‘No’: CNN Anchor Shuts Down Mr. Wonderful For Bizarre Argument That Murder is Genocide

 

It’s a “Wonderful” strife.

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary was schooled by CNN anchor Sara Sidner on the topic of genocide during a heated panel discussion on CNN NewsNight Monday.

The moment came during a panel discussion about dozens of white South Africans granted entry into the U.S. and given refugee status before President Donald Trump baselessly claimed they were fleeing a “genocide.”

“There’s not a genocide in South Africa,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) maintained. “And there we have a refugee problem.”

O’Leary then chimed in, claiming, “I’m sure there’s been violence on one side or the other.”

Sidner, filling in for Abby Phillip, interjected.

“Hold on a second, hold on a second, hold on a second. I want to make a point. Violence does not equal genocide. So we need to be really, really clear about that.”

As O’Leary tried to cut her off, Sidner went on: “No. I would say that, actually, because if you look at what genocide is, it is very specific that you’re trying to get rid of a people, a whole group of people. There is violence in South Africa. They’ve had a very big violent uptick in violence. But black people have seen the brunt of that violence.”

Read the exchange below:

REP. SETH MOULTON: These are great technical debates, but the bottom line is that they are. There’s not a genocide in South Africa. And there we have a refugee problem.

KEVIN O’LEARY: I’m sure there’s been violence against one side or the other. There has been violence, but one question-

SARA SIDNER: Hold on a second, hold on a second, hold on a second. I want to make a point. Violence does not equal genocide. So we need to be really, really clear about that. Because if you look-

O’LEARY: If you’re the dead guy, you may not say that.

SIDNER: No. I would say that, actually, because if you look at what genocide is, it is very specific that you’re trying to get rid of a people, a whole group of people. There is violence in South Africa. They’ve had a very big violent uptick in violence. But black people have seen the brunt of that violence. That’s not just-

O’LEARY: Then let me ask this question of the panel. If you get a passport and you’re South African and you have that passport and you’re of Dutch descent and someone else has the same passport, is this a tainted passport? Is it not equal? Are you not a citizen? Do you not have the same rights or are there special-

ASHLEY ALLISON: No, no, you’re right. It’s the same passport. That means you have to follow the laws, that each person has to follow the laws. And right now, what the Dutch is saying, they don’t want to follow the laws of the land. So they’re saying their passport like it was during Apartheid, when Africans didn’t even have a passport because they had a pass-

O’LEARY: I’m hearing them saying my passport is not the same and I fear for my life and I’m leaving the country. That’s what I’m saying.

Watch above via CNN.

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