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Karl Rove Tells on Himself, Says He Was 'Offended' That Biden Decried 'Racism'

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Via: john-russell • 3 years ago • 7 comments

By: Justin Baragona (The Daily Beast)

Karl Rove Tells on Himself, Says He Was 'Offended' That Biden Decried 'Racism'

"The racism thing to me is—I was offended in the speech," the former George W. Bush adviser huffed about Biden's inaugural.

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"The racism thing to me is—I was offended in the speech," the former George W. Bush adviser huffed about Biden's inaugural.

Fox News contributor Karl Rove curiously railed against President Joe Biden's call to battle racism and white supremacy on Thursday morning, saying that particular part of the inaugural address personally "offended" him.

After spending much of Wednesday praising Biden's speech, in which the new president called for uniting the nation and ending "this uncivil war," the veteran Republican strategist reversed course the following morning, blasting Biden's new executive orders and grumbling over his anti-racism remarks.

"That's an open invitation to have people come," Rove said of Biden's immigration executive actions and proposed reform bill. Among his 17 executive orders, Biden ended the so-called Muslim travel ban, called on Congress to grant permanent status to DREAMers, and repealed Trump's immigration arrest priorities.

"Let's see what happens with the caravan," Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer responded, before wondering aloud why the Biden administration is prioritizing a fight against racism and white supremacy.

"The racism thing to me is—I was offended in the speech," the former George W. Bush adviser huffed in response.

Adding that it was a "good speech" and the "right speech for the moment," Rove went on to say that America is only "divided as a country politically over questions of policy and direction" but is "united as a country against racism and nativism."

"There are people in this country who are racists and nativists, but the vast majority of Americans stand together on those issues," he continued. "They say, if you are not for me, you are part of the group that's racist and nativist."

Almost immediately after Biden's inauguration, Fox News united around a message of rejecting the new president's call for unity. While news anchor Chris Wallace called the speech the "best" he has ever heard, many of the network's on-air personalities saw Biden's repudiation of racism as a personal attack on all Trump voters.

Nationalist host Tucker Carlson, for instance, complained on Wednesday night about Biden's "war on white supremacy," insisting the White House is now demonizing half the country. The Fox & Friends crew, meanwhile, spent Thursday morning claiming Biden is causing the real disunity because he is "really wiping away much of what President Trump did."

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1 seeder JohnRussell 3 years ago

Almost immediately after Biden's inauguration, Fox News united around a message of rejecting the new president's call for unity. While news anchor Chris Wallace called the speech the "best" he has ever heard, many of the network's on-air personalities saw Biden's repudiation of racism as a personal attack on all Trump voters. Nationalist host Tucker Carlson, for instance, complained on Wednesday night about Biden's "war on white supremacy," insisting the White House is now demonizing half the country. TheFox & Friendscrew, meanwhile, spent Thursday morning claiming Biden is causing the real disunity because he is "really wiping away much of what President Trump did."

Same nonsense from these people that we have been listening to forever.,

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1.1 Paula Bartholomew replied to JohnRussell @1 3 years ago

FAUX NEWS is a journalistic joke and should never be taken seriously.

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2 seeder JohnRussell 3 years ago

On the night that Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, Tucker Carlson opened his primetime show on Fox News by spending about 30 seconds acknowledging what he generally described as a “peaceful transfer of power” before mocking his CNN and MSNBC competitors for what he viewed as their overly solicitous coverage of the momentous day.

But what Carlson really wanted to talk about what was the portion of Biden’s inaugural address in which he denounced “political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat.”

“Those are America’s enemies, we must wage war against them,” Carlson replied. That didn’t seem to sit right with the host, who said that “not many Americans” support white supremacy and instead find it “disgusting,” as they “should.” But at the same time, he wondered, “What is it, exactly?”

“Now that we’re waging war on white supremacists, can somebody tell us in very clear language what a white supremacist is?” Carlson asked. Since Biden “controls the largest military and largest law enforcement agencies in the world” and “has now declared war,” he said, “we should know specifically and precisely who exactly he has declared war on. We have a right to know that.”

“Innocent people could be hurt in this war. They usually are,” the host continued. “There could be collateral damage in this war. And the casualties will be Americans. So again, what is a white supremacist? You might be surprised to learn just how broad the definition for that has become.”

As he went on to point out various examples of white supremacy as defined by everyone from Colin Kaepernick to the United States Army, Carlson seemed very concerned that his viewers—or god forbid even him!—might be mistaken for a white supremacist in Biden’s new “war.”

“Here’s the problem,” he said. “Let’s say you don’t buy those definitions. Let’s say you’re for example white but poor, and you have trouble accepting the idea that you are benefiting from some kind of structural advantage. You better shut up about it if you know what’s good for you because according to the United States Army, the ‘denial of white privilege’ is a classic sign of, yes, white supremacy.”

Carlson said the “kids” who work on his show were “shocked and horrified” that some people consider him to be a white supremacist, prompting advertiser boycotts.

And yet despite, among many things, saying previously that immigrants are making America “dirtier” and that the Black Lives Matter “mob” is “definitely not about Black lives,” the host insisted Wednesday night that charges like that one against him are “totally undeserved.”

Despite one of his own Fox News colleagues telling The Daily Beast last year that Carlson had created a “white supremacist cell inside the top cable network in America,” he claimed that he would never judge anyone by the color of their skin.

Now that his preferred president is officially out of the White House, however, Carslon seemed more scared than ever that the “white supremacist” label might just stick this time.

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2.1 seeder JohnRussell replied to JohnRussell @2 3 years ago

Same nonsense we have heard from these same people forever. They are 'offended' that politicians and media talk about racism.

Just do whatever you can to fight racism in your daily life, and then go sleep soundly with a clear conscience. But dont whine about how offended you are that racism in America is brought up in the news. There is more than enough racism in America to merit being reported in the news. Deal with it for christs sake.

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3 Kavika 3 years ago

Ah, poor Karl is offended by the truth.

To damn bad.

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3.1 Paula Bartholomew replied to Kavika @3 3 years ago

I though Rove died years ago.

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4 bbl-1 3 years ago

Rove. Well. A prodigy of The Southern Strategy. Rove 'tells on himself'? No. He merely affirmed and reaffirmed what conservatism has become since the farcical days of "The Shining City On The Hill." Of course I assume we know what I mean here.

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