Michael Steele has 'no words' for Bill O'Reilly's history lesson on 'well fed' slaves

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is under fire today (and trending nationally) over comments he made on his show Tuesday night fact-checking Michelle Obama’s claim that slaves helped build the White House.

O’Reilly found what she said to be true — which it is — but went on to add that the slaves were “well fed and had decent lodging”:

Bill O'Reilly: Slaves who built White House were 'well fed and had decent lodgings' https://t.co/A6EK2S1rV7 | Getty pic.twitter.com/vtgNGBsocB

— POLITICO (@politico) July 27, 2016

Oof.

https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/758283167212134400

For his next hot historical take, Bill O'Reilly will tell us about the free dental care at Auschwitz https://t.co/WTdwQ1oGAL

— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) July 27, 2016

Bill O'Reilly – time to retire. We'll give you the benefit of the doubt on this and assume you had a small stroke https://t.co/u9aM38r0OQ

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) July 27, 2016

Former RNC chairman Michael Steele weighed in as well:

There are no words. https://t.co/uPa563upar

— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) July 27, 2016

Here’s the video. The statement about the slaves being “well fed” by the government comes at the end:

Thanks for the tip, Bill O'Reilly: https://t.co/i9YX8AYjG0 pic.twitter.com/LAL6NU1PrK

— Matt Wilstein (@mattwilstein) July 27, 2016

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