What? You missed “The Melissa Harris-Perry Show” on MSNBC Saturday? Fortunately for you, Newsbusters was watching, and caught CBS’s Nancy Giles putting her finger on why pro-life whites “are trying to eliminate all these abortions.” So why, pray tell? “To build up the race,” she explained, and produce a new generation of Republican voters who might win future elections.
CBS's Nancy Giles: Whites Oppose Abortion to 'Build Up the Race' http://t.co/KsMJaxCf
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) November 12, 2012
Newsbusters’ promotion of the clip had quite a few conservatives seeking out a more thorough explanation of Giles’ comments, and Giles was there to respond. Her reasoning? It was a joke, obviously, and she’s sorry if you didn’t get her “nutty” sense of humor.
@nancygilesnyc Hey Nancy…caught your racist comment regarding whites and abortion….shameful!
— Exploring 4NRG (@AB_CutRock) November 12, 2012
@AB_CutRock Holy cow. A joke! I'm sorry if i offended you, truly, but it was my nutty sense of humor. That is all.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/brucearmstrong1/status/268113847347462145
@brucearmstrong1 @cbs @cbsnews Probably because I'm an opinion writer, and because I was joking; if I offended you I'm very sorry.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
How could @nancygilesnyc not know abortion was the leading killer among black ppl? Nancy maybe has never met @alvedaking? Or @usblacksheep?
— Jessica Howell (@thehowellsrock) November 12, 2012
@thehowellsrock @alvedaking @usblacksheep Huh? "Killer?" No, a birth control option. If I offended you I do apologize.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
@nancygilesnyc @thehowellsrock In NYC alone more Blacks are aborted than born, but why? See in your spare time:http://t.co/rhrdqsAH
— Leroy Dodd (@usblacksheep) November 12, 2012
@usblacksheep @thehowellsrock Very sorry if my joke offended you, still believe all women have the right to make their own choices.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
The founder of abortion giant Planned Parenthood thought black people were "weeds" that should be killed @nancygilesnyc http://t.co/LFXJTgiv
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 12, 2012
@KatiePavlich @nancygilesnyc Do Planned abolish-Parenthood give details of # of abortions by race? Just curious…
— Gavin (@Gavin0503) November 12, 2012
@Gavin_Sub @katiepavlich So I'm clear, are you saying you'd abolish Planned Parenthood? And I don't know if they give out stats by race.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
Being white and pro-life might be a joke to Giles, but don’t even begin to joke about Planned Parenthood — that’s serious business.
@Gavin_Sub @katiepavlich And FYi: abortions are a tiny percent of what PP does. Cancer screenings, OBGYN services, women's health info
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
And don’t forget all of those mammograms Planned Parenthood provides. Even the president himself called attention to this important service during the presidential debates and repeated it again during an MTV interview — never mind that it’s not true.
Guess who had a eugenic agenda @nancygilesnyc? The founder of Planned Parenthood, an organization the left supports http://t.co/QyZ3tHgK
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) November 12, 2012
@KatiePavlich @nancygilesnyc
Ignorance has no bounds— dorothy tyler (@dhtyler) November 12, 2012
@dhtyler @katiepavlich Instead of "ignorance," let's call it " a weird sense of humor, irony, or sarcasm." How's that? Sorry if I offended u
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
@dhtyler @katiepavlich Instead of "ignorance," let's call it " a weird sense of humor, irony, or sarcasm." How's that? Sorry if I offended u
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
@nancygilesnyc @dhtyler @KatiePavlich Why don't we call your 'joke' exactly what it is – RACIST.
— Noone of consequence (@maybewise) November 12, 2012
You're proud of your abhorrent rhetoric? Welcome to MSNBC! RT “@nancygilesnyc: I've never been called a nutter butter. Thanks?
I guess?”— LMR (@LilMissRightie) November 12, 2012
@LilMissRightie Not "abhorrent rhetoric," just joking, and if I offended you I do apologize.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
Can’t you white people take a “weird joke”?
@newsbusters @CBS @NancyGilesnyc Should be FIRED for saying "Whites Oppose Abortion to 'Build Up the Race.' Ignorant, false racist reporting
— ن Deb ن (@deblessings) November 12, 2012
@deblessings @newsbusters @cbs It was a weird joke (I have a weird mind) and I'm sorry if I offended you. Thanks for taking the time 2 tweet
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 13, 2012
@redrivergrl It was a weird joke and I am sorry if I offended you.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
@redrivergrl It was a weird joke and I am sorry if I offended you.
— Nancy Giles (@nancygilesnyc) November 12, 2012
The Nancy Giles “sorry if I offended you” marathon continues on Twitter, but no word yet from CBS if the network approves of Giles’ weird, nutty sense of humor/sarcasm/irony.
