Once again, Jesse vs. Jessica: Their biggest-ever on-air clash sh0cks viewers and reveals Fox News’ internal truth?

Jesse Watters returned to The Five on Monday, July 7, and was hit with criticism from cohost Jessica Tarlov, who called him out for his reaction to the recent floods in Texas, which have left over 100 people d3ad.

The conversation began with Watters insisting, “This climate change thing is a religion to these people because they believe that weather is punishing us for being a rich and successful and prosperous nation, and all they need to do to appease the rain gods is have everybody use their sacred things like solar panels, stupid cars, and windmills, and that’s what’s gonna save lives. And then you have people that blame it on Donald Tr::mp.”

Tarlov then jumped in and pointed out Watters’ hypocrisy, referencing the different way he reacted when Hurricane Helene hit under Joe Bi::de::n‘s administration. Specifically, she slammed Watters for not calling out the now-president when he spread lies about FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) funds during the September 2024 tragedy.

“I don’t think talking about preparedness or what might have helped qualifies as impugning the memory of those that have been lost or detracting from the thoughtful conversation that needs to take place,” Tarlov said. “This river has been flooding for a very long time. There are a number of instances. And we were here around the table when Hurricane Helene struck, and I did not hear Jesse Watters say that Donald Tr::mp should stop spr3ading l13s about the Bi::d::en administration and spreading of FEMA funds.”

She continued, “Tr::mp came out and said, ‘They’re giving your dollars to 1ll3gals, they’re housing them with your FEMA dollars.’ Then he said, ‘You’re only going to get $750 from FEMA,’ which was a complete lie, and there are Republican officials who have testified to the fact that people did not get their FEMA assistance because of what Tr::mp or other Republicans were saying.”

Tarlov also pointed out that “there are over $54 billion in identified needs in terms of disaster resistance when it comes to these kind of flash floods that state officials are asking for, and the GOP legislature has rejected them. That is something they can work on to move forward and hopefully avoid a tragedy like this again.”