Kushner incorporated the firm the day leaving the White House, were he served as a senior advisor to Donald Trump. After leaving your senior White House position, you formed an investment firm, A Fin Management, LLC (Affinity) and raised $2 billion from the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, which is controlled by the Crown Prince,” wrote Maloney. Veterans and lawmakers blast 'idiot' MTG for saying joining US military is 'throwing your life away' "Your support for Saudi interests was unwavering, even as Congress and the rest of the world closely scrutinized the country’s human rights abuses in Yemen, the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi assassins tied to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on political dissidents at home. NOW WATCH: Veterans and lawmakers blast 'idiot' MTG for saying joining US military is 'throwing your life away' "We are fully committed to freedom of speech and freedom of the press because we know these precious rights as well as diversity of thought and opinion benefit us all," a Fox Corp spokesperson said in response to The Daily Beast's story. Hateful words and generalizations about sexual orientation and gender identity have a direct impact on people’s lives." LGBTQ+ youth have the highest rate of suicide and words matter. “FOX News is one of the most watched cable networks in the nation and we must be mindful that the impact these words have on the LGBTQ+ community-especially youth. We find it disheartening and a step backward in the acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community," the group wrote. offers to LGBTQ+ employees are amazing and supportive, the public facing messaging and rhetoric is the opposite. While the internal support and resources Fox Corp. “Fox Pride denounces statements made regarding sexual orientation and gender identity on FOX News in the past week. The coverage by Fox News has extended into the White House briefing room.įox Corp's LGBTQ staff livid over 'hateful' coverage of 'Don't Say Gay' bill The Beast obtained a "lengthy message posted on April 5" from LGBTQ employees denouncing the network's coverage. The denunciation was in response to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) removing Fox Corp’s status as a preferred LGBTQ employer over its recent on-air rhetoric." "An employee networking and resource group for Fox Corporation’s LGBTQ staffers and allies earlier this month condemned the conservative cable giant’s “hateful” coverage of the new Florida law and issues surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity.
"Fox News’ overtly anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and coverage of Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' bill has generated outrage from elsewhere within the Murdoch media empire," The Daily Beast reported Wednesday. Efforts to gin up a moral panic over schools is alienating the Fox Corporation from some of its own employees.