A Texas Democrat explains why he called out Fox News on Fox News Jeremy Barr, The Washington Post July 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE- People pass the News Corporation headquarters building and Fox News studios in New York on Aug. 1, 2017. Richard Drew/AP Something unusual happened during the 7 p.m. hour on Fox News on Tuesday night. Host Pete Hegseth was pressing Texas state representative James Talarico about his decision to flee Austin with dozens of other Democratic lawmakers this week - a procedural gambit intended to block Republicans from passing strict voting laws back home. The on-screen graphic called the Democrats' exodus a "stunt," and Hegseth's interview with the 32-year-old lawmaker made it clear he agreed.