Watch the video and you be the judge. Was Piers Morgan correct or was he out of line?
Piers Morgan poked the hornets’ nest Sunday when he highlighted a double standard among Muhammad Ali’s fans — that the late boxer espoused more radical views on race than Donald Trump.
Muhammad Ali said far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims. #fact
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
The tweet quickly brought a swarm of social justice outrage, but Morgan did not back down. He argued that Ali was an important voice in the civil rights movement, but that is no reason to whitewash statements far more radical than Trump’s on race and immigration. Via: Breitbart News
Trump was in New York on 9/11 & knew people who died.
Does that count? https://t.co/eF7Lg76Ye7— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Here are just a few tweets from liberals right before their collective heads blew off their necks:
@piersmorgan do you really believe Trump is a better person than Ali? Honestly, do you ever think before you speak? You really are horrid.
— Jez (@JezzaD1972) June 6, 2016
Morgan’s response:
I didn't say that. I just said Ali made far more inflammatory/racist comments. Which he did. https://t.co/5ABetSkFPi
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
Why would stating that Muhammad Ali made a lot of inflammatory, race-charged statements in his life be remotely controversial? He did.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Piers Morgan shared this clearly racist interview with Muhammad Ali on Twitter to back up his claim:
Along the way, Piers picked up a few Twitter users who were willing to tell the truth about boxing legend Ali:
https://twitter.com/NordicImports/status/739845621289517056
https://twitter.com/socalmike_SD/status/739706973592031232
In the end, Piers Morgan knew he could never walk into another room filled with liberal crybabies if he didn’t do the obligatory Leftist, even though I’m correct…here is my apology:
I'm sorry for 'saying inflammatory things for attention'.
That's the last thing Muhammad Ali would have condoned.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016