Fox News' Leslie Marshall blasted for 'slinging mud' at Trump after fiery criticism of budget cuts

WASHINGTON, DC: Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall found herself under scrutiny after her fiery criticism of President Donald Trump's policies.

The 52-year-old longtime liberal commentator blasted the MAGA spearhead's various economic policies during a charged 'MediaBuzz' episode on Sunday, March 9, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Fox News' Leslie Marshall blasts Donald Trump and his administration's chaotic policies 

During Sunday’s segment, contributors Mary Katharine Ham and Leslie Marshall discussed the Trump administration’s latest economic policies, including the controversial budget cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and tariffs against Canada and Mexico.

Slamming the budget cuts, particularly the administration's plans to cut 80,000 employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Marshall stated, "What they are doing to veterans is immoral, it's un-American, it's horrific, it's very hard to justify the kinds of mistakes that are being made."

Marshall's criticism further included the second Trump administration's controversial stance on tariffs as she questioned the recent decision to delay the implementation of tariffs against Canada and Mexico. 

"This is what happens when you have business people running a government," declared the veteran radio host, arguing that the common people are suffering because of the government’s financial stances.

"What he doesn't talk about is how your 401(k)s, your kids' education funds, your IRAs are tanking because of the decisions that he is making and that Republicans are blindly going along with despite their constituents saying, please, don't do this to us," Marshall expressed.

She continued, "When you have people whether it is in air traffic control or cancer research that they're fired, then they're brought back, then they're fired again, this is the chaos that those in my party that did not vote for this man, this administration and this party."

"Because of this, because of the chaos, and we're not alone," claimed Marshall, before noting, "I know everybody wants to say, oh, the George Soros plants - they're not. These are people that are angry. You can see them all over the place."

She concluded by warning, "I would agree he's going to pay for it, and I think Republicans are going to pay for it heavily in the midterms."

As Marshall faced backlash over her fiery rant on social media, she took to X (formerly Twitter) to justify her role as the conservative news network's liberal voice. 

She wrote, "You know what I think is idiotic? Anybody who calls somebody who disagrees with them an idiot." 

She continued, "Anybody who watches a complete stranger on TV takes the time to go to their phone or computer looks them up and their account to send them a message on a beautiful Sunday morning."

"Oh, that's right let's just have a network where everybody agrees with everybody 100% of the time heck why don't we do that in our country we could be just like North Korea!" concluded the media personality. 

Internet drags Leslie Marshall over fiery criticism of Donald Trump and his policies

Leslie Marshall faced intense backlash from netizens, with some accusing her of "slinging mud" at the president. 

One said, "Having Leslie Marshall on is a good reason to turn off @MediaBuzzFNC," and another wrote, "She is so filled full of hate she beams with rage and anger."

"@LeslieMarshall I am a disabled Veteran and President Trump is not hurting us. YOU ARE JUST SLINGING MUD!" an infuriated netizen wrote, while someone else added, "You’re such an idiot! All you do is lie on Fox news! Why dont you go to the lying Lib news?"

"You were absolutely ridiculous this morning, never saw such ignorance in action. I so understand now why the Dems lost🥴," one more declared. 

An individual questioned, "Why does@FoxNews continue having Dem deranged people like Leslie Marshall who look in the camera and blatantly ignore the truth. She’s upholding the Left’s talking point that Trump is going to destroy Social Security. Not a good look."

"This one hasn’t changed. When her stance is always anti Republican and especially anti Trump, her response is always 'it’s a lie'. At no point does she ever present facts to back her nonsense,"

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