There are wild and delirious claims, and then there’s what Nigel Farage threw out during the Newsmax appearance Wednesday night.
Continuing his full attack on Meghan Markle after his explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the former Brexit party leader told Newsmax host Greg Kelly that “no one in the world, in history, has done more for people of color than the British royal family. ”
Markle, as you will recall, told Winfrey that someone in the royal family expressed concern about the potential darkness of her unborn child’s skin, suggesting that racism was the source of the statements. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, also said she had contemplated suicide but received no support from the palace for her mental health problems.
“I don’t want to downplay the importance of mental health as a problem for a moment, but we still can’t have people claiming mental health issues as a means to close the debate,” Farage said at one point. “I found the interview very controlling.”
After Markle and her husband Prince Harry exploded to “destroy the UK’s reputation in the world” with their interview, Farage continued to discuss the couple’s accusations of racism at the palace.
“The queen and the royal family have spent the last seventy years touring the community,” the politician stated. “The vast majority of these people are black and Asian.”
He continued: “I would tell you that no one in the world, in history, has done more for people of color than the British royal family.”
Apparently, according to Farage’s description, the long history of brutal slavery and colonialism in the British Empire should be seen as positive by people of color around the world, especially in those countries occupied by Britain.
Farage’s statements quickly went viral on social media, with observers and critics taking the British Conservative leader to work because they seem to say blacks and Asians should appreciate his colonization and enslavement.
“Substitute” for “for” and it’s accurate. Prepositions are important! ” Jeet Heer of The Nation pointed out on Twitter.
“Hey, Nigel. How did these countries end up in the Commonwealth? ” he asked Barry Malone, executive producer of The Stream Al Jazeera.