Tommy Tuberville Tells Kaitlan Collins It’s Just ‘Some People’s Opinion’ That White Nationalists Are Racist (Video)
thewrap.comsounded like he was defending the racist ideology known as white nationalism.Instead, while he repeatedly said he rejects racism, he also repeatedly (and incorrectly) insisted that white nationalism is not racist, that saying otherwise is merely “some people’s opinion,” and that “most white people” in the military actually are white nationalists.
Ok then!Tuberville: My opinion of a white nationalist.. it’s an American. If that white nationalist is a racist, I’m totally against them.Collins: White nationalist is racistTuberville: That’s your opinion pic.twitter.com/hT5wTPkCO4The context here is that in May, the hard right Republican appeared on a radio show where, among other things, he elaborated on his opposition to efforts by Democrats to keep extremists out of the military, and refused to condemn white nationalists.
The term refers to the political ideology that promotes the political enshrinement of segregation and white supremacy, originally coined to describe South Africa’s apartheid government.
But after his comments were criticized, Tuberville claimed that he merely meant that in his view, the term was used to smear people with conservative beliefs.
