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Zorax

10/04/22 12:43 PM

#425862 RE: fuagf #425848

It is always good to read opposite viewpoints, however the name rang a bell and could be biased as well as republiklan party. But still may have some points worth considering but I find it too far right and somewhat alarmist and leading with speculation. schoen appears to be another munchkin, a republiklan in dem clothing.

Media

Fox News[6] hired Schoen as a political analyst in 2009[14][15] and Newsmax hired Schoen as a columnist. In 2010, he authored a book on the Tea Party movement with Scott Rasmussen.[6] He has been writing a regular column for Forbes magazine beginning in July 2016 with a column "Donald Trump Through The Years".[16]

Newsmax TV announced that Schoen would be leaving Fox News and joining them. On January 19, 2021, Schoen joined Newsmax TV as an Analyst.[17]
Views

Schoen has identified as a member of the Democratic party, but has frequently criticized the party and taken positions on various political topics at odds with the party's views. [color=red]Schoen's critics have called his identification as a Democrat "phony" and calculated to help his Fox News career.[18] Steve Benen called Schoen the quintessential "Fox News Democrat" and said he is "actively hostile towards [Democrats] and the party's agenda."[/color][19]

Schoen says that lower taxes would be a successful Democratic strategy, opposed President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, and said that President Obama should not run for reelection in 2012.[20][21]

He has stated that President Obama divided the country along partisan lines, and said that the Affordable Care Act has been a "disaster" for the Democratic Party.[20][21]

Schoen has been critical of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. In a The Wall Street Journal op-ed, he wrote, "President Obama and the Democratic leadership are making a critical error in embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement—and it may cost them the 2012 election."[20][22] He believes that the protesters represent "an unrepresentative segment of the electorate that believes in radical redistribution of wealth, civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence," and that their common bond is "a deep commitment to left-wing policies."[20][22] Schoen believes that the Democratic Party should not appeal to voters who support taxing oil companies and the rich, but rather to voters in the middle who want lower taxes.[19][20][23][24]

Schoen advocated against impeachment of Trump in an interview with NPR on January 26, 2021, claiming it was divisive and distracting.[25]