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Jesse Watters Cites Dubious NYC Stats, Hasan Calls Him Illiterate

6/27/2026

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Fox News host Jesse Watters repeated NYC statistics, claiming 50% are on Medicaid and 70% are not white.
Jesse Watters said 20% get food stamps, 5% live in projects, and 40% are not born in America.
Jesse Watters made the remarks while answering U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent-freeze.
Mehdi Hasan noted 40% of NYC were foreign-born in 1910 and called Jesse Watters historically illiterate.

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Fox News host Jesse Watters repeated NYC statistics, claiming 50% are on Medicaid and 70% are not white.
Jesse Watters said 20% get food stamps, 5% live in projects, and 40% are not born in America.
Jesse Watters made the remarks while answering U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent-freeze.
Mehdi Hasan noted 40% of NYC were foreign-born in 1910 and called Jesse Watters historically illiterate.