In yesterday’s edition of Fox News’ The Five, commentators and co-hosts Juan Williams and Kim Guilfoyle get into a heated discussion over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ commencement speech at Hillsdale College.
Guilfoyle started off praising Thomas’ speech:
“I like his emphasis on faith and belief. Because in my personal opinion, the past eight years we have seen under the Obama administration, they have used class warfare and race and envy to divide the nation. They have, and communities when you see Ferguson and other places …
Williams took offense to the commentator’s inference that Obama was responsible for Ferguson. From that moment on, the two clashed over the racial divide in this country:
Guilfoyle: I didn’t say that, Juan. And you’re really becoming infamous and also ridiculous because you…
Guilfoyle: This is part and parcel for what happened across this country. We did not come closer together as a country. We became more divided. And there was more loss of life and destruction of property from that race and identity politics…
Williams: I see, because people speak out against injustice, you don’t like it and it makes you uncomfortable.
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Guilfoyle: No. I do deal with reality. The bottom line is they fostered an environment that was violent and that was not something that brought people together. Instead of using the opportunity as president to bring people together and blur race and gender lines — it was more about divisiveness —
Williams: Oh, I see you want to blur race and gender when it makes you uncomfortable, Kimberly… People in this country who have to live with police aggression—
