Bob Beckel Flips Off Jesse Watters in Heated Clash over Race

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, this picture of Bob Beckel flipping off Jesse Watters live on Fox News has to be worth a couple more than that:

Now for context. Beckel, Watters, and the rest of the hosts got into it over Democrats playing the race card on Republicans. And it was especially bothersome to Watters that Democrats are using such “inflammatory” rhetoric in a week when Republicans made some rather diverse gains.

He said, “Anything that threatens the Democrat monopoly on the black vote threatens the entire power structure of the Democratic Party.”

Beckel strongly objected to this, he and Watters shouted back and forth a bit, and Beckel got so pissed off he flipped Watters the bird. Another day in the Fiveland.

Watch the video below, via Fox News:

UPDATE – 11/07/14: Beckel apologized later in the show, watch below:

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