I don’t know what it is about some Republicans who seem to love nothing more than misgender prominent Black women. We’ve heard this for years from QAnon fools who still do this with Michelle Obama, claiming she’s a man named Michael LaVaughn Robinson, or “Big Mike.” These obviously false claims began when Barack Obama was first running for president and they are still out there to this day.

These claims are beyond silly — Michelle Obama looks about as much like a man as I am like a hippopotamus. Granted, I am soft but how these people can even think this stuff is beyond me. And now, we have Fox News’s Jesse Watters making a dumb joke questioning Kamala Harris’s gender.

Criminy.

Watters was at an annual conference for the insurance industry when he “joking” questioned the gender of Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this year. Nervous laughter resulted but the event soon went into damage control, including doing things like sidelining the executive who interviewed Watters, CNN reports.

Watters was speaking at the Big “I” Legislative Conference last April. The annual event is sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, where Watters made the unfunny joke, according to CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Wednesday. Oliver Darcy, who authored the report, cites “people familiar with the matter” who spoke on condition of anonymity, The Wrap reports.

The prominent member of Fox’s The Five was the featured speaker at a Renaissance Washington breakfast “stuffed with hundreds of insurance executives and agents,” and he was interviewed by Bob Rusbuldt, president of the industry organization. Rusbuldt was soon to retire, and Darcy writes “The gathered audience, which included a healthy contingent of conservatives, was excited to see Watters speak. But matters quickly took a turn.”

Watters made the not-so-wise crack early on, but details about what he said haven’t been disclosed. But Watters likes to push the envelope and was recently promoted to the fortuitously fired Tucker Carlson’s former 8 p.m. slot. The Wrap notes Watters makes a habit of telling juvenile and offensive jokes.

“Some executives, many of whom planned to attend a diversity and inclusion luncheon later in the day, squirmed in their seats as a wave of awkwardness washed over the audience,” Darcy wrote. “Others walked out of the room and conveyed to the trade association that they were appalled at the behavior exhibited by Watters.”

One person, talking to Darcy said “It was an epic meltdown afterward. The organization went into damage control.” Darcy added Rusbuldt apologized during the diversity luncheon and was “quietly sidelined” from his remaining duties at the trade organization.

Fox News told Reliable Sources that Watters doesn’t remember making the remark, and the network being what it is, stubbornly stood by its comment to CNN.

“In fact, the unscripted Q&A he participated in was well received with executives thanking him profusely afterward, enthusiastically taking photos, and presenting him with an award,” a network spokesperson told Darcy. “He was told it was one of the best talks they’ve ever held and never received feedback from the organization or his speaking agent after the event.”

Along with being a panelist on The Five, Watterson was given his own show to replace Carlson, “Jesse Watters Primetime,” where he can continue to crack dumb jokes and spread misinformation. Fox News is kind of like the Weekly World News of television. The publication’s lead story, written earlier this month is “11 Hints You Might Be Descended From Aliens.” An earlier “story” from May is “Big Foot’s Unforgettable Memorial Day Picnic Extravaganza!”

If Carlson screws up too many more times, I’m sure this publication would be the perfect place for him to spread his misinformation. If Watters gets canned, he could be Carlson’s sidekick. He can write weird stories about Kamala really being named Billy Jim Bob or something like that.