Fox Business will no longer book analyst who said torture 'worked' on McCain

Source: The Hill | May 11, 2018 | Avery Anapol

A former Fox News military analyst will not be booked on Fox Business again after saying that torture “worked” on Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

The network will not book Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney again, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.

McInerney made the comment during an appearance on Fox Business to discuss President Trump’s CIA director nominee Gina Haspel, who McCain has fiercely opposed over her work at a CIA black site prison.

“Sen. John McCain said he’s not going to endorse Haspel also in part because she believes in torture, that she thinks it works, even though she laid out at least three instances where it did work to the benefit of humankind, not just Americans, but all human beings,” McInerney said on the show.

“Well, she can’t use it [torture] anymore because we have determined in Congress that it’s not legal,” he added. “The fact is, is John McCain, it worked on John. That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John.’”

Charles Payne, the host of the show, apologized to McCain and his family and said that he did not hear the remark.

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