Angela Rye called Joe Walsh a “bigot” after he tweeted that Obama was “held to a lower standard” because of his race https://t.co/AiKwnNG0AV pic.twitter.com/o0eA7HDdnZ
— CNN (@CNN) March 29, 2017
Angela Rye isn’t standing down from conservative radio host Joe Walsh after he claimed former President Barack Obama was “held to a lower standard [because] he was Black.”
The pair’s heated discussion began off air when Republican Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman, disagreed with CNN political commentator Rye’s comment that Obama “had to be the next best thing to Jesus” during his presidency.
.@angela_rye And your way wrong on your main point Angela. We LOWERED the bar for Obama. He was held to a lower standard cuz he was black. https://t.co/OMXphLZUTj
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017
.@angela_rye But u are way wrong. Obama's blackness protected him. Liberal white guilt wouldn't allow criticism. He was held to a lower bar. https://t.co/RHg0bKrCp2
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 28, 2017
“That is what makes you a bigot, Joe,” Rye said on CNN’s “Newsroom” when Walsh admitted to his tweet about Obama’s race meaning he supposedly had an easier time in the White House.
When asked who the “we” in Walsh’s initial tweet was, he replied, “The ‘we’ is all of us. The ‘we’ is the media, the ‘we’ is white liberals.”
“Angela, are you gonna let me speak or not?” Walsh said after Rye interrupted him.
“Are you gonna say something while your mouth is moving?” Rye swiftly replied.
Walsh went on to stand firm on his point, saying Obama was not criticized or vetted the way every other president had been.
“So, is Donald Trump’s standard lower than Barack Obama’s?” Rye asked. “Please tell me you see that.”
Walsh claimed neither President Trump or Obama had political experience, leading Rye to rattle off a list of Obama’s credentials, including working as a constitutional law professor and serving in the Illinois Senate.