General Discussion

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) backed President Donald Trump's nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations into a corner during questioning this week, as he asked him to clarify what he meant by a series of pro-white nationalist posts claiming that "white identity" is under threat in America.

This comes after Jeremy Carl has deleted 5,000 social media posts, including posts claiming that Jan. 6 rioters were treated worse than Black Americans under Jim Crow, and that the head of a top teachers union should be executed.

"Tell me what you think about 'white identity' and what you think is being erased about 'white identity,'" said Murphy.....

"So you're worried about white culture, you're not worried about — you're now retreating to ethnic identity," said Murphy. "You don't speak about ethnic identity, you speak about white identity. So tell me the values that stitch together white identity. And make it different than Black identity."

"I would say that, the white churches, very different from the Black church in terms of its tone and style, on average," said Carl. "Um, foods, food ways could often be different. Um, music could be different."

"And you think those are being erased," said Murphy.