THIS IS WHAT RACISM SOUNDS LIKE
‘America We Know and Love Doesn’t Exist Anymore’: Laura Ingraham’s Jaw-Dropping Racist Rant Draws Outrage

Less than two months ago the new CEO of Fox News, Suzanne Scott, “summoned producers to a meeting to direct them to take more control over hosts and panelists,” according to a report in Politico.
Why?
“Recent on-air statements by prime-time host Laura Ingraham,” Politico noted, referring to her false claim that infants and young children being held in Trump’s migrant cages were basically just attending “summer camp.”
Other remarks, too, pointed to overt racism at the conservative news network.
As GQ put it, “Fox News CEO Asks That On-Air Talent Be Slightly Less Racist Monsters.”
Apparently Ingraham didn’t get the message.
In an astonishingly and openly racist rant Wednesday night, Laura Ingraham on Fox News declared that due to “demographic changes” that “have been foisted upon the American people,” which “none of us ever voted for and most of us don’t like,” the “America we know and love doesn’t exist anymore.”
It doesn’t get much more racist on prime time TV than that.
Except it did.
Ingraham then launched into a white nationalist, anti-immigrant tirade.
“Now much of this is related to both illegal, and in some cases, legal immigration that of course progressives love,” Ingraham insisted. By the end of her commentary she had declared a “national emergency.”
Here’s a clip of those racist remarks, via Media Matters’ Andrew Lawrence:
Laura Ingraham: “The America we know and love doesn’t exist anymore. Massive demographic changes have been foisted on the American people, and they are changes that none of us ever voted for, and most of us don’t like … this is related to both illegal and legal immigration” pic.twitter.com/s5G2qIY4W0
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 9, 2018
Ingraham is once again the target of national outrage for her incendiary, racist, and un-American comments.
Fascinating that Ingraham believes we should “vote” on demographic changes. What would that vote look like?
Should there be a vote on whether non-white people are allowed to reproduce?
A vote on whether to only allow white immigrants? https://t.co/i1Js602Vd8
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 9, 2018
Fox used to just be sort of the country club style of racism, which is extremely awful….but they’ve crossed the threshold now. Just straight up white nationalism every single night
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) August 9, 2018
Ingraham is not a closet racist anymore- she is out in the open about it, screaming it from her perch… disgusting.
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) August 9, 2018
This isn’t casual racism. It’s deadly serious racism, on a national television network, occurring in primetime. https://t.co/3iRXFQlAFu
— Ames Grawert (@AmesCG) August 9, 2018
Dear Laura Ingraham: I served on active duty to defend your right to make racist statements.
America is not a race or demographic. It’s a beautiful & bold idea, based on life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. You @IngrahamAngle are no more American than I am or others are. https://t.co/Op7rnjak5o
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 9, 2018
Watch that Laura Ingraham video when you’re feeling a bit wobbly about being involved in politics. Look into the face of absolute evil to remind you of where you stand and the America you’re fighting for. https://t.co/WsPSZiXhiu
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 9, 2018
The “alt-right” white supremacist movement has been in disarray since Charlottesville, but you can find some simiilar rhetoric on at least two prime-time Fox shows – consistently Tucker Carlson’s, now Ingraham’s. https://t.co/8WVzQozb4K
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018
Speak for yourself, and every other last gasp of a dying gen, @IngrahamAngle. WE love this country’s diversity. https://t.co/2GijMcK6vA
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) August 9, 2018
Today’s prominent white nationalists are filthy rich elitists like Laura Ingraham ($45 mil) and Tucker Carlson ($16 mil) who get 1 hour each night to broadcast their fear of brown people to millions of Americans. https://t.co/lJcSXXgKSu
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 9, 2018
fyi, fox news has been pushing the immigration = white genocide line for over a decade. laura ingraham was more explicit than usual, but its part of the drumbeat. fox dominates con politics and its why we all need to know wtf is going on there. pic.twitter.com/h32bZgvsYU
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 9, 2018
Laura Ingraham is right!
America is NOT happy with the demographical changes we are seeing.
We are tired of seeing a rise in the demographic of White Supremacist Trump supporters like @IngrahamAngle
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) August 9, 2018
It’s all well and good to ban Alex Jones from social media platforms but Fox News is by far the biggest vector for racist conspiracy theories and hate speech and we’re all obligated to pretend it’s a legitimate news organization. https://t.co/75aksGYJLc
— David Klion🌹🔥 (@DavidKlion) August 9, 2018
Ingraham’s full remarks can be viewed on YouTube. Fox News writes, “Every once in a while, leftists will slip up and tell us what they really think about America.” Apparently, so do racist Fox News hosts.

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