Racist sign spotted at MAGA rally during Fox News broadcast
(Screengrab/Fox News)A racist sign waived at a rally in support of President Donald Trump left Fox News anchors shocked during the live telecast.
Fox News anchor Eric Shawn paused during an interview with Axios co-founder Mike Allen as a handwritten poster board sign was held up that read: “Coming for Blacks & Indians first welcome to the new world order.”
Mr Shawn called out the sign in the broadcast stating, “We just saw a very disturbing sign, it said, 'Coming for Blacks and Indians first, welcome to the New World Order.
“I mean, who the hell knows, you know, what people have, and what they will say about those things.”
The footage being broadcasted was from the Million MAGA March that was held in Washington D.C. on Saturday.
Fox anchor Eric Shawn, somewhat shaken, responds to his show's live B-roll of today's MAGA rally in DC: "We just saw a very disturbing sign, it said 'Coming for Blacks and Indians, welcome to the New World Order.'" pic.twitter.com/Ayfh2QjtwL
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 14, 2020
The sign quickly attracted the attention of people online, drawing heat for its blatant racism. However, many also expressed surprise at the Fox News anchor’s reaction. One twitter user wrote: “Why is he shaken? How can he be surprised? Years and years of racism, lies, propaganda, and incitement to violence by his network are directly responsible for this.”
Uhmmmmmmm 😳 this sign at the MAGA March????? 😳😳😳😳 they’re not even hiding it anymore pic.twitter.com/1n94mGvvR2
— Danielle Victoria (@xoMissDanielle) November 14, 2020
Uhmmmmmmm 😳 this sign at the MAGA March????? 😳😳😳😳 they’re not even hiding it anymore pic.twitter.com/1n94mGvvR2
— Danielle Victoria (@xoMissDanielle) November 14, 2020
Why is he shaken? How can he be surprised? Years and years of racism, lies, propaganda, and incitement to violence by his network are directly responsible for this.
— janegray (@ms_sharims) November 14, 2020
I mean, not sure why he's shaken. Everyone has said how racist these folks are and that includes many of his co-workers. Also, new world order? Is it though? Whites subjugating blacks & native Americans is pretty standard American order so not sure where he's coming from w/ that.
— Lindsey Appiah (@LAppiah) November 14, 2020
Yeah, we told you they were racist and you were like don’t SAY that they just love FREEDOM and we were like nah dude racist and you still insisted....
And now here we are.— Crash Test BIDEN/HARRIS (@MegNumbers) November 15, 2020
This isn’t the first time an outrageous sign board has been spotted at a MAGA rally. Earlier, a sign against LGBT+ people was spotted, which read, “Trump, Make America Great Again, Ban Homo Marriage.”
#MAGA: "Ban Homo Marriage" but they name themselves #ProudBoys after a #LGBTQ grp?
They don't like homos, colored ppl, diff race, experts, science or math. They only like white ppl & believe in conspiracy theories!
I think the name #StupidBoys is still avail... Befits them more! pic.twitter.com/L68DFNYRBp— Jeena Kuttan (@KyaJeena) November 15, 2020
The march was called in support of Mr Trump and his claims of “rigging” in the elections that Trump campaign is fighting lawsuits against. However, none of the claims of fraud have been proven so far.