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Jesse Watters slammed after saying Kamala Harris had 'typical female problem’ as VP

The conservative political commentator was immediately cut off by fellow Fox News panelists Jeanine Pirro and Dana Perino

Jesse Watters has attracted the wrath of people online and his own colleagues after he apparently tried to blame Kamala Harris’ gender for her struggles as Vice President. On Thursday, January 27, during Fox News’ ‘The Five’, the panelists were discussing Harris’ earlier statement in which she claimed to live in the D.C. “bubble”.

Watters accused Harris of not feeling grateful for her power and position. He said, “She has her jet, she has a chef, she can move mountains if she wants to affect policy. I like that bubble! It's a cozy bubble! I wouldn't try to get out of that bubble.”

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The 43-year-old added, “And I’m sorry to say this, but many people are saying this—I am not saying this, but many are saying—this sounds like a typical female problem. I’m not saying that! I’m saying this is what people are telling me! They say the first female vice president comes in there, and every single article is about her feelings.”

However, the conservative political commentator was immediately cut off by fellow Fox News panelists Jeanine Pirro and Dana Perino with Pirro saying, “Jesse, just stop it.” But the damage was already done since people soon jumped on the Internet to slam Watters. Political strategist Cheri Jacobus tweeted, “Many people are saying @JesseBWatters is suffering from a ‘male’ problem.  Something to do with an underperforming ‘Little Jesse’.  I'm not saying it because I would never get near that thing, but many people are telling me this.” And there was Condé Nast editor Luke Zaleski, who said, “Fox is a self-victimization machine pointing a crooked little finger at a woman suggesting she’s weak and her feelings are getting in the way of her judgment in order to launder the audience’s feelings of male inadequacy. If Kamala was in the room Jesse would piss himself in fear.”

Another tweet read, “Everything he just said is how he feel  about black women. He think they are to be seen and not heard. Who's he to say what she does or doesn't appreciate?” In a similar vein, a Twitter user remarked, “I just want someone on the panel to ask him ‘explain that a bit more, what do you really mean…’ and watch the resulting dumpster fire.”

Another user wrote, “Because women, especially women of color, are supposed to be grateful for anything they achieve regardless of their merit while men just feel entitled to success. Case in point: Jesse Watters.” “Can we talk about this part too? ‘Every single article is about her feelings’ ummm… Does he know those articles are written by his fellow misogynists and we’ve been complaining about this for DECADES?!?!  Just ask the email lady,” the third one added.

A tweet stated, “Well, my ‘typical female problem’ is men interrupting me while I am talking and taking my ideas and claiming they were theirs....” Another tweet read, “The classic someone else said what I am saying because I know what I will be saying is incendiary. His female co-hosts even trying to make him stop before he digs deeper, but no, he wanted to say what he did and he enjoyed saying it."