.@jessebwatters: "Let's also remember that all of these Confederate war heroes were Democrats - Democrats were the party of slavery." pic.twitter.com/AOK2vleFPJ — Fox News (@FoxNews) August 20, 2017 Fox News host Jesse Watters lashed out at Democrats over the weekend for opposing statues of Confederate War "heroes." In a controversial press conference last week, President Donald Trump defended people who marched with neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia to protest taking down Confederate War monuments.