BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Senator Tommy Tuberville doubled down on his comments concerning white nationalists during a CNN segment Monday night. CNN then played clips from a May interview with WBHM where Tuberville said he calls white nationalists Americans. However, when later provided a definition by Collins, Tuberville refused to concede that a white nationalist is, by definition, a racist. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a white nationalist is “one of a group of militant white people who espouse white supremacy and advocate enforced racial segregation.”Collins reiterated this in the interview, saying that a white nationalist is someone who believes that the white race is superior to other races. “My opinion of a white nationalist – if somebody wants to call them a white nationalist – to me, is an American.”However, Tuberville added that if racism is one of the beliefs of a white nationalist, then he is against it.

Source: CNN July 11, 2023 21:52 UTC