“Ruthless,” hosted by Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook,\u00a0aims to bring fun into conservative politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fox News Digital caught up with the fellas backstage at the Patriot Awards after they walked the red carpet with a simple question: If the first lady is Patriot of the Year, then who is the least patriotic American in 2025?\u00a0<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a toss-up between, basically every Democrat who is in Washington right now. Very, very close to call. Ilhan Omar is my vote,” Ashbrook responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n MELANIA TRUMP NAMED FOX NATION\u2019S \u2018PATRIOT OF THE YEAR\u2019 FOR GLOBAL CHILDREN\u2019S ADVOCACY WORK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook host the “Ruthless” podcast.\u00a0 (Fox News Media)<\/p>\n Smug chimed in, “I\u2019ll say Chuck Schumer<\/a>, who has had no reins on the hands of this party and allowed it to become the laughingstock of the world.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Duncan said he planned to say Schumer, but Smug stole his thunder.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I guess I\u2019ll go Hakeem Jeffries \u2014 as we know him, Temu Barack Obama,” Duncan said, referring to the nickname that essentially calls Jeffries a knockoff version of the former president.\u00a0<\/p>\n Holmes enjoyed that choice but took a broader approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n “There\u2019s an awful lot of \u2018moderate\u2019 Democrats that aren\u2019t acting very moderate. I think it\u2019s a group effort this year,” Holmes said.<\/p>\n “There\u2019s a whole bunch of people that try to fashion themselves in the middle that are the least patriotic that I\u2019ve ever seen,” he continued. “They won\u2019t even open up a government when they know people are suffering.”\u00a0<\/p>\n FOX NEWS LANDS LICENSING DEAL WITH POPULAR ‘RUTHLESS’ PODCAST AS PART OF EXPANSION OF NEW MEDIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (Tom Brenner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n While the “Ruthless” co-hosts only named politicians as their candidates for least patriotic person, the fellas regularly criticize the mainstream media. They even have an annual NCAA-style\u00a0Liberal Hack Tournament<\/a>\u00a0(or #HackMadness), where listeners fill out brackets of 64 liberal media figures and vote on who they think is the biggest hack.<\/p>\n Last year\u2019s winner was CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan.\u00a0<\/p>\n Holmes predicted MSNBC personalities will emerge as favorites once the network rebrands to MS NOW later this month as part of its corporate split with NBC.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Look, MS NOW, it\u2019s a brand-new thing. They have something to prove. I think they\u2019re going to field a very strong team,” Holmes said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I think, top to bottom, throughout the primetime lineup, you\u2019re talking about [number] 1-2-3-4 seeds,” he continued. “They\u2019re going to, actually, I think, take it this year.”\u00a0<\/p>\n RUTHLESS PODCAST HOSTS MOCK POD SAVE AMERICA FOR \u2018BULLS— COPY\u2019 OF VIRAL \u2018LIBERAL HACK TOURNAMENT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “Ruthless” podcast co-host Josh Holmes predicted MSNBC personalities will emerge as Hack Madness favorites once the network rebrands to MS NOW later this month. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Fox News<\/a>\u00a0landed a licensing deal with the conservative “variety progrum” earlier this year as part of the company’s expansion of new media.\u00a0<\/p>\n Politico has dubbed “Ruthless” stars the “bad boys of conservative talk,” with many outlets declaring the podcast is the right’s answer to “Pod Save America,” the influential left-wing podcast hosted by former Obama aides and speechwriters.<\/p>\n The influence of “Ruthless” reached all the way to the White House when Ashbrook was among the first to sit in the “new media” seat established by the Trump administration for a White House press briefing.<\/p>\n New episodes of “Ruthless” are released every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on all podcast platforms and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Ruthless” can be heard on all podcast platforms and watched on YouTube. (Fox News Media)<\/p>\n![\"Ruthless\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ruthless-hosts.jpg\")
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