Jessica Tarlov Rips Apart Jesse Watters Over Hillary Clinton Remark  

Fox News’ lone liberal Jessica Tarlov fiercely pushed back after her colleague Jesse Watters diminished Hillary Clinton’s political legacy by calling her "just a female." Tarlov explicitly told Watters, "Rarely do I say this is beneath you, but it’s actually beneath you to be doing this."

The heated discussion began while The Five panel evaluated the political climate and Clinton's career. Watters, who admitted he hopes to never see a female president in his lifetime, claimed that future historians looking back at global transformations would relegate Clinton to a mere footnote.

"Historians will look back in 100 years,” Watters said. “They’re not gonna look at the fake news stuff that Jessica traffics in every day. They’re gonna see the big stuff. The world-defining moments. The rewiring of world trade. The crime, the economy, the border, what we’re doing internationally. That’s the stuff. Hillary Clinton is gonna be a footnote, and it’s just ’cause she’s a female."

Tarlov immediately countered by listing Clinton's actual high-level credentials, reminding him of her career as a U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State.

Watters brushed off those accomplishments, shouting back, "That's just a job! What does she do at the job?" He went on to make baseless assertions that Clinton performed terribly in those positions.

Watters' remarks drew immediate pushback from multiple members of The Five’s panel.

Greg Gutfeld reacted to the initial "footnote" remark by saying, "Aw, that’s terrible. Don’t do that."

“It’s true! What has she done?” Watters said. “She’s just a female — that’s it. A female that does what men do.”

“U.S. senator, secretary of state,” Tarlov began.

“It’s just a job,” said Watters. “What does she do at the job?”

“And she just talks at the YMCA?” Tarlov sarcastically asked.

“Does she do a great job at the job? No! She does a terrible job,” Watters snapped. “She does a terrible job, just like many men have done terrible jobs at those same jobs.”

“Stop it,” said Tarlov. “Rarely do I say this is beneath you, but it’s actually beneath you to be doing this.”

“You’d be surprised,” Watters quipped.

“He can prove you wrong, because he’ll never break the chain,” Gutfeld said.

The exchange quickly circulated online, highlighting the ongoing sharp divide between The Five's conservative majority and its lone liberal voice.

Several major legislative, diplomatic, and historic milestones define Hillary Clinton’s decades-long career in public service. Across her time as First Lady, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State, she achieved significant progress in healthcare, national security and global human rights.

Following the failure of her 1993 universal healthcare plan, Clinton pivotally worked across the aisle with Democrats and Republicans to help create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 1997. The program slashed the uninsured rate for American children in half, providing health coverage to millions of low-income kids.

As First Lady, she played a central role in founding this Department of Justice office in 1994, which combats domestic abuse and sexual assault.

She was a primary driver behind the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 and the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, making it easier for vulnerable children to be adopted or transition smoothly out of foster care.

Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Clinton helped secure $21 billion in federal aid to rebuild New York City. She subsequently championed long-term healthcare tracking and compensation for Ground Zero first responders suffering from toxic exposure.

Partnering with Republicans, she expanded access to the military's TRICARE healthcare system, ensuring that National Guard and Reserve members could access benefits even when not actively deployed.

She also constructed and led an aggressive global coalition to implement crippling economic sanctions on Iran. This diplomatic isolation ultimately forced Iran to the negotiating table, laying the groundwork for the 2015 nuclear restrictions agreement, which has come into sharp focus once again as a success compared to President Donald Trump’s widely lambasted 14-point deal with Iran.

In 2012, Clinton personally negotiated a crucial ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, effectively averting a full-scale regional war in the Middle East.

In 2016, she made history as the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party, subsequently winning the national popular vote against Trump by nearly 66 million ballots.