Fox tries to spin Trump-backed candidate's loss in the AL Senate primary as a win for Trump

Fox anchor Sandra Smith: "Can this be classified as a victory for the president?”

From the September 27 edition of Fox News' Outnumbered:

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KATIE PAVLICH (CO-HOST):  People are excited, they're moving forward. The president deleted his tweet supporting Luther Strange and then tweeted out --

SANDRA SMITH (CO-HOST): So strange. 

PAVLICH: Right, so strange --  then tweeted out support for Roy Moore. So, they're both moving forward to implement the president's agenda, which is important. Also, keep in mind that this is Jeff Sessions' old seat. So Roy Moore will probably vote very in consistency with what Jeff Sessions does. But the overall picture here is, yes, Mitch McConnell, very bad day. And this also reemphasizes this anti-Washington, anti-establishment sentiment that's been going on since 2009. 

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SANDRA SMITH (CO-HOST): So based on everything you just said Katie, I’m still taking this in, can this be classified as a victory for the president then, still?

KATIE PAVLICH (CO-HOST): I think it can. If you look at what people in Alabama are saying who voted for Roy Moore, they actually believe that the president was somehow pushed into supporting Luther Strange. 

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PAVLICH: I’m not saying it wasn’t a mistake. I think it was a huge mistake, and it made no sense for the president to endorse Luther Strange, especially when Mitch McConnell, who's one of the most unpopular politicians in the country, was backing him.

Previously:

Fox News goes all in on its efforts to be Trump's shills

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