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Fox News’ resident liberal foil Jessica Tarlov found herself in an awkward live-TV moment Friday after co-host Tyrus tossed out a not-so-subtle jab during yet another anti-Trump monologue — and Tarlov instantly wondered if the insult was aimed at her.
The spark flew during a heated segment on The Five, where the panel was discussing President Donald Trump and his rally appearance in New York’s Rockland County on behalf of Rep. Mike Lawler.
Tarlov launched into a familiar left-wing broadside, insisting Americans aren’t buying Trump’s economic message and mocking the president’s repeated references to cognitive testing.
“Today, telling people you have more money in your pockets when nobody thinks that — except the richest Americans at this point,” Tarlov said before veering into complaints about Trump discussing mental acuity tests. “The weird stuff again about the cognitive tests and how he’s acing things that they give to people who’ve had traumatic brain injuries.”
She then added, “No one knows there’s a B in the word dumb — we all know there’s a B in the word dumb.”
Tarlov also rattled off polling numbers she claimed show slipping support among parts of the Republican coalition, while attacking the administration over inflation, Iran policy, and stalled legislation on Capitol Hill. She cited criticism from unnamed GOP aides and referenced comments from Sen. Josh Hawley to argue Republicans have little to show legislatively despite controlling Washington.
The panel’s tension peaked when Tarlov quoted criticism of Trump’s recent moves and attempted to tie higher gas prices to U.S. military action involving Iran. That’s when Tyrus jumped in with a line that instantly changed the mood in the studio.
“There’s another word with a B that I would like to add to that,” Tyrus quipped, “and it’s in the front.”
Cue the screeching brakes.
“Are you saying that about me, Tyrus?!” Tarlov shot back, clearly caught off guard by where she thought the conversation was headed.
Tyrus quickly waved off the idea, insisting the remark was aimed at the Democratic Party, not his co-host.
“I’m talking about the Democratic party,” he replied, attempting to defuse the moment before it spiraled any further.
The exchange immediately lit up social media, where viewers joked that Tarlov may have accidentally revealed she knew exactly where the punchline was headed. Critics of the left also seized on the clip as another example of cable-news liberals dishing out insults all day long — until the jokes start coming back the other way.
The on-air dust-up comes as tensions on cable panels continue to rise amid the 2026 election cycle, with Trump dominating political coverage once again and Fox’s rotating cast increasingly turning “The Five” into must-watch daytime combat TV.
#TheFive – @PlanetTyrus and Paul Mauro are quick to call out Jessica Tarlov and her polls bullshit. Tyrus: “Who was running the country? We had a President who didn’t know what time of day it was… Who was running the country, because it certainly wasn’t Biden!” pic.twitter.com/7pulTWlHyA
— Diamond Joe (@ItsDiamondJoe) May 22, 2026
Democrats are still pushing the same policies in 2026 that they are were in 2024:
Support Government waste, fraud, corruption and grift.
Spying on your political opponents
Child genital mutilation and chemical castration.
Allowing boys in a skirt to rape girls in bathrooms and locker rooms.
Allowing boy and men in girls and women’s sports.
Keeping every illegal alien that is a murder, rapist, thief, violent gang member, nazi terrorist, and child sex slaver from being deported.
Encourage and support rioting in the streets to stop ICE from removing them.
Supporting the mullahs in Iran to have nuclear weapons.
Backing Hamas rallies that chant “Kill the Jews, Final Solution, Death to America”.
Support criminals in DC and other DNC hell holes with their soft on crime policies.
Supporting Tren de Aragua gangs to bringing illicit drugs into the USA.
Abandoning capitalism for communism and socialism.
Supporting and using assassination against their political opponents.
Calling on US military members to disobey their orders from their superiors.
With those and many other similar position and actions democrats will continue to lose voter support and forget about winning any election for the next decade. They will be on the wrong side of every 80/20 to 95/5 political issue for the foreseeable future.
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Tarlov says everyone knows there is a B in dumb. She obviously doesn’t know how many kids are graduating from schools in America who can’t read, write or do math.