Fox guest baselessly speculates on the El Paso airspace shutdown: “I think they might have discovered the next potential Pearl Harbor”
Mike Boyd: “You don't shut down an entire airport and a city ... for 10 days for security reasons unless we are at war”
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From the February 11, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
LAWRENCE JONES (HOST): Can you give us some scenarios where this may be necessary to close air space for this duration?
MIKE BOYD (GUEST): This is what should have happened before Pearl Harbor. You don't shut down an entire airport and a city, we're not talking Mexico now, for 10 days for security reasons unless we are at war. I'm sorry. This is major something where they're going to have starting tomorrow to now, right now, they're going to be doing a sweep through El Paso to find out why they're doing this. We could be looking at drone sweep, we could be looking at MANPADS, but I don't know who that congresswoman was you just quoted, but she really needs to get her head together. Cause you don't shut down a whole city for 10 days unless it's a major, major security threat like a military threat. Remember, we've got cartels south of El Paso that are basically just uniformed thugs and we have a president who has been shutting down their revenue over the last several months. So look, this is not minor, this is something major. There's something in El Paso and Santa Teresa or places like that in that area that is a threat and they're going to try to track it down. What I'm saying is, I think they might have discovered the next potential Pearl Harbor.