie alongside his wife, Emma DiGiovine.
Xi, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, landed at Joint Base Andrews Wednesday, before being greeted on the tarmac by President Trump – the first time a U.S. president has greeted a political, secular foreign leader at the base since 1962.
Ingraham and Watters’ participation in the dinner has raised eyebrows given the pair’s comments about communism on their shows, The Ingraham Angle and Jesse Watters Primetime, respectively.
“Today’s Democratic Party is about overthrowing Trump. Tomorrow’s party is about overthrowing America,” Watters said on his show in June. “Once communists get a foothold in the party, it’s over. The base is going to grab that hammer and sickle and attack anyone and everyone in their path. There’s no negotiating with communism.”
During that same broadcast, Watters also claimed that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries planned to “hide these crazy communists until November.”
open image in galleryIngraham has also blasted the concept of communism, often invoking it during criticisms of the Democratic Socialists of America.
“They aim to take everything you have, everything. Everything America built. Your money, our industry, our healthcare system, the Department of War, Border Patrol, the Senate, the Supreme Court. They want it all torched and replaced with their own version of a DSA-style politburo,” she said, referring to the DSA, on her show in August. “Their propaganda machine would make Khrushchev envious.”
Nikita Khrushchev was one of the leaders of the Soviet Union, taking power after the death of Joseph Stalin.
open image in galleryIngraham has previously even criticized Xi directly, taking a swipe at the Chinese president during Trump’s visit to the country in May.
“Look at President Xi. No personal warmth, his goodbye remarks, you know, kind of bureaucratic as everything else a communist government produces is bureaucratic,” she claimed on her show.
Thursday’s glamorous dinner at the White House drew a slew of tech titans and business people, with Apple’s Tim Cook and SpaceX’s Elon Musk each sitting at a table with Xi; the Chinese president’s wife, First Lady Peng Liyuan; and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.
A guest list released by the White House revealed that Trump’s children, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany, were also invited, along with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and OpenAI’s Sam Altman.
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Laura IngrahamJesse WattersBret BaierXi JinpingDonald TrumpMelania TrumpPeng LiyuanMark ZuckerbergJeff BezosWhite HouseThe White House
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