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August 8, 2019

Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Calls White Supremacy a Hoax
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Fox News TV personality Tucker Carlson is under fire for insisting that
white supremacy is a "hoax" and "not a real problem in America." Carlson
made the remarks on his program Tuesday evening. 

Tucker Carlson: "The whole thing is a lie. If you were to assemble a
list, a hierarchy of concerns or problems this country faces, where
would white supremacy be on the list? Right up there with Russia
probably. It's actually not a real problem in America."

Last month, media campaigners launched a campaign to pressure
advertisers to boycott Tucker Carlson's show, after he launched a racist
attack on Minnesota Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Carlson has previously
said immigration makes America "poorer, and dirtier, and more divided,"
and in 2006 called Iraqis "semi-literate primitive monkeys."


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