From her perch on a prime-time national television show, conservative commentator Laura Ingraham went off on a shameless rant Wednesday night about “massive demographic changes” in the United States that “most of us don’t like,” attacking even immigrants who migrate legally.
“In some parts of the country, it does seem like the America that we know and love doesn’t exist anymore,” Ingraham said on her Fox News program , “The Ingraham Angle,” in a not-at-all-veiled dig at people of color later endorsed by ex-KKK leader David Duke.
In a word, it was bonkersville. But not surprising. Ingraham has been preaching for years to white Americans who feel anxious about the country’s evolving demographics, demonizing immigrants and championing a nostalgic version of the past that doesn’t live up to its rosy ideal.
Here are some of her more outrageous statements:
“This is just their shorthand way of trying to demean anyone who is not part of the press cabal, the press club,” Ingraham said on her radio show of the term “alt-right,” now embraced by some white nationalists and white supremacists, shortly after the 2016 election. “But if you’re not in on their club, and you happen to come at it from a more traditional perspective, then you’re alt-right,” she added.
As defined by the Southern Poverty Law Center, alt-right sympathizers believe white identity is under attack from historically maligned and marginalized groups. The so-called alt-right rejects traditional conservatism, and its members can be violent; some of them staged last summer’s deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Ingraham spouted more nonsense on her Fox program in June, claiming that “not only do today’s liberals ― many of them ― hate our American traditions and a lot of our heritage, but they are also the agents of a historical and cultural purge the likes of which I don’t think we have ever seen in our nation.” Yikes.
“This is what third world immigration does to Europe,” read a now-deleted tweet by British National Party figure Mark Collett alongside video of what appears to be an overflowing dumpster. Ingraham shared the post earlier this year with her nearly 2 million followers, asking if anyone could confirm that the video depicts a street in Paris. In doing so, she amplified the voice of a man who says he admires Adolf Hitler and considers AIDS a “friendly” disease because of its prevalence among black people and gay people.
During a discussion last summer over terror attacks in the U.K., Ingraham blamed London Mayor Sadiq Kahn, who cheers his city’s diversity.
“Now the price they have to pay for multiculturalism is the risk that you’re walking on the sidewalk and a man will ― or a woman, will purposefully mow you down. And then while you’re maybe finishing your cappuccino in a cafe, or having a drink, someone will put a knife to your throat and slit it with the attempt, perhaps, to behead you,” she said on Fox News.
“That’s what we all have to live with for the free and open society that Sadiq Khan and all these other multiculturalists want Britain to become.”
In a 2015 rant , Ingraham complained about immigration policy by suggesting that the U.S. allows too many people from “far-flung lands” in the Middle East.
“So we’re supposed to lower our standard of living here in the United States, for what, exactly?” she asked, referencing potential extremist views immigrants may bring and scoffing at the idea of humanitarianism. She continued: “Well, if that’s the case, we should have brought in the Christians before they were being slaughtered in the Middle East.”
“The Christians who we can verifiably say are Christians, who are in the threat of being slaughtered, I’m happy to bring in some of them. I think most people would. But all these other people, they’ve got to stay in the Middle East.”
When she agreed with President Donald Trump’s claim that Mexico “sends” murderers and rapists to the U.S.
It’s a false claim Trump has made every so often since 2015. Ingraham addressed it with a caller during a March 2016 episode of her radio show, cutting off the guest who brought up “the thing about the Mexicans and murderers and rapists” to interject, “Well, they have come here.”
“Yeah, they have come here to murder and rape our people. We know that,” she said before adding a caveat. “That doesn’t mean everybody has, doesn’t mean everyone who comes across the border is a nasty, horrible person, but they have violated our laws.”
When she floated the idea that immigrants attempting to re-enter the country illegally should be shot.
As she spoke about the proportion of people in federal prisons who are undocumented, a frustrated Ingraham offered her own solution.
“Why don’t we ship them out of this country, why are we paying for these horrific individuals? They do their time, get out of the country, never coming back. Never coming back. You come back, you’ll be shot,” she said in 2015.
When she called the American-born children of undocumented immigrants “anchor fetuses.”
Back in 2013, Ingraham boasted of a tweet, no longer visible, in which she asked whether immigration advocates would prefer the term “anchor fetus” to “anchor baby,” used to describe children of undocumented immigrants who are citizens by birth.
When she said the cage-like structures confining migrant children at the southern border were “essentially summer camp.”
Discussing Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy on Fox in June, Ingraham considerably downplayed conditions at detention facilities for children that doctors say could lead to “ irreparable harm .”
“More kids are being separated from their parents and temporarily housed in what are essentially summer camps, or as The San Diego Union Tribune described them today, as basically looking like boarding schools,” she said. “The American people are footing a really big bill for what is tantamount to a slow-rolling invasion of the United States.”
video at link
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham-white-nationalism_us_5b6c5728e4b0bdd0620727b1
What do we have here? An internationally known white supremacist leader praising the editorial comments of a major host on the premier conservative US tv news channel.
The party of Louis Farrakhan wants to play the look what a loathsome creature liked?
Of course, Farrakhan endorses Democratic politicians and Presidents, not news commentators.
When has Louis Farrakhan had a nightly one hour program on mainstream national television?
Well, I guess he can get a job and get his own hour. Nothing stopping him except talent that I can see.
en has Louis Farrakhan had a nightly one hour program on mainstream national television?
When has David Duke?
Why do people who hate conservatives, and especially any of those appearing on Fox News, listen to her program?
Does that strike you as a good defense of her?
Why the heck would I need to defend her? Defend her against WHAT?
Left wing hit jobs that don't matter to a hill of beans and no one but a few disgruntled, pouty, classless people care about?
Nope, ain't going to do it!
It's easy enough to read.
How many seeds or articles have you posted again Wally?
As many as the other whiners on this seed. Zip, zero, nada, zilch, diddly squat.
I don't have time to reply to nonsense , but that is half of what I am presented with here.
You make many many comments. It doesnt take all that much longer to seed an article.
Don't complain about what the articles look like unless it is something egregious.
Somebody needs reading comprehension or listening comprehension. Something!
See, I know this is a tough concept, but she's not defining the term "alt-right." She's talking about how the Left uses the term as a dishonest bludgeon to discredit people or shut them up. They do the same thing with other words like "racism" or [insert prefix]phobia."
Uh yeah, many of them do. Not all, of course. Much of it is really petty, too. For example, at the Olympics, they hate when our athletes run around with the flag or our fans chant U-S-A. But you know, when other countries do it, it's charming. Also Trick or Treat is now really a vehicle for evil "cultural appropriation."
is not much of an argument
Not only is that interpretation of the retweet a heck of a stretch, if she's setting out to spread white nationalism, that's a pretty inefficient way of doing it. Seems like it would be simpler to just put a swastika at the top of her feed.
So there were real terror attacks and they really were coming from the people being indiscriminately let into the country. You admit that. So she's not making it up.
When She Suggested That Brown-Skinned Immigrants “Lower Our Standard Of Living Here In The United States,”
First of all, she never said brown-skinned. You did.
So she's racist except to Christians? I though she was a White nationalist? How many white nationalists do you know who are ok with people of color if they're the right religion? I can't think of one. Make up your mind: Is she racist or not?
So she made it clear that it doesn't apply to all Mexican immigrants. Trump made that clear, too, in his speech. Do you dispute that some illegal aliens commit these crimes? No? Then stop whining about this people who simply stating facts.
My time is limited. Back later.
Who the hell are you talking about? Who are "they"? I love the Olympics, love to see our actual flag carried around and our people chanting "U.S.A.". What I don't like seeing carried about is the confederate symbol of treason that many alt-right and white supremacists like to wave while chanting "Jews will not replace us!".
"So there were real terror attacks and they really were coming from the people being indiscriminately let into the country. You admit that."
More complete bullshit. Immigrants aren't "indiscriminately" let into the country. Legal asylum seekers go through a rigorous 2 year investigation before being allowed in and there were more illegal immigrants deported under Obama per month than there have been under Trump. The total population of illegal immigrants went DOWN by over 1 million during Obamas terms, so it's a complete myth that Democrats want an open border. We simply think calling Mexicans "rapists and criminals bringing drugs" as an unfair depiction when the vast majority are nothing of the sort, and even with the caveat "some are good people" doesn't excuse it. Maybe if Trump had said "but the vast majority are good people" I might give him a pass. As it stands he knew who he was speaking to, the alt-right white nationalists and white supremacists who are simply frightened little bigots scared of their nation browning and not looking like it did back in the 1950's.
Ingraham echoed those white supremacist views as she said “In some parts of the country, it does seem like the America that we know and love doesn’t exist anymore,”. Yes, that country that didn't ever expect a store owner to speak to them in Spanish, the country where all bank tellers were white, the country where being white meant you were somehow special or entitled to the benefits all Americans should be taking advantage of like freedom and equality.
"When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression".
So, you must know where all the illegal aliens are and how many there are, based on your statements.......
Someone I was arguing with on Face Book yesterday is all ascairt because of the Muslim woman that was elected to Congress. He couldn't stop talking about Dearborn and how it's all Muslim today and that as a woman I should be afraid.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be afraid of
Sure, the illegal "aliens" are at Area 51, helping with government research.
People like this:
Don’t chant “U.S.A.!”
The fun, inescapable (and kind of worrisome) psychology of ‘U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!’
More complete bullshit. Immigrants aren't "indiscriminately" let into the country.
So, to be clear, your problem with what I said isn't that the immigrants are committed terrorist acts. Good. At least we agree on that. I'm willing to concede that the word "indiscriminate" might be more than is fair. Let's just say that Europe is not as vigilant as the United States and that their desire to feel good about themselves is exposing them to danger and death.
Craving for control: refugee screening in the EU and the US
The EU and the Migration Crisis
There may be some good news, though, because there does appear to be some movement to up their game.
How ironic that at the very time the EU is getting a clue and implementing new border security, lunatics in the United States are talking about eliminating border security. smfh!
And it's a straw man to act like anyone said all Democrats want open borders. Some do. Some don't.
We simply think calling Mexicans "rapists and criminals bringing drugs"
Trump never said that. Watch the video (starting at 2:03) and stop listening to CNN.
Trump wasn't talking about Mexicans generally. He also wasn't talking about immigrants from Mexico (which would be a small subset of Mexicans). He was talking about ILLEGAL ALIENS from Mexico, which is an even smaller subset of people.
And we're still not done!
He wasn't even talking about ALL illegal aliens from Mexico because he said "some of them, I assume, are good people."
But he STILL wasn't done! He went on to say that it wasn't just Mexico and then he listed some other places like the rest of Latin America and the Middle East.
So what Donald Trump REALLY said was that SOME ILLEGAL ALIENS from Mexico AND OTHER PLACES bring crime to America.
But all the Lying Left does is repeat the lie that Trump says Mexicans are rapists. Sheesh!
KKK casual. Sheets optional.
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A/K/A - The QKu QKlux QKlan...
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Ingraham. Mid fifties, never married, has three adopted children, a girl from Guatemala and two boys from Russia. She speaks Russian fairly well. Well educated and outspoken.
Ingraham has always been an 'economic protectionist' and allied with the political belief that America was 'founded' by white Europeans for white Europeans. End of story.
Are Ingraham's thoughts and comments racist? As with all things, that would depend upon the 'tribe' in which one resides.
"She has also dated political commentator Dinesh D'Souza"
That says a lot.
Uh...……...wow! That says more than I want to know.
Blows my 'tribal concept' out of the water, huh?
She loved his racist ideas more than she hated his dark skin. They are both "intellectuals" after all.
Like Archie Bunker said - She has more hismones than hermones.
She is quite mannish - from her face to her voice.
Yes, things have changed in this country but, that is what they are suppose to do in a melting pot, change. It is the purpose of a melting pot to change the mettle that is put into it, making it stronger and, more flexible at the same time. Ronald Reagan said it best in my opinion, "You can go to France but, you will never be a Frenchman, you can go to Turkey but, you will never be a Turk, you can go to Japan but, you will never be Japanese and, you can come to America and, you will become an American." Those who think like Laura Ingraham are the "dinosaurs" of America. With the change that Laura and, her kind hate, comes a stronger America, that is the purpose of immigration, that has been the result of immigration over the past two hundred years, to create a stronger Union.
I had not even heard of this woman before she smack talked the high school student from Florida...
Somedays I feel like I am reading a Jeff Foxworthy skit - 'You might be a racist if...………..' Seems as though racism has turned into 'just a thing' that can be altered on a whim (if 'you' were not a racist yesterday .. 'we/they' will make sure 'you' are one today) .. between Russia and racism, I am not sure which one is seen most often in the dark closet or under the bed of many individuals.
I wonder if this national will ever regret this spotting of racism behind every bush (did anyone know that Nixon started his career by seeing communism everywhere) .. some is legitimate, and some is just twisting the actual events to fit a narrative...
Sorry to go off topic .. delete away!
What a lie! Have you no conscience at all? She was not talking about "immigrants" and she was not even just talking about illegal aliens reentering the country. She was talking about a very specific and very dangerous group: i.e. Convicted Criminals.
Some context because it matters:
She wants to shoot immigrants, eh?
What's the objection here? Is it the terminology or the accusation of the act? Because people really do come here illegally, give birth and hope to stay on the basis of their citizen child. The numbers declined at the start of the recession, but they are still staggering to look at. We're talking over 300,000 births in a year. Somewhere between 7% and 9% of TOTAL births in the United States. Amazing!
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How would you know by looking at them crossing the border whether they had been in prison before in the US? Or do you recommend capturing them at the border and then putting a bullet in the back of their heads while they are kneeling on the ground handcuffed?
What exactly was Ingraham advocating?
Maybe we could tattoo "Dangerous Asshole" on their faces before deporting them. Then we could spot them in the rifle scopes.
I would think a sensible adult would figure out that she was employing hyperbole (like I just did) to make the point that we should be tougher on criminal illegal aliens. That should be something everyone can agree on.
Thanks for all your rumpsplanations - of that's not what she said - or if that's what she said - this is what she meant.
I can't advise this strongly enough: Do NOT get your news from Huff Post. They lie to you. I'm sorry, but that's reality. Take a look at what they did:
If you watch their video, they have Ingraham making the summer camp comment. First of all, she has an adopted kid from Guatemala and that's her basis for comparison. But second, Huff Post then says "apparently this what Ingraham thinks a summer camp looks like" and they show a processing facility.
But this is a lie. The image they show is not what Ingraham was thinking of. The kids don't spend an extended period of time in the place with the chain link "cages." They are sent to facilities that do look very much like a camp. They play soccer, shoot pool, sleep in real beds, have access to phones, and eat real food. They even have some kind of classes. They're not spending weeks and months sleeping on the floor.
And by the way, it's not like Trump built these places or created this system. Nor did he write the law that says we can't simply turn these people away, thus keeping families together - which is what Ingraham is also advocating. These systems and laws have been in place for years. How come Obama isn't a white nationalist for keeping these systems in place?