Donald Trump’s State Department nominee Jeremy Kahl recently had several uncomfortable moments answering questions on the Senate floor after his past comments about “white culture” were brought up.
One interaction in particular was heated after Sen. Chris Murphy asked Kahl to define “whiteness.”
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Here’s Carl’s painfully embarrassing response:
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You can watch the full question here.
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“Certain types of, well, Anglo culture that comes from our history,” Carl replied.
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“Like what?” Murphy asked again.
Karl paused and said, “Well, let me think about it.”
“Well, you know, Senator, if you look at the book that one of your Senate colleagues wrote, Born to Fight, A Scots-Irish Military Culture. Of course, you know, the pride that goes with that. That’s one example,” Carr continued.
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Murphy interjected, “You’re now retreating into racial identity. You don’t talk about racial identity, you talk about white identity. So tell me, what are the values that stitch together ‘white identity’ and make it different from black identity?” he asked firmly.
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“I would say, on average, the tone and style of a white church is much different than a black church. Well, the food may be different, too. The music may be different,” Carr responded.
“Have those been erased?” Murphy asked.
“Well, if you look at the Super Bowl halftime show, it’s not in English this year,” Carr replied.
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“So our ability to access white churches, white food, or white music is being erased?” Murphy asked with a laugh.
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Carr, visibly uncomfortable, then said: “I’m concerned about most of the shared American culture that we’ve had for some time, which I think has become more divided through particularly large-scale immigration, which I think has weakened us… I’m not going to apologize for that.”
“I think it’s hard for you to answer that question, right, because underlying your belief is a sentiment that white culture is just better,” Murphy noted.
The people who responded are like this:
“I can’t believe how stupid this country has become.”
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Another person applauded Senator Murphy for asking questions that pressed Carr on the issue.
“Put this clip in a museum,” said another.
Finally, this person said, “Racism is mostly an emotional reflex. Trying to rationalize it in front of smart people doesn’t go well.”
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