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CNN’s Abby Phillip calls Tuberville remark on crime ‘straight-up racism,’ but turns tables on ‘white voters’

October 9, 2022 | | Print Article

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican, is facing racism accusations from CNN over something he said during former President Donald Trump’s latest rally this Saturday in Nevada.

“Some people say they’re soft on crime. No, they’re not soft on crime. They’re pro crime. They want crime. They want crime because they want to take over what you got. They want to control what you have. They want reparations because they think the people who do the crime are owed that,” he said.

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Based on both the desire by black people for reparations and also the data showing that black people commit the majority of crimes in America, it’s strongly believed by critics that he’d been referencing black people.

Critics like CNN’s Abby Phillip, who’s black herself, and who excoriated Tuberville during the latest edition of “Inside Politics Sunday.”

“I mean, just straight-up racism from a sitting United States senator! But really talking to white voters about their own preconceived notions of black people being responsible for crime and not deserving anything as a result,” she complained.

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Phillip’s guest, PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López, concurred.

“Right. And they being the Democrats who, you know, are supportive of this supposed black crime, which, as you said, I mean, there’s no other way to look at that and listen to that and say that, that it isn’t racist. I mean, it is racist,” she said.

“But one thing is that, again, this as well as the Herschel Walker element, it’s all playing to this majority white base. If you look at what determines whether someone is Republican now, it tends to be whether they’re white and, you know, whether they’re, how religious they are and what type of religion do they subscribe to.”

Fact-check: GROSSLY FALSE.

An increasing number of minorities now identify as Republican, though some do so admittedly because they’re religious.

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Phillips chimed in here to point to “their education level as well.”

“So, you know, the Republicans are playing to this predominantly white evangelical Protestant base. And they believe that because, again, this all comes down to power,” Barrón-López continued.

“It’s not really about abortion, and it comes down to the fact that they’re okay with their elected officials either saying racist things or potentially paying for an abortion because they want their people in power instead of Democrats.”

“It’s really sad state of affairs,” Phillip then added before closing off the segment.

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Tuberville’s remarks also provoked anger on social media (*Language warning):

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Questioned about Tuberville’s comments during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon seemed to refer to the comments as “honest,” though he also stressed that he’d have said things differently.

“Well, I wouldn’t say it the same way, but there is a problem in our country with crime. Major cities have seen a 40 to 50 percent increase in violent crime. And the primary reason, in my view, is we have these far left prosecutors, county attorneys and mayors who are releasing violent criminals back on the street,” he said.

Host Kristen Welker responded by saying, “I mean, most people heard those comments and felt, not just polite, but a lot of people heard those comments as being racist.”

“Yeah, that’s not the way I present things. But we’ve got to be honest that we have a crime problem in our country,” Bacon replied.

“But do you feel those comments cross a racial line, Congressman? Do they cross a racial line?” Welker then pressed in a clear attempt to get Bacon to condemn Tuberville.

However, the Republican congressman refused to fall for her bait.

“I don’t, I don’t, I’m not going to say he’s being racist, but I wouldn’t use that language, be more polite. But the fact is, we can’t ignore we have a 40 to 50 percent violent crime increase,” he said.

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