Wow, just when you thought MSNBC couldn’t go any lower.
Via Mediaite:
On Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s The Cyclethe group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney‘s assertion that President Obama “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.” Co-host Touré saw what he believes to be explicit racial connotations beneath what Romney was saying, calling it the “niggerization” of the campaign.
“That really bothered me,” he said. “You notice he said anger twice. He’s really trying to use racial coding and access some really deep stereotypes about the angry black man. This is part of the playbook against Obama, the ‘otherization,’ he’s not like us.”
“I know it’s a heavy thing, I don’t say it lightly, but this is ‘niggerization,’” Touré said to the apparent shock of his co-panelists. “You are not one of us, you are like the scary black man who we’ve been trained to fear.”
Naturally this led to a battle between Touré and conservative co-host S.E. Cupp. She took particular issue with the fact that Touré admitted that VP Joe Biden‘s “chains” comments were divisive, but is now calling Romney a “racist” for saying the Obama campaign is “angry.”
Update:
Via Big Journalism:
The Mitt Romney campaign is privately addressing a racially-charged attack from MSNBC host Touré, sources say.
Speaking to Breitbart News, a Romney spokesperson stated, “We are discussing this matter with network executives at MSNBC.”
Touré asserted Thursday on the panel discussion show “The Cycle” that Romney was trying to “other” President Obama based on his race. Highlighting Romney’s use of the word “anger,” Touré claimed, “[T]his is ‘niggerization.’ You are not one of us, you are like the scary black man who we’ve been trained to fear.”