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Brit Hume: American divide worse than during Vietnam War, 'bad as it's ever gotten' except perhaps during Civil War
Fox News ^ | Published 3 hours ago | Charles Creitz

Posted on 01/13/2021 9:31:17 PM PST by conservative98

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume told "The Story" Wednesday night that America is more divided right now than at any point in his life, adding that even the period of strife in the late 1960s over the Vietnam War "wasn't as bad as this."

"This is as bad as it's ever gotten [except] perhaps [during] the Civil War," Hume told host Martha MacCallum. "So the challenge for leaders at a time like this is [to] attempt to tamp us down, how we find places to agree, because this is poisonous to our country."

Hume credited President Trump for making a video statement Wednesday evening in which the president said he "unequivocally" condemned last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol. However, the analyst wondered whether the message had come too late.

He added that, while Trump bears responsibility for spreading false claims about election irregularities, President-elect Joe Biden didn't help the situation by suggesting last week that police treated the rioters lightly because the crowd was mostly White.

"There are a lot of people in this country who believe that we are a nation of systemic racism," Hume said. "But there are a great many who believe we are not. It's a point of deep division in this country, so why he [Biden] would choose on that occasion to feed that is a good question.

"He has the job now of trying to unify things. One way you could do it is if you could call off the impeachment dogs, but it may be too late for that."

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KEYWORDS: biden; brithume; civilwar; trump
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1 posted on 01/13/2021 9:31:17 PM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

note how they ignore their massive role in it


2 posted on 01/13/2021 9:32:40 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Said it many times for 20 years on FR..we CANNOT co-exist with leftards.

For the country to move forward, one side has to “go”.


3 posted on 01/13/2021 9:34:17 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: conservative98

For people who are so confident that no election fraud occurred they sure do act like they have something to hide.


4 posted on 01/13/2021 9:35:18 PM PST by Nateman (Democracy dies with voted fraud darkness.)
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To: conservative98
"There are a lot of people in this country who believe that we are a nation of systemic racism," Hume said. "But there are a great many who believe we are not. It's a point of deep division in this country, so why he [Biden] would choose on that occasion to feed that is a good question.

Buy-DUNG sprayed methane aka manure onto the fire.

5 posted on 01/13/2021 9:35:42 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: conservative98

Leftists were bombing buildings in the 60s and setting fire to federal buildings. Thousands of bombings in the 70s.

Obama’s pal bombed the Pentagon

Britt needs to change his soiled pantirs


6 posted on 01/13/2021 9:35:52 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: conservative98
He added that, while Trump bears responsibility for spreading false claims about election irregularities,

See, here's the problem, Brit.

On our side, we have EVIDENCE.

But your side simply states that our claims are false. No evidence, and ignores the evidence we have.

That's where the divide is coming from.

7 posted on 01/13/2021 9:35:55 PM PST by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: conservative98

And Brit and Fox are one reason why this divide is so bad- they played right into the hands of the hateful left- by their constant TDS and their election night shenanigans.


8 posted on 01/13/2021 9:36:54 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Secret Agent Man
"He has the job now of trying to unify things."


9 posted on 01/13/2021 9:36:58 PM PST by Salamander (We're All Hamlet, Now....)
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To: max americana

D stands for Demon.

I can’t be friends with the Devil.


10 posted on 01/13/2021 9:37:50 PM PST by Salamander (We're All Hamlet, Now....)
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To: conservative98

The same communists who fought against America in the 60s went on to run the Democrat Party.

Hence the “divide.”


11 posted on 01/13/2021 9:37:53 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: conservative98

Right. More divided.

If only we could hsve had a few more impeachments (10 or 12 would have been nice) and a solid 80-20 conviction in the Senate and the nation would have been healed overnight.

Am I reading your mind Britidiot?


12 posted on 01/13/2021 9:38:34 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed.)
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To: max americana

yup


13 posted on 01/13/2021 9:38:39 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: conservative98

Being divided tells us nothing. One side loves America and always has. It is Christian, industrious, and productive.
The other side hates everything about traditional America. It’s atheist, perverted, lazy and parasitic, and violent.

We should be divided from such animals.


14 posted on 01/13/2021 9:39:12 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: conservative98

[[He added that, while Trump bears responsibility for spreading false claims about election irregularities,]]

Go away Liar! YOU and ilk are why this election was stolen from us in broad daylight! You and your ilk handed this election to a party that cheated their way into office and you know that damn well!


15 posted on 01/13/2021 9:39:19 PM PST by Bob434
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To: conservative98

I’d recommend a read of ‘Field of Blood’ by Joanne Freeman, which goes into reviewing the 1840s/1850s and the path to Civil War.

She brings up at one point that everything accelerated toward the war once journalists got hyped up and dedicated weekly newspaper editions to the conflict in DC. Once the telegraph came into play....this intensity doubled. You can refer to fake news and hyped-up agendas....but the path of today is simply copied from the 1850s.


16 posted on 01/13/2021 9:41:19 PM PST by pepsionice
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To: Lazamataz

Yes. And thereby hangs the problem. Denial in the face of overwhelming evidence. The tooth fairy delivered 100,000+ ballots at 4AM to Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin


17 posted on 01/13/2021 9:45:40 PM PST by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
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To: conservative98

Humeidiot needs to go away and retire. He is worse than Captain Obvious.


18 posted on 01/13/2021 9:48:35 PM PST by cranked
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To: a fool in paradise

agreed..it was way worse in the late 60’s ..early 70’s....soldiers with fixed bayonets guarding the pentagon...buses ringing the White House...political assassinations...


19 posted on 01/13/2021 9:49:02 PM PST by basalt
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To: DesertRhino
"We should be divided from such animals."

Ditto!

20 posted on 01/13/2021 9:49:27 PM PST by The Duke (President Trump = America's Last, Best Chance)
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