Watters torches Atlantic piece targeting U.S. shoppers amid shortages: 'Shut up you pampered shopaholics'

Fox News host Jesse Watters blasted The Atlantic for a story appearing to blame U.S. shoppers for supply chain shortages.

The liberal magazine shared the piece on Twitter, reiterating that "Supply-chain problems could be solved more quickly if affluent Americans would stop buying up things they don’t need and often don’t even really want."

Watters said on "The Five" Monday that while he finds the media's misguided fingerpointing upsetting, it isn't surprising if you consider the political party of the current Oval Office occupant.

"We get these types of things when Democrats are in office," he said. "All of a sudden, it’s our problem. The president's problem becomes our problems so the media can shift the accountabilities to the American people."