Mackowiak trumps O'Reilly on alleged candidate support

Travis GOP Vice Chairman and Austin/D.C. political consultant Matt Mackowiak must have been busy this week.

We'll let Washington Post opinion columnist Erik Wemple tell the story of what happened ...

Last night, [Bill] O’Reilly was attempting to defend his own honor against an opinion circulated in the Hill newspaper, by Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak. “Fox hosts Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, radio host Laura Ingraham, even Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge all worshipped at the altar of Trump,” wrote Mackowiak, “either out of personal friendship and loyalty or desire to have access to him for ratings. They failed to hold him accountable for his statements, actions, contradictions and lack of policy substance. They built him up.” 

So just how did the King of Cable News refute this charge?  [...] That back-and-forth was part of perhaps the worst performance on cable news over the entire 2016 primary campaign.

For more, including O'Reilly's transcript, see:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/05/11/gut-ripping-hilarious-fox-news-host-bill-oreilly-actually-believes-donald-trump

Matt's original blog post in The Hill may be read at:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/278955-how-trump-did-it

Note: This article is not intended to take sides in the 2016 Republican Primary or nominating process. (It's mainly for the lulz.)