Because it was apparently a day ending in a Y, on Monday evening, Fox News host Jesse Watters made a remark during his panel show The Five that many people find to be offensive and condescending. As Watters and his fellow co-hosts Greg Gutfeld and Juan Williams argued over President Trump’s proposed border security and immigration plan, Williams made the point that Trump wants to put a leash on all immigration.
“I think his strategy is, I’m gonna go after immigrants,” Williams started, to which the former O’Reilly Factor lackey interrupted and attempted to clarify: “Illegal immigrants.”
“No no, he wants to cut legal immigration, don’t forget that,” Williams continued.
“He wants merit-based, smugly countered Watters. “That would cut legal immigration by bringing in the best and brightest. So we don’t bring in some guy’s uncle from Zimbabwe,” he continued, as Williams could barely contain his visible disgust.
If it were Watters’ intention to cause outrage, then mission accomplished because dozens took to Twitter to call him out for not-so-subtle racism. Even former talk show host Montel Williams had some words for Watters.
WTH is wrong with you @JesseBWatters? There are a lot of fine white folk in Zimbabwe who watch @FoxNews
https://t.co/xdhihmD8xC
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) July 31, 2018
A class act, as always. Not that we should be even remotely surprised by the guy who once denied the existence of a Trump pee-pee tape by saying, “If someone pees in the bed, where are you gonna sleep?”
(Via Mediaite)
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