Fox News host Tucker Carlson called Americans' growing concerns about the rise of white supremacy and white nationalism
"a hoax" and "conspiracy theory used to divide the country" in the wake of two mass shootings this weekend that left dozens dead.
During a segment on
Tucker Carlson Live on Tuesday, the conservative host lashed out at the media for criticizing President Donald Trump's response to the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings.
"It's not the job of this show to defend the president and everything he says," Carlson said after airing a clip demonstrating the media criticisms of Trump's speech on Monday. "Some things we are not going to defend. But in point of fact, he never endorsed white supremacy or came close to endorsing white supremacy. That's just a lie.
But he condemned it anyway. Their response, 'he didn't really mean it.'"
Carlson goes on to allege that "the whole [white supremacy issue] is a lie."
"If you were to assemble a list, a hierarchy of concerns of problems this country faces, where would white supremacy be on the list? Right up there with Russia probably," he said. "It's actually not a real problem in America.
The combined membership of every white supremacist organization in this country would be able to fit inside a college football stadium."
"This is a country where the average person is getting poorer, where the suicide rate is spiking — 'white supremacy, that's the problem' — this is a hoax," Carlson added.
"Just like the Russia hoax, it's a conspiracy theory used to divide the country and keep a hold on power."
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