Ingraham Faces Backlash For “Demographics” Lament

The Hill reports:

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.) on Thursday took aim at Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s lamentation that the “America we know and love doesn’t exist anymore” because of immigration, tweeting that he served in the military to defender her “right to make racist statements.”

Lieu’s comments came in response to remarks Ingraham made Wednesday, saying that “massive demographic changes have been foisted upon the American people,” and calling them “changes that none of us ever voted for and most of us don’t like.”

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

Fox’s prime time lineup used to put a thin veil over the racism, but they’ve stopped pretending lately. https://t.co/ZIymHPhrSx

— Alex Koppelman (@AlexKoppelman) August 9, 2018

She’s talking about me. She’s talking about my family. https://t.co/N9hT8l2gPH

— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) August 9, 2018

This is startling racism. They used to at least try to be subtle, but this is exactly the same language they used with Italians and Irish and Jews. “Massive demographic changes”? The country was built on “massive demographic changes”.

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. https://t.co/ncIPVA3OEm

— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) August 9, 2018

Fox News hosts have adopted the language of white nationalists, right down to the “white genocide” line https://t.co/xtB3GB0pXI https://t.co/PYOxtQ0mJW

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) August 9, 2018

This is some, uh, some real Nazi shit right here, @IngrahamAngle. https://t.co/PQnZkLOC08

— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) August 9, 2018

It will be weird if things are ever somehow not the way they are now again and all these disgusting knobs fitting “white genocide” into all their shows have to go back to talking about taxes. https://t.co/78p094LV46

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) August 9, 2018

Laura Ingraham getting straight to the white nationalist red meat tonight https://t.co/bdRGAzz6bJ

— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) August 9, 2018

fox news is just white-power hour now https://t.co/hCzZOYWzme

— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) August 9, 2018

Hannity’s Mueller rants get the most attention, but Carlson’s and Ingraham’s drift towards white nationalism are probably more dangerous in the long term. https://t.co/RNsO8gIlhE

— Matt Ford (@fordm) 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