🚨 NEW: Fox’s @​brithume SPEAKS OUT on White House ban of CNN and MS Now: “I think the president has a case. Some of the coverage that’s been done by the organizations that have now been banned from the White House has been almost comically unbalanced.” “And they’ve pursued all kinds of stories — the Russia collusion matter being chief among them — that have ended up dead ends. It seems clearly motivated by a belief that Donald Trump’s presence in the White House is a national emergency and that their job was to somehow take him down.” “Having said that, however, you’ve got to also ask this question: Will this be effective in any way the president wants? After all, being banned and sharply criticized by the president, to these people that we’re talking about here at these organizations, is likely to be seen as a badge of honor. It will do them no professional harm.” “They’re not accountable to the president in our country because we do indeed have a free press. So I don’t — and the idea that the coverage will become more balanced because of this, I think is fanciful. I just don’t think it’s going to have that effect.” “And in political terms, Bret, this will rally the base. I’ve seen by the reactions on social media that people who were MAGA, who were for Trump, think this is great. Right on, brother. But I don’t think it’s going to do much for him beyond that base.” “And at this point, with this midterm election coming, he needs to get people who may not have been part of his base but voted for him in 2024 and may not this time to come back his way. And I don’t think this advances that cause at all,” he tells @​BretBaier. ▻