Fox News anchor asks why white supremacist-linked murders like in Jacksonville happen when Biden pledged to unite the country
Fox contributor Leo Terrell says systemic racism does not exist, and that Martin Luther King, Jr., “wouldn't accept critical race theory, 1619 Project, all this division of hatred”
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From the August 28, 2023, edition of Fox News' America Reports
JOHN ROBERTS (ANCHOR): He pledged to unite the country back in his inauguration speech, several times prior and after that, and yet horrific things like what happened over the weekend still happen. Where is this country at this moment?
LEO TERRELL (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): Well, John, first of all, we're marking the 60th anniversary of Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech, and I want to tell you right now, this country has made tremendous progress in the last sixty years. We have people of all colors in every segment of American life. We didn't have that sixty years ago.
And what has happened now? The Democrats have basically tried to attach themselves to King's legacy without the principle. King wouldn't accept critical race theory, 1619 Project, all this division of hatred. I'm not sitting here telling you that racism does not still exist in this country, we're not a perfect union, but John Roberts, I'm telling you systemic racism does not exist in any segment of this country. By the way, we had a Black president. We have Black congressmen. We have people of color in every aspect of this country. We have people of color running major metropolitan cities. So Democrats will not let go of the systemic racism card because if they do, they will not have a party. And that's why you see a lot of Black Americans and Hispanics leaving the Democratic party saying, we don't believe you anymore, and they are moving to the Republicans, such as myself, to join the Trump team.