...Pat Buchanan endorses alleged El Paso shooter's "invasion" rhetoric as "accurate and valid"

[babylonsister]

New public TV co-star Pat Buchanan endorses alleged El Paso shooter’s “invasion” rhetoric as “accurate and valid”
Written by Eric Hananoki
Published 08/20/19 10:26 AM EDT


White supremacist commentator Pat Buchanan endorsed the rhetoric of the alleged El Paso, TX, mass shooter in a recent column, writing that his claim that there’s an “invasion” of the country is “an accurate and valid description.” That type of toxic commentary could be a preview of what’s coming soon to public television: Buchanan is one of the co-stars of the upcoming relaunch of The McLaughlin Group.

Maryland Public Television (MPT) recently announced it will “market, promote, and distribute the program nationally through an agreement with American Public Television.” The weekly public affairs program will start airing in the Washington, D.C., and Maryland markets next month and then “exclusively on public television stations nationwide and digital platforms in January 2020.” Buchanan was a panelist on the prior iterations of the program, including when it briefly aired on Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Washington, D.C., affiliate last year.

Numerous writers have criticized Buchanan’s inclusion in the relaunch. Buchanan has a history of openly pushing white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, tweeted on Monday: “Especially as white supremacist violence surges, it is irresponsible and dangerous to give Pat Buchanan a public platform for his repugnant #antiSemitic, white supremacist and homophobic views. Public TV stations must keep this hate off the airwaves.” McLaughlin Group host and conservative writer Tom Rogan responded to Media Matters' criticism of Buchanan's role on the relaunch by tweeting: “Media Matters being insane as usual.”

Esquire writer Charles P. Pierce noted that while white supremacy is “literally getting people killed, a public television station has decided to roll back the stone and bring back Pat Buchanan, who is responsible more than most people for injecting this poison into the body politic generally and into the Republican Party in particular.”

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[JI7]

1. didn't he die ?

[malaise]

3. Holy shit - I was about to type you mean he hasn't croaked yet

[marble falls]

4. Its hard not to wish the worst. I had to keep from saying what I wanted to say.

[mchill]

5. I was sure he was long gone

[struggle4progress]

13. Only his soul: his white supremacist body lurches along

[comradebillyboy]

2. Pat demonstrates why he was put out to pasture years ago...

[babylonsister]

8. Yea, but he's been invited back unfortunately. Just

what we need to inspire the crazies.

[comradebillyboy]

10. I think his return will be short lived...

[DURHAM D]

6. Shame on MPT. nt

[johnp3907]

7. That thing is still alive???

[lpbk2713]

9. I thought I'd heard the last of that dumbass.

If I ever hear from him again it will be too soon.

[Disaffected]

11. Somewhere, in a land not too far away,

there lies a sarcophagus with the lid pried open...

[Frustratedlady]

12. And he is relevant how?

Pat and his sister were a constant aggravation. They would be wise to stay out of the limelight.

[brush]

14. Oh, the white supremacists are bringing back "oldies but goodies" off the trash heap now.

[bullwinkle428]

15. So this public television station is willing to air the views of someone green-lighting

ethnic cleansing.