Fox host Maria Bartiromo slammed for linking bridge disaster to immigration: ‘Reprehensible stupidity’

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo has been slammed after she attempted to link the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore to Joe Biden’s immigration policy.

In an early morning broadcast on the right-wing channel, Bartiromo asked US Senator Rick Scott for his take on the bridge collapse, linking it to the “wide-open border.”

“Let me also get your take on what’s going on in terms of world affairs. The White House has issued a statement on this saying that ‘There’s no indication of nefarious intent in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge,’” Ms Bartiromo said.

“The ship involved in the collapse of the bridge is 948 feet long, called The Dali, a Singaporean-flag container, but of course you’ve been talking a lot about the potential for wrongdoing or potential for foul play given the wide-open border. That is why you have been so adamant,” she added.

There is no suggestion or evidence that the bridge’s collapse was in any way linked to federal immigration policy.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo and Senator Rick Scott

Ms Bartiromo was slammed for her remarks, with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle describing her comments as “reprehensible stupidity.”

“The people still unaccounted for...the workers who were on the job at 1AM fixing potholes… the families experiencing unimaginable grief today… They deserve better than this absolute garbage & reprehensible stupidity,” she wrote on X.

“What’s next, someone saying the Titanic hitting the iceberg is a result of Trump not building the wall?” another person wrote.

The tragic incident unfolded just before 1.30am ET local time on Tuesday morning when the Singapore-flagged Dali ship slammed into one of the bridge’s pillars.

Multiple cars were crossing over the bridge at