Brit Hume Rips Steve King for Comments on "white nationalism, white supremacist and western civilization"

Brit Hume criticized Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) for asking how "white nationalism, white supremacist, [and] western civilization" became offensive terms, but warned journalists against throwing around the term "racist" with "abandon."

"I'm sorry -- the juxtaposition of what's wrong with those terms and white supremacism is just too close for comfort," Hume said on "The Story."

"This whole episode is testament to... the great achievement of the Civil Rights movement," he said.

“I can kinda see his point” – Brit Hume BLASTS the New York Times for ‘racist’ Steve King timeline

Hume then went on to blast the New York Times for their article today on all the racist things Steve King ever said, noting that they really weren’t racist. Hume said he might not agree with King’s statement, but said some of them were about Islam and Islam isn’t a race, it’s a faith.

He then explained that journalists should NOT be involved in leveling the racism charge as the NY Times did today — that they should just let Americans decide for themselves what’s racist and what is not.

So in the end, he did defend King over what the NY Times wrote today about his past comments. It wasn’t a full throated defense by any means, but was notably more than we’ve heard from King’s fellow Republicans.