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WATCH: Fox News Anchor Bret Baier Raps On Stage With The Sugarhill Gang

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A video of Fox News anchor Bret Baier rapping on stage to The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” at a recent event went viral Friday night after a producer on his show posted the video on Twitter.

“In the video, Baier performs the song’s signature chorus alongside members of the group at a party for Fox News staffers celebrating Baier’s 10 year anniversary of anchoring the program, according to a Fox News source,” The Hill reported. “Baier is clad in a festive red jacket emblazoned with green Christmas trees while singing words to the 1980 smash hit.”

WATCH:

Baier currently serves as the chief political anchor and anchor of Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier,” which is consistently the top-rated cable news show in its time slot. Fox News offers the following professional bio of Baier:

Based in Washington, DC, he joined the network in 1998 as the first reporter in the Atlanta bureau.

Most recently, Baier contributed to FNC’s live coverage of the United States and North Korea summit that took place in Singapore. Following the summit, Baier sat down with President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a wide-ranging interview, his first interview with the president in nearly 600 days. In April 2018, Baier presented an interview with former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey. He also contributed to the network’s live coverage of James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. In May 2017, Baier anchored live from Saudi Arabia to cover President Trump’s first foreign trip and in April 2017, he held an exclusive interview with Jordan’s King Abdullah II discussing the war on terrorism.

Previously, Baier co-anchored extensive coverage of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration alongside The First 100 Days’ Martha MacCallum, which delivered the highest-rated inauguration coverage in network history, according to Nielsen. In June 2016, Baier sat down for an exclusive interview with the Dalai Lama during the Tibetan leaders’ visit with then-President Obama in Washington. In March 2016, Baier hosted FNC’s only Democratic town hall with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), which was held in Detroit, the night before the Michigan primary. This marked Clinton’s first appearance on FNC in two years and Sanders’ first interview with Baier.

In August 2015, Baier, co-moderated the first GOP presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle. According to Nielsen, the debate delivered 24 million total viewers and 7.9 million in the key 25-54 demo, making it the highest-rated non-sports cable telecast of all time. Baier also co-moderated the network’s second and third debates of the 2016 election cycle, held on January 28th in Des Moines, IA and March 3rd in Detroit, MI.

For the 2012 and 2016 political seasons, Baier served as co-anchor of FNC’s America’s Election Headquarters. On March 15th, 2016, FNC’s coverage of the primary races in the seven select states averaged over five million viewers, which was the highest-rated primary night in cable news history, according to Nielsen. In addition, Baier provided expansive coverage of the 2012 campaign cycle, anchoring presidential and vice presidential debates, as well as the Republican and Democratic conventions. Baier also moderated FNC’s five Republican presidential primary debates.​

Continue reading Baier’s bio here.

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