Tommy Tuberville Defends His Racism By Actually Becoming MORE Racist

Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville caused an uproar early in the week when he said that White Nationalism being racist is just a matter of opinion. As the week went on, Tuberville eventually tried to calm the storm by claiming that he's "dealt with more minorities" than most people, a statement that came across as even more racist than his initial comments. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what happened.

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Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville on Monday of this week got in a lot of hot water when he told CNN Caitlin's, uh, CNN's Caitlyn Collins, that calling white nationalists racist was just a matter of opinion. Now, Caitlyn Collins, in case you haven't been following this story, uh, said that a white nationalist is someone who believes that the white race is superior to other races. And Tuberville responded by saying, well, that's some people's opinion. My opinion of a white nationalist, if someone wants to call them a white nationalist, to me is an American, it's an American, no. If that white nationalist is a racist, I'm totally against anything that they want to do because I'm 110% against racism. But white nationalism, you know, believing in a white ethno state is not inherently racist, as Tommy Tuberville told us on Monday, and he suffered quite a bit of backlash from that, not just in the press and in the public, but also with his fellow Republican lawmakers having to come out and actually say, Nope, nope, nope, this guy doesn't speak for us. That's totally racist. Horrible. So after a couple days, Tommy Tuberville realized, okay, this, this clearly isn't dying down. Let me go ahead and make the situation worse by defending my statements, by saying something even more racist than what I had said before. And then Tuberville two days after he said that on CNN, said this on n uh, two NBC News, I was a foot football coach. I've dealt with more minorities than everybody in this building.

I've dealt with minorities, not, I've worked with minority athletes. I've, I've helped minority students, I've coached them. I've been like a father f nope. I've dealt with more minorities than anybody else. I've had to deal with these idiots all over the place. You know, it's a hell of a thing when you're trying to prove to people that you're not racist by saying something even more racist than what you were in trouble for saying in the first place. But that's what it is with Tommy Tuberville. This is not a smart man, and based on comments that his own brother made, uh, recently, kind of seems like he's pretty racist himself.

But it is what it is. Republicans are stuck with this guy, and I hope the media continues to push this. I hope the media continues asking every other Republican in the Senate, even in the house, respond to this, deal with this address this, because none of them want to do it. And that's the real problem. You know, the reason somebody like Tommy Tuberville feels so comfortable, one, not denouncing white nationalism, and two, saying, well, that's just a matter of opinion. And then three, making the even more racist comment about dealing with them, it's because he feels comfortable enough to do it cuz the mask is off the Republican party, it's wide open, they're doing it out in the open because they feel empowered to do that. So if the press, if the media, if the constituents do not push these people on this, they're gonna remain complacent and they're gonna continue making these horrible, racist comments. But if they get pushed, if they see the push back, if they see that this is not okay with people, maybe they won't be so racist in the future. At least not openly. But more importantly, more people will have their eyes opened to the racism within the Republican party and hopefully they'll vote these racist sobs out of office. Maybe that's wishful thinking, but there's always hope. Right?

Thanks for watching everyone, and well.