A GOP strategist melted down on Wednesday after a CNN host threw his own words back in his face. Shermichael Singleton, a GOP strategist, was a panelist on CNN’s “NewsNight” with Abby Phillip, where the panel got into a heated debate about President Donald Trump’s actions to thwart federal diversity initiatives. Multiple panelists claimed that the second Trump administration has made its anti-diversity push a central part of its policy platform, and that platform is quickly becoming the center of gravity within the Republican Party. Singleton pushed back, arguing that people who are anti-diversity are easily confused as racist in the eyes of voters. Phillip found the remark surprising and explained why. “That’s a really important statement you just made there,” Phillip said. “I’m not sure people would go that far. But you just suggested that being anti-diversity is equivalent to being racist.””I think a lot of people would see it that way,” Singleton replied. “Well, this is an administration that has been explicitly anti-diversity,” Phillip said, noting examples like the Department of Defense undoing its diversity initiatives and banning celebrations of Black History Month. Phillip’s comments caused Singleton to short-circuit. “That’s not my quarrel!” Singleton shot back. “My issue is calling the entire Republican Party racist. When people say that, it sounds like B.S.!”
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